High School Sports

Sun-Star’s Best Prep Football: Merced’s Chase Smith wins Prep of the Week poll

Merced High School senior Chase Smith rushed for 200 yards and scored two touchdowns to help lead the Bears to a win over El Capitan. Smith also returned a punt for a touchdown in the game.

Smith won the Merced Sun-Star Prep of the Week Football Poll.

Smith earned the most votes for the Merced Sun-Star’s Prep Football Player of the Week. Smith earned 80% of the votes with a total of 374 votes.

Dos Palos High School quarterback Peyton Van Worth finished second.

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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