High School Sports

Sun-Star’s Best Prep Football: Le Grand’s Julian Bucio wins Prep of the Week poll

Le Grand junior Julian Bucio was selected as the Merced Sun-Star Prep Football Player of the Week.
Le Grand junior Julian Bucio was selected as the Merced Sun-Star Prep Football Player of the Week. Aaron Martinez

Le Grand High junior Julian Bucio helped the Bulldogs pick up their first win of the season with a 27-6 win over El Capitan. The Bulldogs quarterback tossed three touchdowns in the victory.

Bucio earned the most votes for the Merced Sun-Star’s Prep Football Player of the Week. The junior garnered 30,431 votes for 44% of the 69,588 total votes.

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Bucio edged out Pacheco defender Manvir Gakhal, who racked up 21,321 votes. Los Banos’ Masten Milojevich finished third with 11,475 votes.

Shawn Jansen
Merced Sun-Star
Sports writer Shawn Jansen has been covering Merced area sports for 20 years. He came to Merced from Suisun City and is a graduate of San Diego State University. Prior to the Sun-Star, Shawn worked at the Daily Republic in Fairfield.
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