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 eight athletes who received the most votes this week advance to the final round of voting.
Vega’s Khloe Griffit (5,415) led the second round of voting, followed by Kelton’s McKinzi McManus (4,428) and Hereford’s Mia Gomez (3,088).
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 final round of voting for Happy State Bank boys high school athlete of the year will begin Monday, June 29. The final round of the Happy State Bank girls high school athlete of the year will begin Monday, July 6.
Second Round Results
• Khloe Griffit, Vega girls basketball — 5,415 votes
• McKinzi McManus, Kelton girls track — 4,428
• Mia Gomez, Hereford girls basketball — 3,088
• Rachel Adams/Hannah Adams, Vega girls tennis — 3,051
• Lila Breedlove, Borger girls wrestling — 3,002
• Hailo Moon, McLean girls track — 1,662
• Berklee Billington, Bushland girls basketball — 1,561
• Emma McKinney, Borger softball — 1,512
26,725 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: Eight finalists emerge for girls Athlete of the Year, presented by Happy State Bank
Reporting by Quinton Martinez, Amarillo Globe-News / Amarillo Globe-News
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