Oakland football player Noah Bandabaila is the Bay Area News Group’s boys high school athlete of the week for Nov. 11-16.
In online voting that ended at 5 p.m. Wednesday, Bandabaila finished with 25.52% of the vote. McClymonds football player Jessie King took second at 23.10% and Sacred Heart Cathedral cross-country runner Miles Cook took third.
Congratulations to all the candidates for this week’s recognition.
Bandabaila, a senior, knocked in a 39-yard field goal to beat Oakland Tech 10-7 and send the Wildcats to the Silver Bowl. Oakland will play McClymonds in the Oakland Section championship at Castlemont on Saturday.
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.
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.
