Carlmont basketball player Tia Helmy is the Bay Area News Group’s girls high school athlete of the week for Feb. 16-21.
In online voting that ended at 5 p.m. Wednesday, Helmy finished with 43.2% of the votes. South San Francisco wrestler Khloe Meisenbach took second at 38%.
Congratulations to all the candidates for this week’s recognition.
Helmy scored a team-high 21 points by hitting seven 3-pointers in a 62-48 CCS Division I playoff win against Palo Alto on Saturday.
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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.
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.