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Eight high school standouts nominated, voting continues through midnight on Sunday

Don't shut off the computer or put down the cell phone. It's time to vote again in the Public Opinion's Athlete of the Week Poll for Jan. 15-21.

There's a a group of eight area nominees to vote on this week.

Congrats goes to Florence-Henry eighth-grader Ashlynn Vavruska, a girls basketball player who topped the Athlete of the Week poll for Jan. 8-14.

Here are this week's candidates (voting ends at 11:59 p.m. on Sunday):

Castlewood's Lane Tvedt (2) is guarded by Great Plains Lutheran's Micah Holien during their high school boys basketball game on Thursday, Jan. 11, 2024 in Watertown. Top-rated Castlewood won 68-38.
Castlewood's Lane Tvedt (2) is guarded by Great Plains Lutheran's Micah Holien during their high school boys basketball game on Thursday, Jan. 11, 2024 in Watertown. Top-rated Castlewood won 68-38.

2023-24 Athete of the Week Poll

December 2023

Dec. 4-10: Allison Konrad and Olivia Anderson, Watertown girls wrestlers

Dec. 11-16: Brody Randall, Hamlin-Castlewood wrestler

Dec. 18-24: Liza Krueger, Groton Area girls wrestler

Dec. 25-31: Summer Guthmiller, Sioux Valley girls wrestler.

Jan. 2-7: Rayden Zens, Aberdeen Central wrestler.

Jan. 8-14: Ashlynn Vavruska, Florence-Henry girls basketball.

Follow Watertown Public Opinion sports reporter Roger Merriam on X (formerly known as Twitter) @PO_Sports or email: rmerriam@thepublicopinion.com

This article originally appeared on Watertown Public Opinion: Public Opinion Athlete of the Week voting poll for Jan. 15-21