Hillsdale football player Liam Smith is the Bay Area News Group’s boys high school athlete of the week for Oct. 11-17 after receiving 9,523 votes (47.55%) by the deadline at 5 p.m. Wednesday.
Menlo football player Ty Richardson (44.36%) took second and Woodside water polo player Jake Anderson finished third.
Congratulations to all the candidates for this week’s recognition.
Smith, a junior, completed 19 of 34 passes for 304 yards and five touchdowns and also rushed for a team-high 62 yards in 11 carries as Hillsdale outlasted Capuchino 42-41 in overtime.
To nominate an athlete for next week’s honor, email highschools@bayareanewsgroup.com by Monday, Oct. 25, at 11 a.m.
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.
Past winners
Oct. 4-10: Jayden Hall, Cupertino football
Sept. 27-Oct. 3: Filippi Montes, Gunn football
Sept. 20-26: Anthony Armendariz, Dublin football
Sept. 13-19: Kevin Green, Gunn football
Sept. 6-12: Tayden Phillips, Lincoln football
Aug. 30-Sept. 5: Jake Calcagno, California football
Aug. 23-28: Robbie Mascheroni, Campolindo football
June 7-13: Aidan Braccia, Sacred Heart Prep basketball
May 31-June 6: Tristan Fox, Archbishop Mitty baseball
May 24-30: Ryan Kirton, Bellarmine swimming
May 17-23: Aidan Sevilla, Dougherty Valley basketball
May 10-16: Tor Micaelian, Menlo School water polo
May 3-9: Joey Donnelly, De La Salle baseball
April 26-May 2: Blake Burke, De La Salle baseball
April 19-25: Jaron Nevarez, San Ramon Valley baseball
