St. Francis High senior Javier Fonseca and Aptos High sophomore Ella Dueck were named the Pajaronian's Athletes of the Week for their performances during the week of Sept. 9-15. (photos by Raul Ebio and Jason Smith)

The Pajaronian’s Athletes of the Week were selected based on their performances during the week of Sept. 16-22. Coaches and athletic directors are encouraged to submit nominations to sports editor Juan Reyes at [email protected]

Boys

Javier Fonseca (Sr.), St. Francis 

The Sharks’ starting quarterback accounted for three total touchdowns in a 41-8 blowout win against Harbor High in the teams’ non-league game Sept. 19. 

Fonseca recorded a pair of rushing TDs from 3- and 20-yards out, and a 51-yard passing touchdown for St. Francis, which has won three consecutive games after a 24-19 loss to King City in the season-opener.

He also had the game-winning rushing touchdown for the Sharks in a 28-21 victory in overtime against Greenfield on Sept. 13. 

Girls

Ella Dueck (So.), Aptos

The standout outside hitter helped lead the Mariners girls’ volleyball team to back-to-back wins in Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League after dropping the league-opener to Harbor. 

Dueck finished with 15 kills, 15 digs and a pair of blocks in a sweeping three-set (25-20, 25-23, 25-17) win over Santa Cruz in league action Sept. 17. She followed up with 16 kills, six aces and four blocks in a four-set (25-18, 26-28, 25-16, 25-17) win over San Lorenzo Valley just two days later.

She currently has a team-best 70 digs and 67 kills to go along with six blocks and six aces for Aptos this season.

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