High School Sports

Sanger’s Kinsley Allan is voted the Fresno-area’s Athlete of the Week for Sept. 18-23

Sanger High sophomore Kinsley Allan took first in the large school varsity girls race at the 20th Golden Eagle Invitational at Woodward Park in Fresno. Her time was 19:57.82.
Sanger High sophomore Kinsley Allan took first in the large school varsity girls race at the 20th Golden Eagle Invitational at Woodward Park in Fresno. Her time was 19:57.82. jesparza@vidaenelvalle.com

Kinsley Allan of the Sanger High girls cross country team came away the winner of The Fresno Bee’s Athlete of the Week poll for Sept. 18-23.

She had 24,252 votes (54%) to finish on top.

Finishing second was Sarah Hook of Clovis West volleyball (19,300 votes, 43%). Third was Marissa Merrell of Dos Palos volleyball (430 votes, 1%).

Seventeen high school athletes were nominated that came from cross country, volleyball and water polo.

Voting ended at 11:59 p.m. Oct. 1.

Recent winners were Vanessa Villavicencio, Sanger West volleyball; Kennedy Cutler, Redwood; Faith Bakker, Immanuel volleyball; Davin Collazo, Kingsburg girls water polo; and Drew Rhoads, Lemoore water polo.

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 September 25, 2023 at 10:30 AM.

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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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