Bay Area News Group girls athlete of the week: Sofia Poonen, The King’s Academy

The King’s Academy flag football player Sofia Poonen is the Bay Area News Group’s girls high school athlete of the week for Oct. 14-19.

In online voting that ended at 5 p.m. Wednesday, Poonen had 36.72% of the votes. Alhambra flag football player Jessica Blake took second at 28.26% and Mission San Jose volleyball player Claribel Chen placed third at 16.28%.

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

Poonen, a senior, had 134 yards receiving and five TDs, picked off two passes and pulled five flags in games against St. Francis and Notre Dame-Belmont. Poonen is closing in on 1,000 receiving yards for the season.

To nominate an athlete for next week’s poll, email highschools@bayareanewsgroup.com 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.

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