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Bee’s Best: Landon Almeida is the Boys Athlete of the Week winner for Jan. 24-29

Clovis North players congratulate Matt Swayback, second from left, after scoring the first goal of their game against Clovis West at Tice Park in Fresno on Friday, Jan. 28, 2022.
Clovis North players congratulate Matt Swayback, second from left, after scoring the first goal of their game against Clovis West at Tice Park in Fresno on Friday, Jan. 28, 2022. ckohlruss@fresnobee.com

Landon Almeida of Caruthers basketball is this week’s winner of The Bee’s Boys Athlete of the Week poll for Jan. 24-29.

Almeida totaled 139,023 votes (61%) to finish in front of Ismael Gonzalez of Riverdale soccer who tallied 87,945 votes (38%).

Almeida had a career-high 42 points and grabbed 16 rebounds in the Blue Raiders’ victory over Orosi.

Thirteen athletes were nominated.

The nominees were from basketball and soccer.

The poll closed at noon Saturday.

The past two week’s winners were Orion Tomlinson of Fresno Christian basketball and Camden Thompson of Clovis East basketball.

Coaches may nominate an athlete for next week’s prep poll by email to agalaviz@fresnobee.com.

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This story was originally published January 31, 2022 at 2:24 PM.

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Anthony Galaviz writes about sports for The Fresno Bee. He covers the Las Vegas Raiders, high schools, boxing, MMA and junior colleges. He’s been with The Bee since 1997 and attended Fresno City College before graduating from Fresno State with a major in journalism and a minor in criminology. Support my work with a digital subscription
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