High School Sports

Sun-Star’s Best: Stone Ridge Christian’s Esquivez wins Player of the Week poll for Week 7

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Stone Ridge Christian High School senior running back Hector Esquivez ran wild in the Knights’ 38-6 victory over Yganico Valley.

Esquivez rushed for 213 yards and a touchdown on just 12 carries to help Stone Ridge Christian improve to 5-2 this season.

Esquivez won the Merced Sun-Star fans’ vote for High School Football Player of the Week for Week 7.

Esquivez received 53% of the votes for a total of 5,473 votes.

There were 10,335 total votes.

Hilmar High receiver Derek Taylor finished second with 2,626 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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