North Kitsap football player Carter Dungy voted WaFd Bank Washington HS Athlete of Week

Congratulations to the Vikings' workhorse running back or being voted SBLive’s WaFd Bank Washington High School Athlete of the Week for Sept. 23-28!

North Kitsap's Carter Dungy voted SBLive WA athlete of week for Sept. 23-28. / Graphic illustration by Jesus Baca

Congratulations to North Kitsap's Carter Dungy for being voted SBLive’sWashington High School Athlete of the Week for Sept. 23-Sept. 28!

North Kitsap needed a win in the worst way, and Dungy. - with a protective club over his broken hand - came through against North Mason. The senior running back rushed for 200 yards and four touchdowns, including scoring runs of 43, 16, 9 and 1 yard. He also caught a 67-yard screen pass for a touchdown in the Vikings' 35-14 win.

Dungy received 51.0% of the vote, beating out Eatonville soccer player Haley Courson, who finished second with 44.0x%.

We are currently accepting Washington Athlete of the Week nominations. If you would like to nominate an athlete, please email athleteoftheweek@scorebooklive.com or message us on Twitter or Instagram at @sblivewa.

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Here are the other athletes who were nominated for the week of Sept. 23-Sept. 28:

WASHINGTON NOMINEES

Maddie Benjamin, Cedarcrest volleyball: In team's four-set win over Foster, the senior middle blocker had 14 kills and six blocks in pushing 2A KingCo record to 4-0.

Brady and Brock Beaner, Anacortes football: On their 18th birthday, the brothers had a big hand in the Seahawks' 35-21 win over Lynden, combined for 366 yards of total offense and four of the five touchdowns. Brock had 146 yards rushing while Brady had seven catches for 85 yards receiving.

Brody Boness, Lind-Ritzville-Sprague football: One of Class 2B's premier workhorse running backs churned out another 200-yard rushing effort, this time 286 yards on 35 carries and five touchdowns in a 2B Norteast win over Reardan.

Haley Courson, Eatonville girls soccer: Found the back of the net quite often last week, scoring five goals in the Cruisers' win over Washington, and two more goals in their victory over Clover Park in 2A SPSL action.

Landon Garner, Ridgeline football: Moved past former Super Bowl MVP Mark Rypien for No. 2 all-time in Greater Spokane League career passing (5,110 yards) with 372 yards and six touchdowns in a back-and-forth thriller over Shadle Park (Rypien's alma mater).

Mia Kennedy, Anacortes girls soccer: Goalkeeper was very busy in a 2A Northwest Conference game against Squalicum, making 22 saves in a 2-0 victory.

Willie Nash, Lakes football: First-year starting quarterback passed for a career-high 302 yards and seven touchdowns - six coming in the first half to four different receivers in the team's 56-14 win over North Thurston to keep the Lancers undefeated.

Beau Oaksmith, Seattle Prep football: Quarterback rushed for 263 yards and three touchdowns, and was 15-of-22 for 155 yards and pair of scores through the air in tne Panthers' victory over Bishop Blanchet.

Blake Ostrander, Capital football: In a matchup of 3A PSL contenders, the running back had 263 total yards, including 162 rushing yards on 1 carries, and 101 receiving yards and a touchdown in a win over Peninsula.

Vincent Recupero, Bishop Blanchet boys cross country: Posted a personal-best 5K time (14:43) at the Nike Portland XC Invitational to place a close second to Summit's Hayden Boaz in the Danner Division. Also grabbed the top in-state time in 2024.

Sophia and Victoria Rodriguez, Mercer Island girls cross country: Sisters are first Washington runners to go under 17 minutes in the 5K division with their 1-2 showing at the Bellevue Invitational. Sophia was winner at 16:45; Victoria was runner-up at 16:49.1.

Sage Salopek, O'Dea football: Got the scoring going with what proved to be the game-winning 41-yard punt return for a touchdown in the first quarter, registered an interception and another pass break-up in the Fighting Irish's 20-0 win over Eastside Catholic.