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You vote, you decide...who had Ohio's best individual performance this past week? Who had the best team performance?
MaxPreps and JJHuddle are proud to announce that they will sponsor an athlete of the week and team of the week award in volleyball during the 2016-2017 school year.
Each week during the season (regular and post), there will be a fan-generated contest to tab weekly winners. Each weekly winner will receive awards (bracelets and certificates).
How does it work? Fans will nominate top performances (send emails to efrantz@maxpreps.com) and nominees will also be selected from those schools that report stats on MaxPreps. We will announce the weekly finalists (up to 10) on MaxPreps and JJHuddle every Tuesday and voting will be conducted in a special poll. Voting will cease at noon on Monday. The winners will be announced the next day along with the next week's nominees.
Vote as many times as you want. It's a competition. You can find both polls below.
Last week over 42,500 votes were cast.
Week 9 Volleyball Athlete of the Week
* Lauren Park, West Holmes (Millersburg) (FINAL VOTING RESULTS)Sophomore and OCC offensive player of the year had a state-best 43 kills in a 3-2 win over Philo.
Week 9 Volleyball Team of the Week
* Portsmouth West (West Portsmouth) (FINAL VOTING RESULTS)The Senators won the program's third sectional title in history with a 3-0 win over South Point in D-III.
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Week 10 Volleyball Athlete of the Week nominees
* Kaeleigh Stang, St. Paul (Norwalk)Surpassed 2,000 career digs with 28 in a win over Monroeville and 24 in a win over Buckeye Central. Currently has 2,038.
* Sidney Chapman, Lehman Catholic (Sidney)Had a state-best 41 kills in a 3-2 D-IV district final win over Russia.
* Alaina Kelley, NorwalkHad a state-best 64 assists in a 3-2 D-II district semifinal win over Oak Harbor. Had 47 assists in a 3-2 district final win over Lexington.
* Madyson Paradie, St. John (Ashtabula)Had 42 digs in a 3-2 D-IV district semifinal win over Mathews. Had 32 digs in 3-0 district final win over Lordstown.
Lehman Catholic's Sidney Chapman had 41 kills in a 3-2 district final win over Russia.
Photo by David Pence
Week 10 Volleyball Team of the Week nominees
* Aquinas (Louisville)
The Knights won their fourth straight D-III district title with a 3-0 win over Salineville Southern.
* Huron
The Tigers won their third straight D-III district title with a 3-0 win over Mohawk.
* Gallia Academy (Gallipolis)
The Blue Angels set a school record for wins in a season (25) and advanced to the school’s first district final with a come-from-behind 3-2 win over Unioto in the D-II district semifinals. Gallia Academy finished the season No. 9 in the state poll and won back-to-back OVC and sectional titles.
* Miami East (Casstown)
The Vikings beat Roger Bacon 3-1 to win their sixth straight D-III district title.