Daily News Boys Athlete of the Week:
Name: Slater Hicks
School: Valencia
Sport: Wrestling
Year: Sophomore
Noteworthy: Hicks won the 126-pound division at the CIF-SS Northern Division championships to advance to the Masters Meet, which will be Saturday at Sonora High School. Hicks is fifth in the California Wrestler rankings for 126 pounds. He has tournament wins this season at the John Glenn Enriquez tournament, the Temecula Valley Battle for the Belt, the Morro Bay California Invitational Tournament and the Coastal Canyon League championships.