Vote now: Bay Area News Group boys athlete of the week

Welcome to the Bay Area News Group (Mercury News & East Bay Times) boys Athlete of the Week poll.

For the entire academic year, we will provide a list of candidates who stood out over the previous week and allow you, the reader, to vote for the winner.

This week, we consider performances from Jan. 12-17.

Polls close at 5 p.m. Wednesday.

Vote as many times as you’d like until then without using bots or any other artificial methods of voting.

Votes by email and after 5 p.m. Wednesday are not counted.

Scroll to the bottom for the poll.

Winners are announced each Friday online and in the print edition of the Mercury News and East Bay Times sports sections.

Candidates for future Athlete of the Week polls can be nominated at highschools@bayareanewsgroup.com.

We accept nominations until 11 a.m. each Monday.

We also review stats submitted to MaxPreps by coaches/team statisticians.

On to the nominees:

C.J. Baltrip, St. Mary’s-Berkeley basketball: Baltrip scored 24 points and grabbed 13 rebounds in St. Mary’s 76-57 win over St. Patrick-St. Vincent. 

Ian Desai, Monte Vista basketball: Desai scored 18 points to lead Monte Vista to a 55-30 win over Foothill in EBAL play. 

Amani LaMere-Swift, Archbishop Mitty basketball: LaMere-Swift had 16 points as Mitty defeated Bellarmine 66-47 on the road in a WCAL game.

Benjamin Lange, Woodside soccer: The senior scored a goal in Woodside’s 3-1 win over South San Francisco. 

Ian Lo, Branham soccer: Lo scored a goal in Branham’s 2-0 win over Overfelt. 

Alex Osterloh, Sacred Heart Prep basketball: Osterloh scored 11 points to lead SHP to a 55-48 win over Pinewood. 

Josh Sheehy, Northgate soccer: The senior had two goals to lead Northgate to a 2-0 win over Ygnacio Valley. 

Cannon Simpson, Clayton Valley basketball: Simpson scored 20 points, grabbed eight rebounds, recorded five steals and had three assists in Clayton Valley’s 58-47 win over The King’s Academy. 

Jaylen Smith, Amador Valley basketball: Smith scored 22 points to lead Amador Valley to a 46-45 win over Liberty. Smith scored all 13 of the Dons’ points in the third quarter. 

Kota Xu, Fremont-Sunnyvale basketball: Xu had 17 points in a 49-48 win over Lynbrook.