Capuchino softball player Lola Sierra is the Bay Area News Group’s girls high school athlete of the week for May 20-25.
In online voting that ended at 5 p.m. Wednesday, Sierra had 37.78% of the vote to finish ahead of Alissa Jones, a Berean Christian softball player who took second at 28.88%.
Congratulations to all the candidates for this week’s recognition.
Sierra, a junior pitcher, struck out 10 and allowed three hits in the Mustangs’ 7-3 win over Milpitas in the CCS Division II title game. Capuchino captured its second section title in school history.
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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.
We also review stats submitted to MaxPreps.com by coaches/team statisticians for consideration.
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.