Beginning in September, the Amarillo Globe-News recognized some of the top high school performances by soliciting nominations and naming finalists for the Happy State Bank High School Athlete of the Week.
Weekly voting lasted throughout the school year and produced 35 Athletes of the Week.
Now readers will have a chance to choose from those honorees to name a Happy State Bank Fan Favorite High School Athlete of the Year.
Voting will be broken down over multiple weeks beginning June 1 and will run Monday through Thursday each week, alternating weeks between boys finalists and girls finalists.
The 16 athletes who receive the most votes this week will advance to the second round of voting.
Amarillo High’s Landon Barker (3,155) leads voting after one week, followed by Palo Duro’s Tharcisse Butoyi (2,383) and Caprock’s Alan Carrasco (1,428).
The eight athletes with the most votes from the second week advance to the final week of voting.
Voting totals will reset each week.
The athletes represent schools of every size across the area.
Each athlete is listed in order of votes received in the first round of voting. The next round of voting for Happy State Bank boys high school athlete of the year will begin Monday, June 15. The first round of the Happy State Bank girls’ high school athlete of the year will begin Monday, June 8.
First Round Results
• Landon Barker, Amarillo High track — 3,155
• Tharcisse Butoyi, Palo Duro boys soccer — 2,383
• Alan Carrasco, Caprock boys soccer — 1,428
• Alejandro Casas, Stratford football — 844
• Blake Robinson, Dumas baseball/track — 726
• Izak Dominguez, Hereford track — 409
• ZJ Jara, Dumas football — 353
• Ga’Quorie Chatham, Dimmitt baseball — 261
• Joseph Dominguez, Canadian boys cross country — 195
• David Abeyta, Tulia baseball — 182
• Luis Davila, Caprock boys soccer — 127
• Austin Turner, Canyon football — 117
• Angel Lara, Bovina football — 45
• LaDarius Godbolt, Tascosa boys basketball — 41
• Leonel Gomez, Palo Duro boys soccer — 32
• Conner Smith, Dumas boys wrestling — 23
10,431 total votes
Submit nominees, with stats, honors and accolades from the previous week by Saturday each week to sports@amarillo.com
This article originally appeared on Amarillo Globe-News: 16 athletes advance in the boys’ Happy State Bank Athlete of the Year voting
Reporting by Quinton Martinez, Corpus Christi Caller Times / Amarillo Globe-News
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