Hayward football player Zachariah Norton is the Bay Area News Group’s boys high school athlete of the week for Oct. 24-29 after he had received 40.09% of the vote at the Wednesday afternoon deadline.
Moreau Catholic football player Dean-Taylor Chapman (35.96%) finished second and Leland water polo player Trevor Cosgrove took third.
Congratulations to all the candidates for this week’s recognition.
Norton, a senior, had his fifth 100-yard rushing game of the season, finishing with 118 and three touchdowns in eight carries as Hayward defeated Irvington 31-10 in an MVAL/WACC Mission Division game.
Hayward (4-5, 2-2) plays at Washington-Fremont in a regular-season finale Saturday.
To nominate an athlete for next week’s poll, email highschools@bayareanewsgroup.com by Monday, Nov. 7, at 11 a.m. Please include stats and team results.
We also review stats submitted to MaxPreps.com by coaches/team statisticians for consideration.
Winners are announced each Friday on the Mercury News & East Bay Times websites and, starting Sept. 30, in the print edition of the Mercury News and EB Times sports sections.
Past winners
Oct. 17-22: Shane Timmons, Saratoga football
Oct 10-15: Owen Neitzel, Leigh water polo
Oct. 3-8: Salvador Espinoza, Lincoln-San Jose football
Sept. 26-Oct. 1: Antonio Arenas, El Camino football
Sept. 19-24: Nic Austen, College Park water polo
Sept. 12-17: John Ben Pau Mendoza, San Ramon Valley football
Sept. 5-10: Luke Baker, San Ramon Valley football
Aug. 28-Sept. 3: Luke Llabres, Willow Glen water polo
Aug. 22-27: Mikhail Popov, College Park water polo
