Tulare County athlete of the week: Exeter's Natasha Anguiano

Exeter girls basketball player Natasha Anguiano was voted by readers as the Visalia Times-Delta Tulare County high school athlete of the week.

In an online poll that closed on Jan. 26, Anguiano received 6,490 votes, or a 27.9% majority, of the 23,308 responses.

Anguiano dropped a team-high 19 points in a 54-44 win against Central Valley Christian.

Here's a look at past winners from this school year:

• Avery Starr, Tulare Western volleyball

• Holden Benevento, El Diamante boys water polo

• Emma Taylor, El Diamante volleyball

• Ty Baxter, Monache football

• Faith Powell, Tulare Western volleyball

• Jazmaine Stewart, Farmersville volleyball

• Noeliah Zavala, Tulare Union golf

• Olivia Machado, Tulare Western girls water polo

• Areli Tobon, Mt. Whitney girls tennis

• Caden Ritchie, Central Valley Christian football

• Chi’el Sanchez, Tulare Western boys water polo

• Sonny Guess, Tulare Union football

• Brooklyn Bawanan, El Diamante girls cross country

• Danae Banuelos, Golden West girls basketball

• Alexa Bello, Tulare Western girls basketball

• Brooklyn Tayo, Redwood girls basketball

• Cole Gilcrest, Redwood boys basketball

• Janessa Garza, Farmersville girls basketball

• Neveah Creason, El Diamante girls basketball

Original story: Visalia Times-Delta/Tulare Advance-Register readers can now vote for their favorite high school athletes at the newspaper's website, visaliatimesdelta.com. The poll closes on Friday.

Please do not email your votes.

Here are the choices for the week of Jan. 22-26:

• Natasha Anguiano, girls basketball, Exeter: Anguiano dropped a team-high 19 points in a 54-44 win against Central Valley Christian.

• Christopher Creason, boys wrestling, El Diamante: Creason captured first place at 157 pounds at the annual California Invitational Tournament in Morro Bay to earn the tournament's outstanding upperweight award. He had a win by pin in the second-round finals.

• Kaloni Cox, girls basketball, Tulare Union: Cox scored 14 points in a 46-45 loss to Mission Oak.

• Jayme Gomez, girls soccer, Redwood: Gomez bagged a hat trick to anchor the Rangers to a 14-0 rout of Monache.

• Selby Mendez, girls soccer, Mt. Whitney: Mendez pitched a shutout and had six saves in a 3-0 victory against Monache.

• Josiah Ochoa, boys basketball, Dinuba: Ochoa drained 22 points with three rebounds to direct the Emperors to a 69-63 win over Lemoore.

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• Jaden Perez, girls basketball, Summit Charter: Perez scored 25 points to lead the Bears to a 70-16 win over Wonderful College Prep.

• Caleb Rivas, boys wrestling, Golden West: Rivas placed first in his weight class at the CIT. Rivas won the 120-pound title and registered a pin in the finals' first round. He was the tournament's outstanding lowerweight grappler.

• Malakai Rodriguez, boys basketball, Mission Oak: Rodriguez netted a team-best 18 points to lead the Hawks to a 78-67 win versus Hanford.

• Justin Stroud, boys basketball, CVC: Stroud scored a game-high 20 points with nine rebounds, four assists and five steals as the Cavaliers topped Reedley 87-52.

• Haylie Tassey, girls basketball, Farmersville: Tassey recorded a double-double with 10 points and 13 rebounds in a 75-31 win over Summit Charter.

• Regina Toscano, girls basketball, Tulare Western: Toscano delivered 15 points, five rebounds and four steals in a 38-32 win over Lemoore.

Nominations are based on information available to the Times-Delta.

All high school varsity players from Tulare County can be on the ballot. Nominations must be received for consideration by Monday morning following that week's games.

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