Nominees for high school fall athlete of the week, sponsored by Athletes Corner, for the week ending Sept. 20. Voting will conclude at 8 p.m. Thursday with results published in Friday’s Columbian.
AUSTIN BLANKENSHIP, COLUMBIA RIVER BOYS CROSS COUNTRY, placed fourth on the hard course in 19:53 at the Three Course Challenge in Seaside.
BELLA CAUGHIE, UNION GIRLS SOCCER, a defender, led the backline defense for the Titans as they opened 4A GSHL play with back-to-back shutouts over Mountain View and Skyview.
COLTON REED, MOUNTAIN VIEW TENNIS, advanced to the finals of the Flight 1 singles bracket at the Thunder Invitational before falling to Ryan Adams of Olympia 2-6, 6-3, 10-6 (third-set tiebreaker).
