Meet the 10 football, volleyball, soccer players and cross country runners selected as nominees for the Journal & Courier Athlete of the Week award.

It’s time to vote in our poll for The State’s high school volleyball Player of the Week from Midlands-area schools and matches from Oct. 14-19. Voting ends Friday at 1 p.m., and the winner will be announced on Lou Bezjak’s Twitter/X page that afternoon.

Sometimes, there are some football players that you just can’t stop, and opposing teams learned the hard way last week. Multiple Ann Arbor-area football standouts continued their impressive seasons, while some newcomers showed promise in Week 8 of the regular season.

Athletes from Airline, Parkway, N. DeSoto, Caddo Magnet, Woodlawn, Ruston, Loyola, Captain Shreve, Haughton, Benton, Byrd, Calvary

Watch week 9 highlights from Friday Night Football Fever.

It's time to take a look at the standout performers from Section V. Your vote will determine who will be the Faber Builders Football Athlete of the Week for October 13-19. The players' credentials are listed above the poll — which will be live until 8 p.

Nineteen male athletes from the Fall River area have been placed on the Athlete of the Week ballot. This poll includes boys soccer, golf and cross country for the week ending Oct. 14-Oct. 19. Supporters of the schools — Atlantis Charter,