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 10-15.

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: Alcantar scored a team-high 23 points to help make Encinal competitive late in a 54-45 loss to Woodland Christian in the NorCal Division V final.

Celeste Alvarez, Carondelet basketball: Alvarez scored 11 points and added 14 rebounds and five blocks in a well-rounded effort to lead Carondelet to a 51-48 win over Sage Hill-Newport Beach in the CIF Division I state championship game.

Kennena Amajioyi, Cornerstone Christian basketball: Amajioyi scored 17 points and added seven rebounds as Cornerstone came up just a bit short in a 58-53 loss to Faith Christian of Yuba City in the NorCal Division VI title game.

Ella Geernaert, Monte Vista lacrosse: Geernaert, a senior, made a crucial save in overtime against San Marin that set the stage for Monte Vista to go down the field and score to win the game. Geeneart’s save percentage for the contest was 58%.

Zoey Lemoge, Half Moon Bay basketball: Lemoge scored a game-high 18 points as Half Moon Bay battled Whitney-Cerritos to a 48-40 defeat in the CIF Division IV title game.

Ellie McCuskey-Hay, St. Ignatius track and field: McCuskey-Hay won three events for SI in a dual meet against Presentation on Tuesday. She topped the long jump (18 feet, 1 inch), the 100 meters (11.79 seconds) and the 200 (24.45). She also won the 100 at the St. Francis Invitational on Saturday, running an 11.54, which is the No. 1 wind-legal time in California this season. She anchored the Lancers’ 4x400-meter relay to a second-place finish, running a 56.9 split time.

McKenzie Ortega, Pinole Valley softball: Ortega pitched a no-hitter against St. Patrick-St. Vincent, striking out 13, tossing an immaculate inning in the second and going 2 for 4 at the plate with two singles and two walks.

Ze’Ni Patterson, Archbishop Mitty basketball: Patterson was an individual standout for the Monarchs in the CIF Open title game, scoring a team-high 17 points as Mitty fell 75-59 to Etiwanda.

Janiya Sawyer, Salesian basketball: Sawyer scored 19 points and added six rebounds, three assists and three deflections to lead Salesian in a 77-63 loss to Caruthers in the NorCal Division II championship game.

Julia Simón, Presentation softball: Simón drove in four runs on two hits, including a home run to center field, as Presentation beat Half Moon Bay 12-9 at its first home game of the year.

BOYS

Carlos Alcala, El Camino baseball: Alcala struck out 12, allowed no hits or runs and walked just two over five innings in El Camino’s 16-0 win over Jefferson.

Doug Bettinger, Saratoga baseball: Bettinger struck out 13 and did not allow an earned run in six innings, leading Saratoga to an 11-1 win over MacDonald. Saratoga (1-4) travels to Santa Clara on Wednesday.

Collin Chan, California lacrosse: Chan scored six two goals and dished out six assists to lead California to a 14-7 win over Northgate. California (2-2) will host Clayton Valley today.

Ellis Fuller, El Cerrito baseball: The senior totaled three hits and scored the game-winning run in the 11th inning as El Cerrito defeated Berkeley 5-4.

Cypress Funes, San Jose baseball: The sophomore went 3 for 3, hit a home run and totaled four RBIs to lead San Jose to a 13-2 win over Independence. San Jose has started the season 2-2.

Ian Josephson, Serra baseball: The senior went 3 for 3 and knocked in two runs in Serra’s 10-1 win over Burlingame. The Padres have won their first eight games of the season.

Tyler Kennedy, Granada baseball: Kennedy went 2 for 4 and hit a home run to lead Granada to a 6-2 win over De La Salle. The Matadors have started the season 4-1.

DJ Mandigal, James Logan baseball: Mandigal went 2 for 2 with five RBIs and a double in Logan’s 33-0 win over Deer Valley in a five-inning game. Logan (2-4) will travel to Acalanes today.

Balazs Nyikos, Priory basketball: The senior captain scored 16 points to lead Priory to a 83-66 win over Fresno Christian in the CIF Division IV state title game. Priory finished the season 26-6.

Owen Peters, Monte Vista track and field: The senior took first place in the 100-meter race at the Morisoli/White Invitational at Granada High with a time of 11.11.