Vote now: Bay Area News Group boys athlete of the week

Welcome to the Bay Area News Group (Mercury News & East Bay Times) boys Athlete of the Week poll.

For the entire academic year, we will provide a list of candidates who stood out over the previous week and allow you, the reader, to vote for the winner.

This week, we consider performances from Jan. 5-10.

Polls close at 5 p.m. Wednesday.

Vote as many times as you’d like until then without using bots or any other artificial methods of voting.

Votes by email and after 5 p.m. Wednesday are not counted.

Scroll to the bottom for the poll.

Winners are announced each Friday online and in the print edition of the Mercury News and East Bay Times sports sections.

Candidates for future Athlete of the Week polls can be nominated at highschools@bayareanewsgroup.com.

We accept nominations until 11 a.m. each Monday.

We also review stats submitted to MaxPreps by coaches/team statisticians.

On to the nominees:

Roman Alvarez, Los Altos soccer: Alvarez scored two goals to lead Los Altos to a 3-2 win over Homestead. Los Altos is 6-2-1. 

Wesley Brassfield, Valley Christian Wrestling: The sophomore pinned his opponent at the 152-pound weight class in 23 seconds to help lead the Warriors to a 64-11 win over Riordan.

PJ Brayer, Piedmont basketball: Brayer scored 27 points and grabbed eight rebounds to lead Piedmont to a 69-58 victory over St. Joseph Notre Dame. Piedmont is 11-3. 

Armando Cajbon, Aragon basketball: Cajbon scored a game-high 27 points in Aragon’s 69-47 win over Capuchino. Aragon is 10-3. 

Kaiden Gibbs, Bishop O’Dowd basketball: Gibbs scored 30 points and grabbed nine rebounds in O’Dowd’s 70-50 win over Castro Valley. O’Dowd is 9-5, 1-0. 

Cristian Gonzalez, Live Oak soccer: The junior scored a goal in Live Oak’s 2-1 win over Oak Grove. Live Oak is unbeaten through eight games at 6-0-2. 

Graham Jenkins, Miramonte soccer: Jenkins scored the game-deciding goal in Miramonte’s 1-0 victory over Campolindo. Miramonte is 5-1. 

Antonio Moreno, Lincoln-San Jose basketball: Moreno scored a game-high 23 points in Lincoln’s 59-34 win over Harker. Lincoln is 8-6. 

Rylan Sevilla, Dougherty Valley basketball: The junior hit the go-ahead jumper with 1.5 seconds left in Dougherty Valley’s 59-57 win over Bishop O’Dowd. Sevilla also had 14 points for Dougherty Valley, which is 13-5. 

Dante Vigil, Liberty basketball: Vigil scored 32 points and hit the game-winning layup to lead Liberty past Weston Ranch. Liberty has won its last 14 games and is 15-2.