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Matt Alvarez: Your Volusia-Flagler Athlete of the Week for Oct. 9-14

Halifax Health is partnering with the News-Journal to honor our Volusia-Flagler area high school athletes every week.
Halifax Health is partnering with the News-Journal to honor our Volusia-Flagler area high school athletes every week.

The results are in, and Father Lopez swimmer Matt Alvarez has been named the Athlete of the Week for the week of Oct. 9-14.

Alvarez won the 500-yard freestyle with a time of 5:25 against Seabreeze. He claimed 44% of the votes.

Matanzas volleyball player Grace Taylor took second with 29% of the votes.

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The News-Journal gathers nominees from scores and stats emailed to the sports desk during the week by coaches across the area. Coaches can email nominees to cvinel@gannett.com.

The AOTW poll launches every Monday and closes at 10 a.m. Thursday.

This article originally appeared on The Daytona Beach News-Journal: Volusia-Flagler Athlete of the Week: Father Lopez swimmer Matt Alvarez