High School Sports

Sun-Star’s Best Prep Football: Delhi’s Diego Cardenas wins Prep of the Week poll

Delhi High quarterback Diego Cardenas delivered two touchdowns to help propel the Hawks to a 27-20 victory over Denair.

Cardenas rushed for 73 yards and also recorded a sack and a fumble on defense for the big win.

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

Cardenas earned the most votes for the Merced Sun-Star’s Prep Football Player of the Week. The Hawks senior racked up 15,049 votes, which accounted for 84% of the total 18,009 votes.

Le Grand High receiver Miguel Moreno finished second with 2,378 votes.

This story was originally published November 4, 2024 at 8:52 PM.

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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