Help us choose our high school Athletes of the Week

Welcome to the Bay Area News Group (Mercury News & East Bay Times) Athlete of the Week poll.

For the entire academic year, we will provide a list of candidates who stood out over the previous week and allow you, the reader, to vote for the winner.

This week, we consider performances from March 3-8.

Polls close at 5 p.m. Wednesday.

Vote as many times as you’d like until then at mercurynews.com and eastbaytimes.com without using bots or any other artificial methods of voting.

Votes by email and after 5 p.m. Wednesday are not counted.

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

Candidates for future Athlete of the Week polls can be nominated at highschools@bayareanewsgroup.com.

We accept nominations until 11 a.m. each Monday. We also review stats submitted to MaxPreps by coaches/team statisticians.

On to the nominees:

GIRLS

Jazzy Alcantar, Encinal basketball: The senior scored a game-high 26 points against Washington-SF in the NorCal Division V semifinal. The Jets ended the week just one win away from their first appearance in a state title game.

Kayli Bertrand, Cornerstone Christian basketball: The versatile guard scored 14 points in Cornerstone’s victory over Fall River. Her big performance helped send the Antioch school to the NorCal D-VI final.

Leah Lynch: Sacred Heart Prep soccer: The senior defender’s header off a pass from Camryn Sheldon scored the stoppage-time goal that gave SHP a 3-2 win that secured the NorCal Division IV title.

Miliani Makasini, St. Francis soccer: The sophomore scored the game-winning goal against Mitty with seven minutes left in the NorCal Division I title game, helping give the Lancers their second regional crown in three seasons.

Dominique Neville, Hillsdale lacrosse: The senior scored four goals and had an assist in a 14-4 victory over Priory. Neville, who also has played soccer and tennis, score 36 goals last season for the lacrosse team.

Xochitl Nieves, Half Moon Bay basketball: The junior guard scored 15 points in a NorCal Division IV semifinal victory over Rio Linda, sending the Cougars to their first-ever regional final in program history.

Keona Perez, Lincoln-San Jose softball: The senior had a huge day at the plate in Lincoln’s 14-1 victory over Cupertino. She batted 5 for 5, had one RBI and scored three runs as the team ended the week 3-0.

Ariana “Tuki” Rocha, Arroyo softball: The pitcher struck out nine and allowed just one hit in Arroyo’s 20-0 five-inning rout of American. That gave Arroyo its first victory of the season.

Timaree Serrano, California School for the Deaf softball: In a wild 16-15 CSD victory that saw San Lorenzo score 10 runs in the top of the ninth, and CSD put up three to win in a walk-off, Serrano had four hits and scored five runs for the Eagles.

Janelle Solis, Piedmont basketball: The freshman point guard scored 17 points and had six assists against San Joaquin Memorial to help the Highlanders advance to the NorCal Division I semifinals. Piedmont beat Oakland Tech in the first round.

BOYS

Alec Blair, De La Salle basketball: Playing with a seriously sprained ankle, Blair scored 14 points to lead the Spartans to a 47-38 win over Folsom and a berth in the CIF NorCal Open Division title game.

Jorell Clark, Palo Alto basketball: Clark poured in 29 points to lead Palo Alto to a 63-52 win over Christian Brothers of Sacramento and a berth in the NorCal Division III championship game.

Luke Dafferner, Acalanes lacrosse: The sophomore scored five goals to lead Acalanes to a 10-6 win over Bishop O’Dowd.

Kasten Eggers, Priory basketball: Eggers led Priory with 19 points as the Panthers advanced to the NorCal Division IV championship with a 69-48 win over Berkeley.

ArDarius Grayson, Oakland Tech basketball: Grayson had a game for the ages Saturday, scoring 36 points and adding nine rebounds, seven assists, three steals and four blocks as Tech fell to SRV in the NorCal Division I semifinal round.

Luke Isaak, San Ramon Valley basketball: The senior scored 33 points and 14 rebounds as SRV took down Oakland Tech 77-74 in an overtime nail-biter.

Karan Kolappa, The King’s Academy basketball: Kolappa led TKA with 20 points as the Knights beat Carlmont 75-69 in the NorCal Division III semifinal.

Jasir Rencher, Archbishop Riordan basketball: Rencher led Riordan with 20 points as the Crusaders advanced to the NorCal Open title game with a 64-57 win over Salesian.

Aidan Wong, Mountain View soccer: Wong scored both of Mountain View’s goals as the Spartans beat Cardinal Newman 2-1 to win their first-ever NorCal regional championship.

Jacob Wrencher, Milpitas basketball: Wrencher led Milpitas with 18 points as the Trojans bowed out of the NorCal Division II bracket with a 73-45 loss to Clovis East.