Saratoga quarterback Shane Timmons is the Bay Area News Group’s boys high school athlete of the week for Oct. 17-22 after he finished with 22,903 votes (38.56%) at the 5 p.m. Wednesday deadline.
He narrowly edged Amador Valley water polo player Noah Cole, who had 36.79% of the vote. Sacred Heart Cathedral football player RL Miller took third.
Congratulations to all the candidates for this week’s recognition.
Timmons threw for 509 yards and five touchdowns, completing 29 of 45 attempts, as Saratoga lost to Fremont-Sunnyvale 42-36 in a PAL/SCVAL Lake Division game.
The 6-foot-2 junior also ran for 62 yards in seven carries.
To nominate an athlete for next week’s poll, email highschools@bayareanewsgroup.com by Monday, Oct. 31, 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 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
