Tulare County athlete of the week: Mt. Whitney's Areli Tobon

Mt. Whitney tennis player Areli Tobon was voted by readers as the Visalia Times-Delta Tulare County high school athlete of the week.

In an online poll that closed on Oct. 20, Tobon received 7,908 votes, or a 57.6% majority, of the 13,800 responses.

Tobon wrapped up the first half of East Yosemite League play with a 6-0 singles record.

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

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 Oct. 16-20:

• Jimmie Burk, football, Redwood: Burk rushed for more than 100 yards and scored two touchdowns to lead the Rangers to a victory against Monache.

• Kenny Jackson, football, Mission Oak: Jackson rushed for 62 yards and caught five passes for 69 yards and a touchdown. He also had an interception on defense.

• Miah Leal, girls tennis, El Diamante: Leal went undefeated in singles and doubles with wins over Porterville and Golden West.

• Summer Parreira, volleyball, Tulare Western: Parreira finished with six digs, four aces, three kills and 13 assists in a win over Dinuba.

• Isaiah Taylor, football, Woodlake: Taylor had 118 yards rushing and two touchdowns on just eight carries in a win over Farmersville.

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• Demaje Riley, football, Tulare Union: Riley caught two touchdowns as the Tribe defeated Mission Oak.

• Lilliana Schemierer, girls golf, Redwood: Schemierer shot a 103 to lead the Rangers to the 2023 East Yosemite League team championship at Tulare Golf Course.

• Hope Sierra, volleyball, Golden West: Sierra chipped in nine kills, three aces and five digs as the Trailblazers knocked off Mt. Whitney.

• Aurora Sotelo, volleyball, Mission Oak: Sotelo fired 10 kills and 15 digs as the Hawks topped Tulare Union 25-23, 25-11, 25-17.

• Areli Tobon, girls tennis, Mt. Whitney: Tobon wrapped up the first half of East Yosemite League play with a 6-0 singles record.

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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