Bay Area News Group boys athlete of the week: Sage Robertson, Liberty football

Bay Area News Group boys athlete of the week: Sage Robertson, Liberty football

Liberty football player Sage Robertson is the Bay Area News Group’s boys high school athlete of the week for Oct. 14-19.

In online voting that ended at 5 p.m. Wednesday, Robertson finished with 41.33% of the votes. Alameda water polo player Zach Dortch took second at 34.5%.

Congratulations to all the candidates for this week’s recognition.

Robertson, a senior, tossed six touchdown passes as Liberty cruised to a 42-7 victory over Deer Valley.

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.

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.