High School Sports

Sun-Star’s Best: Atwater’s Erik Melgoza wins Player of the Week poll for Week 9

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Atwater High senior Erik Melgoza intercepted three passes to help the Falcons defeat Central Valley 23-20 last week.

Melgoza won the Merced Sun-Star’s fans’ vote for High School Football Player of the Week for Week 9.

Melgoza received 56% of the votes for a total of 3,466 votes.

There were a total of 6,237 votes this week.

Le Grand’s Reyes Diaz finished second with 1,746 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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