Vote: Who should be SBLive’s Southern California High School Athlete of the Week (9/18/2024)?

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Here are the candidates for SBLive’s Southern California High School Athlete of the Week for Sep. 9-15 as nominated by fans, readers and SBLive’s staff. Read through the nominees and cast your vote at the bottom of the page. Voting will conclude on Monday at 11:59 p.m and the winner will be announced in the following days. If you would like to nominate an athlete, please email us at athleteoftheweek@scorebooklive.com or tag us on Twitter or Instagram at @sbliveca.

Editor’s Note: Our Athlete of the Week feature and corresponding poll is intended to be fun, and we do not set limits on how many times a fan can vote during the competition. However, we do not allow votes that are generated by script, macro or other automated means. Athletes that receive votes generated by script, macro or other automated means will be disqualified.

THIS WEEK’S SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ATHLETE OF THE WEEK NOMINEES:

John Gazzaniga, Santa Margarita: Gazzaniga completed 15 of 23 passes for 313 yards and three touchdowns, leading the Eagles to a win over Oaks Christian.

Husan Longstreet, Corona Centennial: Longstreet surpassed 100 yards threw the air and on the ground. He finished with two touchdown passes and three rushing touchdowns.

Quaid Carr, Servite: Carr had 153 total yards and two rushing touchdowns in a win over Notre Dame Sherman Oaks.

Shane Rosenthal, Newbury Park: Rosenthal caught seven passes for 95 yards and four touchdowns and also added an interception in a win over St. Pius X-St. Matthias Academy.

Kai Mault, Santa Barbara: Mault caught seven passes for 184 yards and two touchdowns and grabbed an interception in a win over Moorpark.

Julius Gillick, Edison: Gillick rushed for 214 yards on 14 carries in Friday's win over Palos Verdes.

Bryson Beaver, Vista Murrieta: Beaver completed 29 of 42 passes for 398 yards and five touchdowns against Bishop Amat.

Noah Williams, El Toro: Williams caught 10 passes for 153 yards and a touchdowns in a win against Diamond Bar.

Corin Berry, Charter Oak: Berry passed for 351 yards and four touchdowns in a 29-28 loss to Yorba Linda on Friday.

Ryan Luce, Trabuco Hills: Luce caught eight passes for 150 yards and had three touchdowns in Friday's win over Irvine.

Masyn Harvey, Crespi: Harvey rushed for 258 yards and had three touchdowns in Friday's win oover Heritage Christian.

Derek Garcia, Ventura: Garcia completed 26 of 43 passes for 359 yards and three touchdowns in a 35-34 win over Camarillo. He also rushed for 51 yards and a touchdown on five carries.

Garrett Hunnicutt, Marina: Hunnicutt threw for 278 yards, finishing with two passing touchdowns and a rushing touchdown in a win over Pacifica.

Eric Gonzalez, San Jacinto: Gonzalez rushed for 88 yards and four touchdowns on five carries in Thursday's win over Rancho Verde.

Xzavior Guess, El Modena: Guess had 367 total yards, tossing four touchdowns in Thursday's win over Segerstrom.

Noah Salazar, Rancho Buena Vista: Salazar tossed four touchdown passes and rushed for 114 yards and a touchdown in Friday's win over Mar Vista.

Ty Hurst, Poway: Hurst completed 16 of 20 passes for 328 yards and five touchdowns in Friday's win over Ramona.

Justus Smith, Classical Academy: Smith rushed for 258 yards and had two touchdowns in Friday's win over Clairemont.

Eli Ruiz, Patrick Henry: Ruiz completed 15 of 20 passes for 223 yards and three touchdowns in Friday's win at Mission Bay.

Dominique Lamb, Manual Arts: Lamb had 151 rushing yards and three touchdowns and also added 57 passing yards and a passing touchdown against Hawkins.