Liberty water polo player Qusai Drief is the Bay Area News Group’s boys high school athlete of the week for Oct. 21-26.
In online voting that ended at 5 p.m. Wednesday, Drief finished with 39.06% of the vote. Branham cross country runner Alijah Murillo took second at 38.04% and Oak Grove football player Malakai Dominguez placed third.
Congratulations to all the candidates for this week’s recognition.
Drief, a senior, scored five goals, dished out two assists, stole five passes and had two sprint wins to lead Liberty to a 17-4 win over Freedom. Liberty won the Bay Valley Athletic League regular-season title.
To nominate an athlete for next week’s poll, email [email protected] by Monday at 11 a.m. Please include stats and team results.
We also review stats submitted to MaxPreps.com by coaches/team statisticians for consideration.
Votes by email do not count. Only votes submitted through the online poll on the Mercury News and East Bay Times websites will count.
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Winners are announced each Friday on the Mercury News and East Bay Times websites and in the print edition of the Mercury News and EB Times sports sections.
