High goal totals and more: Vote for the High School Girls Athlete of the Week
The return of high school sports also marks the return of our Player of the Week polls.
We've got some changes this year. For the fall season, we'll do two player of the week polls for football. On Monday, it's the Offensive Football Player of the Week and on Tuesday it's the Defensive/Special Teams Player of the Week.
Status quo there.
But we're changing things up later in the week. On Wednesdays, we'll have a Girls Athlete of the Week. On Thursday, it's Boys Athlete of the Week. Every sport that isn't football will be eligible for that poll.
As always nominations are encouraged, but not all nominations make the list. Send those by email to cmcdaniel@wickedlocal.com.
And this week's candidates are...
FIELD HOCKEY
McKenzie Foley, Sr., Hanover: Foley scored twice in a 3-0 win over Marshfield.
Lauren Howard + Stella Brazis, Hingham: Both girls had two-goal days in a win over Plymouth North.
Lindsey Brown + Annelise Gingrich:, Algonquin: Brown and Gingrich each scored three times as the host Titans improved to 2-0 in a win over Marlborough.
Lizzie Brytowski, Sr., Hopedale: The senior goalie made 15 saves as the Blue Raiders (0-1-1) played Auburn to a scoreless tie.
Raena Crandall, Jr., Franklin: Crandall scored four goals and notched an assist as the Panthers won their opener over Oliver Ames.
SOCCER
Tess Barrett, Jr., Cohasset: Barrett scored five goals and had two assists in a victory over Carver. She had two goals in a win over Abington.
More: Numbers game: Cohasset soccer star Tess Barrett hits scoring milestone in blowout win
Sydney Comeau, Sr., Notre Dame Academy: Comeau had a pair of four-goal games in wins over Malden Catholic and Duxbury.
Christina McA'Nulty + Sahana Zauls, Milton: The duo helped the Wildcats score their first victory over Needham, 1-0, in over 20 years. McA'Nulty, a senior, recorded the shutout in net, while Zauls, a freshman, scored the lone goal.
Grace Vose, Jr., Duxbury: Vose scored a hat trick in a win over Plymouth South.
Chloe McGinty, Sr., Braintree: McGinty tallied a hat trick in a win over Brockton. The win was No. 200 for coach Ryan Puntiri.
Milla Lee, Jr., Dover-Sherborn: The striker scored all three goals as the Raiders (2-0-0) blanked host Wayland in a non-league match.
Kyah Montano, Jr., Nipmuc: Montano netted a hat trick as the visiting Warriors blanked Hopedale. Montano also scored in a season-opening tie vs. Weston.
Ava VanBuskirk, Sr., Marlborough: VanBuskirk gathered two goals and two assists as the host Panthers upended Groton-Dunstable.
VOLLEYBALL
Olivia Flaherty, Sr., Notre Dame Academy: Flaherty tallied her 500th career kill in a 3-2 win over North Quincy. She had 20 kills in the win.
Erin Bigham, Soph., Canton: Bigham had 33 assists in a 3-0 sweep of North Quincy.
Brooke Steele, Soph., Whitman-Hanson: Steele had 15 kills in her varsity debut, a 3-2 win over Rockland.
Quinn Anderson, Sr., Westborough: The Stony Brook-bound outside hitter notched 19 kills, an ace and a block in a sweep of Dennis-Yarmouth.
Siri Bachina, Jr., Ashland: The junior outside hitter Bachina had an ace, 20 kills and three blocks as the Clockers edged host Westwood, 3-2.
Caroline Macaulay, Sr., Algonquin: Macaulay (10 kills, 2 aces, 9 digs) helped lift the host Titans (3-0) over Lincoln-Sudbury in a sweep. Earlier in the week, Macaulay had 13 kills and eight digs in a win over Hudson.
Kate Julian + Laura Piekarski + Dana Schechter, Srs., Nipmuc: The outside hitter Schechter (8 kills, 2 aces, 2 digs), setter Julian (12 aces, 16 assists, dig) and libero Piekarski (12 digs, 2 aces, 2 kills) led the visiting Warriors to a sweep of rival Hopedale.
Bella Rand, Sr., AMSA: Rand collected 12 digs, 6 kills and 5 aces in a 3-1 win over Monty Tech.
CROSS COUNTRY
Gracie Richard, Jr., Weymouth: Richard won a tri-meet with Needham and Braintree in 16:58.
Votes are unlimited. Voting closes on Wednesday, Sept. 20 at noon. Emailed votes will not be counted. Send future nominations to cmcdaniel@wickedlocal.com.
This article originally appeared on The Patriot Ledger: Vote for the High School Girls Athlete of the Week