Welcome to Athlete of the Week voting from The Palm Beach Post and Baptist Health Orthopedic Care!
Congrats to our last winner, Mitchell Joseph of American Heritage-Delray football. The sophomore tallied eight tackles, including one for a loss, in a 28-28 tie against Lakeland Christian.
Each week, The Post will highlight the best boys and girls high school student-athlete performances in Palm Beach County. The polls will be open until noon Friday.
Nominees are accepted via email or phone, but will be selected by staff in the absence of submission.
Here are top performances from boys athletes across the most recent week of competition.
Voting will be open until Friday, Oct. 30 at noon.
Football: Rodney Hammonds, Sr., Royal Palm Beach — Recorded 14
tackles, including six tackles for a loss, in a 34-0 shutout win over Dwyer
Football: Joshua Burrell, Jr., Boca Raton Christian — Tallied 282 receiving yards and four touchdowns on 14 receptions in a 34-21 win over Pompano Beach
Football: Beau Evans, So., Somerset Canyons — Passed for 302 yards and five touchdowns on 14-for-16 passing in a 42-32 win over Clewiston
Football: Zachary Stelus, Jr., Spanish River — Helped the Sharks to a district title behind a one-yard rushing touchdown and a defensive performance in which the Cobras managed just 115 total yards
Cross country: Michael Gomez, Sr., FAU High — Paced the field at the Boca Raton City Championship, taking first place with a 16:05.27 mark
Golf: Noah Kant, Sr., Palm Beach Gardens — Shot a 28 to pace the field in a matchup against Suncoast and Royal Palm Beach
Alex Peterman is a high school sports reporter for The Palm Beach Post. He can be reached at apeterman@usatodayco.com.
This article originally appeared on Palm Beach Post: The Post's Boys Athlete of the Week: Vote on the best of Oct. 19 - 24
