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Deadline is 4 p.m. Friday, Oct. 30.
The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center high school Athlete of the Week voting occurs each week during high school sports competition and recognizes athletes across all sports.
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Athletes were nominated over the past week for the vote starting Oct. 26.
Please do not email your votes; they will not count. Nominations and votes are not the same things.
Athletes are on this week's ballot based on information made available to The Dispatch and nominations.
Once athletes win during the regular season, they're not eligible to be back on the ballot until the postseason. If athletes haven't won in the regular season, they can be nominated more than once.
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Please do not email your votes; they will not count. Nominations and votes are not the same things.
Here are this week's Boys Athlete of the Week candidates:
Dior Hansard, East football: Hansard completed 13 of 17 passes for 242 yards and two touchdowns and ran for a score as the Tigers defeated Linden-McKinley 25-10 to clinch the outright City League-North championship.
Calvin Heithaus, Mount Vernon cross-country: Heithaus won the Division II, District 2 meet in 15:13.4.
Owen Miller, Olentangy Berlin football: Miller rushed for a career-high 165 yards on 30 carries, including a 30-yard touchdown, as the Bears beat Olentangy 18-6 to win their fifth straight league championship.
Kolton Peterson, Newark football: Peterson threw a 75-yard touchdown pass and rushed for 106 yards on 22 carries, including the winning score from 2 yards with a minute left in a 29-22 victory over Lancaster. The touchdown made Peterson the Wildcats’ all-time leading scorer.
Ethan Roberts, West Jefferson cross-country: Roberts won the Division IV, District 2 championship in 16:24.2, 8.3 seconds ahead of the runner-up.
Graham Smith, Watkins Memorial football: Smith rushed for 155 yards on 34 carries and scored all four of his touchdowns in the second half, including from 1 yard with 17 seconds left, as the Warriors erased a 26-6 halftime deficit to beat Mount Vernon 34-33 and clinch a Division II playoff spot.
Lucas Steele, DeSales cross-country: Steele won the Division II, District 1 meet in 15:26.3, helping the Stallions finish second (56) behind Granville (47).
Kane Stover, Highland football: Stover amassed 400 all-purpose yards in a 40-37 win over Marion Pleasant that clinched a Division IV playoff berth. He ran 24 times for 245 yards and two touchdowns, passed for 67 yards and a score, returned a punt 84 yards for a touchdown and made 15 tackles, including one for loss.
Grady Wanner, Worthington Kilbourne football: Wanner caught eight passes for 147 yards and three touchdowns in a 41-27 win over Westerville South.
This article originally appeared on The Columbus Dispatch: Vote for Dispatch Boys Athlete of the Week presented by Wexner Medical Center
