Archbishop Mitty soccer player Jaxson Bettencourt is the Bay Area News Group’s boys athlete of the week for Feb. 19-24.
In online voting that ended at 5 p.m. Wednesday, Bettencourt had 37.07% to finish ahead of Dougherty Valley basketball player Kenny Cloud, who was second at 35.29%.
Congratulations to all the candidates for this week’s recognition.
Bettencourt, a junior, provided all the scoring Mitty needed when he put a shot past the goalkeeper on a corner kick pass from Manuel Portillo in the 61st minute. Mitty went on to beat St. Francis 2-0 for the Central Coast Section Division I championship.
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.
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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.