Athletes from Airline, N. DeSoto, Glenbrook, Cedar Creek, Benton, Calvary, Haughton, NCHS, Byrd, BTW, Evangel and Parkway on the ballot.
Voting is now open online for The Shreveport Times High School Athlete of the Week, sponsored by Raising Cane’s, the Shreveport-Bossier Sports Commission and Cosse and Silmon Orthodontics, which includes student-athletes in Louisiana high school sports other than football from 12 northwest Louisiana schools.
Fans of those students, their schools or their particular sport can vote at shreveporttimes.com under “sports” for their favorite. Voting will continue through Thursday night with the winner announced Saturday.
Weekly winners will receive a backpack, a boxed lunch combo and some additional swag courtesy of Raising Cane’s and Cosse and Silmon, along with a short feature story on their accomplishments, courtesy of The Times.
Previously we announced a football, volleyball and cheerleader preseason fan’s choice athlete of the year. Those include Caddo Magnet’s Violet Collier as Preseason Volleyball Player of the Year, Plain Dealing’s Jeremy Fisher as Preseason Football Player of the Year and Captain Shreve’s Zaria Hall as Cheerleader of the Year.
On the Week 3 ballot for the 2025-26 school year are Kaylyn Thompson, Airline cross country; Josh McCarthy, Cedar Creek cross country; Trent Clemons, Glenbrook cross country; Serenity Edwards, North DeSoto cross country; Emma Holmes, Benton volleyball; Brooklyn Morris, Calvary volleyball; Maddie Polk, Haughton volleyball; Ehren Guidroz, Natch. Central volleyball; Averie Jones, Byrd cheer; Brikia Hill, BTW cheer; Kennedy Haviland, Evangel swimming and Hunter Hayden, Parkway swimming,
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The High School Athlete of the Week includes athletes from all LHSAA-sanctioned sports other than football. In the fall, that includes volleyball, cross country, swimming and cheerleading.
Coaches and school administrators can submit their candidates for the recognition to [email protected].
Jimmy Watson covers Louisiana sports for the USA TODAY Network. Email him at [email protected] and follow him on Twitter @JimmyWatson6.
Previous winners
Week 2: Claire Allen, Benton XC
Week 1: Brody Hutchison, Benton XC
Preseason Cheerleader of the Year: Zaria Hall, Captain Shreve
Preseason Volleyball Player of the Year: Violet Collier, Caddo Magnet
This article originally appeared on Shreveport Times: Vote: Here are your Week 3 non-football Athlete of the Week candidates
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