Bellarmine football player Jae’Von Reels is the Bay Area News Group’s boys high school athlete of the week for Nov. 21-26 after he had received 38.66% of the vote at the 5 p.m. deadline Wednesday.
Serra football player Jaden Green finished second and South San Francisco soccer player Angel Ramirez took third.
Congratulations to all the candidates for this week’s recognition.
Reels had 3.5 sacks, including one on the game-sealing possession, and forced a fumble in a dominant performance as Bellarmine captured the Central Coast Section Division II championship with a 21-14 victory over St. Ignatius at San Jose City College.
The Bells will play Vanden-Fairfield on Saturday night in a NorCal regional at SJCC.
To nominate an athlete for next week’s poll, email highschools@bayareanewsgroup.com by Monday, Dec. 5, 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
Nov. 14-19: Dashiell Weaver, Campolindo football
Nov. 7-12: Nate Bell, Liberty football
Oct. 31-Nov. 5: Angel Barraza, Dublin football
Oct. 24-29: Zachariah Norton, Hayward football
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
