Here are our weekly girls, boys athlete of the week selections

HIGH SCHOOLS

Lo Isabella Lo of The Harker School (Courtesy of The Harker School).

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Villanueva Independence High’s Joshua Villanueva, Prep Athlete of the Week (Courtesy of Independence High)

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Harker basketball player Isabella Lo is the girls athlete of the week, and Independence basketball player Joshua Villanueva is the boys athlete of the week for Jan. 27-Feb. 1.

In online voting that ended at 5 p.m. Wednesday, Lo finished with 38.32% of the votes. Alameda basketball player Mia Borja took second with 33.26%.

In the boys poll, Villanueva took first place with 42.55% of the vote. Santa Teresa basketball player Evan Guillermo took second with 31.13%.

Lo, a senior, paced Harker with 26 points as the Eagles beat Castilleja 53-35 at home.

Villanueva, also a senior, scored a game-high 26 points in Independence’s 65-35 win over Piedmont Hills to help the Sixers remain unbeaten in league play.

To nominate an athlete for next week’s poll, email highschools@bayareanewsgroup.com by Monday at 11 a.m. Please include stats and team results.

Votes by email do not count. Only votes submitted through the online poll on the Mercury News and East Bay Times websites will count.

Winners are announced each Friday on the Mercury News and East Bay Times websites and in the print edition of the Mercury News and EB Times sports sections.