SARTA Athlete of the Week Oct. 30-Nov. 4 | Katie Ison, Tavon Castle win the vote
Athletes from Minerva and Canton South high schools won the voting for the SARTA Athlete of the Week for Oct. 30-Nov. 4.
Katie Ison of Minerva is the girls winner and Tavon Castle of Canton South wins for the boys. Ison runs cross country and received 53.39% of the votes cast. Castle plays football and received 60.02% of the votes cast. Ison is the first Minerva athlete to win the vote this season, while Castle is the fourth Canton South athlete and second Wildcat football player to win the vote.
A total of 6,432 votes were cast overall.
Look for more on each athlete below. And return to CantonRep.com next Tuesday morning for the next SARTA Athlete of the Week ballot highlighting top high school performers in Stark County from this current week.
Katie Ison, Minerva cross country
The junior led the way for the Minerva Lions to win their second Division II state championship in three seasons. She finished a team-best 17th in the Division II race in a time of 18:59.40. She helped Minerva also win county, league, district and regional titles this fall.
Tavon Castle, Canton South football
The senior recorded a key interception and caught the go-ahead touchdown in Canton South's 27-26 playoff win over Buchtel. After earning All-Ohio honors a year ago, he's on pace to repeat that honor for the 12-0 Wildcats. He finished the regular season with 77 catches for 1,199 yards and 13 TDs.
A look at previous the 2023-24 SARTA High School Athlete of the Week winners
Date - girls winner | boys winner
Nov. 3 - Hope Miller, Perry volleyball | DaOne Owens, Massillon football
Oct. 27 - Katelyn Eberhardt, Tuslaw volleyball | Michael Wright Jr., Massillon football
Oct. 20 - Audrey Wade, East Canton cross country | Adrion Burt, GlenOak football
Oct. 13 - Nora Salem, GlenOak cross country | Noah Emmons, Louisville soccer
Oct. 6 - Delaney Kruger, Canton South golf | Brady Adams, Louisville soccer
Sept. 29 - Sarah Mohr, Perry volleyball | Cam VanNatta, Hoover soccer
Sept. 22 - Madelyn Begert, Northwest cross country | Connor Satterfield, Northwest football
Sept. 15 - Addison Burick, Louisville volleyball | Rouven Czygan, Northwest soccer
Sept. 8 - Madie ElFaye, Louisville volleyball | Keith Quincy, McKinley football
Sept. 1 - Marissa Zaleski, Canton South tennis | Poochie Snyder, Canton South football
Editor's note: Winners of the SARTA Athlete of the Week in the fall are not eligible to win it again until the winter sports season begins.
This article originally appeared on The Repository: Tavon Castle, Katie Ison win SARTA Athlete of Week Nov 10
