College Park water polo player Paige Gravendaal Chase is the Bay Area News Group’s girls high school athlete of the week for Sept. 15-20.
In online voting that ended at 5 p.m. Wednesday, Gravendaal Chase finished with 44% of the votes. Los Gatos water polo player Brooke Cannan took second at 24%, and Santa Clara field hockey player Natalie DaSilva finished third with 23%.
Congratulations to all the candidates for this week’s recognition.
Gravendaal Chase, a freshman, had a prolific game for College Park in a 15-8 win over Bishop O’Dowd, scoring eight goals and adding a steal as the Falcons improved to 9-1.
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To nominate an athlete for next week’s poll, email [email protected] by Monday at 11 a.m. Please include stats and team results.
Votes by email do not count. Only votes submitted through the online poll on the Mercury News and East Bay Times websites will count.
Winners are announced each Friday on the Mercury News and East Bay Times websites and in the print edition of the Mercury News and EB Times sports sections.
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