St. Francis football player Aaron Knapp is the Bay Area News Group’s boys athlete of the week for Oct. 30 to Nov. 4 after he received 37.73% of the vote by the deadline Wednesday.
McClymonds football player John “Sharky” Tamale finished second.
Congratulations to all the candidates for this week’s recognition.
Knapp threw a 60-yard touchdown pass to tight end James Jordan and a 71-yard scoring pass to Perrion Williams as St. Francis beat rival Bellarmine 28-10 to secure second place in the West Catholic Athletic League.
To nominate an athlete for next week’s poll, email highschools@bayareanewsgroup.com by Monday, Nov. 13, at 11 a.m. Please include stats and team results.
We also review stats submitted to MaxPreps.com by coaches/team statisticians for consideration.
Winners are announced each Friday on the Mercury News & East Bay Times websites and in the print edition of the Mercury News and EB Times sports sections.