High School Sports

Bee’s Best: Hanford’s Gabe Magallan wins The Bee’s Boys Athlete of the Week poll for May 16-21

Central’s Jeremiah Walker, second from right, places first in the 400 at the Central Section Masters held at Buchanan High School Saturday, May 21, 2022 in Clovis.
Central’s Jeremiah Walker, second from right, places first in the 400 at the Central Section Masters held at Buchanan High School Saturday, May 21, 2022 in Clovis. ezamora@fresnobee.com

Hanford High’s Gabe Magallan is The Fresno Bee Boys Athlete of the Week poll winner for May 16-21.

He won the poll after picking up 22,195 votes (59%).

Finishing in second was Christian Mendez, also of Hanford baseball. He received 13.932 votes (37%).

Third was Zack Tarter of Sierra Pacific golf (1,016 votes, 3%).

Thirty-one athletes were nominated that came from baseball, golf and track and field.

The poll closed at 11:59 p.m. Sunday.

Recent winners include: Orion Tomlinson of Fresno Christian basketball, Camden Thompson of Clovis East basketball, Landon Almeida of Caruthers basketball, Ismael Gonzalez of Riverdale soccer, Beunju Moon of Lemoore basketball, Luke Karle of Sanger basketball, Jackson Young of Clovis West basketball, Adam Delgado of Kerman baseball, Collin DeBorde of Clovis North baseball, Derek McNary of Hanford baseball, Gio Chavez of Lindsay baseball, Brayden Rhodes of Reedley baseball, Zack Jones of Kings Christian baseball, Jerod Smith of Fowler baseball, Ayden Olivares of Kerman baseball, Evan Torres of Parlier track and field, Parker Dominguez of Fowler swimming and Drake Phillips of Buchanan baseball.

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 May 23, 2022 at 10:40 AM.

Anthony Galaviz
The Fresno Bee
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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