Dispatch.com readers can vote for their favorite boys high school athletes of the week on their desktop, the Dispatch.com mobile web or Dispatch app once per hour by scrolling down to ballots listed below.
Deadline is 4 p.m. Friday, Jan. 9.
The girls Athlete of the Week poll will be published on Tuesday, Jan. 6.
The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center high school Athlete of the Week voting occurs each week during high school sports competition and recognizes athletes across all sports.
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Athletes were nominated over the past few weeks for the vote starting Jan. 5.
Please do not email your votes; they will not count. Nominations and votes are not the same things.
Athletes are on this week’s ballot based on information made available to The Dispatch and nominations.
Once athletes win during the regular season, they’re not eligible to be back on the ballot until the postseason. If athletes haven’t won in the regular season, they can be nominated more than once.
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Please do not email your votes; they will not count. Nominations and votes are not the same things.
Here are this week’s Boys Athlete of the Week candidates:
Luke DeFrancisco, DeSales swimming: Won the 100-yard freestyle (48.65) and 100 individual medley (53.72) during the Turn It Gold Winter Invitational.
Breaker Heller, Westland basketball: Had 42 points, 16 assists, 13 rebounds and six steals in three games, wins over Berea-Midpark and Cleveland John Marshall and a loss to Northland.
Ty Walburn, Olentangy basketball: Had 44 points, 16 rebounds, nine assists and seven steals in three games, wins over North Canton Hoover and McMurray (Pa.) Peters Township and a loss to Irwin (Pa.) Norwin. Walburn’s buzzer-beating 3-pointer against Hoover gave the Braves a 58-55 win.
This article originally appeared on The Columbus Dispatch: Vote for Dispatch Boys Athlete of the Week presented by Wexner Medical Center
Reporting by Brian White, Columbus Dispatch / The Columbus Dispatch
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