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Candidates for SBLive's Illinois High School Athlete of the Week as nominated by fans, readers and SBLive’s staff

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Here are the candidates for SBLive's Illinois High School Athlete of the Week 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 Sunday at 11:59 p.m. and the winner will be announced the following week. If you would like to nominate an athlete in the future, please email .

THIS WEEK’S SBLIVE ILLINOIS ATHLETE OF THE WEEK NOMINEES:

Editor’s Note: Our Athlete of the Week feature and corresponding poll are 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 who receive votes generated by script, macro or other automated means will be disqualified.

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Jacob Barraza, DeKalb boys cross country

Barraza won the Wildcat Invitational at Plainfield Central with a time of 15:28.57.

Jacob Bell, Naperville North football

Bell was 31-of-51 passing for 377 yards and three touchdowns in a 24-21 loss to Naperville Central.

Caden Boersma, Chicago Christian football

Boersma scored five touchdowns in a 49-16 win against Elmwood Park.

Anthony Chahino, Geneva football

Chahino was 11-of-17 passing for 278 yards and five touchdowns in a 41-7 win against Lemont.

Aiden Clark, Naperville Central football

Clark ran 28 times for 151 yards and a touchdown in a 24-21 win against Naperville North.

Constantine Coines, Maine South football

The quarterback had 346 total yards and three touchdowns in a 35-18 win against Warren.

Michael Dellumo, Maine South football

Dellumo starred on both sides of the ball, running for two touchdowns and intercepting two passes in a 35-18 win against Warren.

Lily Eddington, Downers Grove North girls cross country

The junior won the Mike Kuharic Invitational at Lyons in 18:31 and helped the Trojans claim the team title.

Jack Elliott, Mount Carmel football

The Vanderbilt recruit accounted for 330 total yards and three touchdowns in a 28-0 shutout of St. Rita.

Myles Ellis, Homewood-Flossmoor football

The junior caught six passes for 158 yards and a touchdown in a 35-0 win against Marian Catholic.

Lexie Grevengoed, Joliet West girls volleyball

Grevengoed had 38 kills, 22 digs and seven aces as the Tigers went 5-0 to win the Conant Invitational.

Nick Johnson, Wheaton North football

Johnson threw for 285 yards and the decisive two-point conversion in a 22-21 win against Lockport.

JJ Lee, Prairie Ridge boys golf

Lee shot a 72 to earn medalist honors at the Cary-Grove Invitational.

Robert Lee, West Chicago football

Lee ran 21 times for 293 yards and three touchdowns in a 57-28 win against Joliet Central.

Tyler Lofton, Brother Rice football

Lofton ran for three touchdowns in a 34-27 overtime loss against Marist.

Logan Malachuk, Nazareth football

The four-year starting quarterback was 9-of-12 passing for 240 yards and six touchdowns, all before halftime, in a 42-15 win against Kenwood.

Dom Maloney, Loyola football

After starter Ryan Fitzgerald left with an injury, the sophomore entered the game and threw three touchdown passes in a 42-7 win against Glenbard West.

Aidan McClure, St. Charles North football

The linebacker did a little bit of everything in a 50-26 win against Crete-Monee: 13 tackles, two fumble recoveries, a 45-yard interception return for a touchdown, a blocked punt and two tackles for loss.

Randall McDonald, Homewood-Flossmoor football

The senior passed for 306 yards and four touchdowns in a 35-0 shutout against Marian Catholic.

Tommy Nitz, Huntley boys cross country

Nitz finished first at the St. Charles East Leavey Invitational at 15:14.50.

Johnny O'Brien, Fremd football

The Northwestern commit had 372 yards and four touchdowns in a 45-9 win against Buffalo Grove.

Jake Ritter, Marist football

The senior passed for two touchdowns and ran for another in a 34-27 overtime win against Brother Rice.

Phillip Supial, Downers Grove North boys cross country

The junior finished first in the Mike Kuharic Invitational at Lyons in 15:31 as the Trojans also won the team championship.

Jameson Tenopir, Cary-Grove boys cross country

Tenopir ran 15:44.60 to win the Crystal Lake South Rich Eschman Invitational.

Sundara Weber, Sandwich girls cross country

Weber ran 18:17.7 to win the Twilight in the Woods title at Seneca.

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