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Dispatch.com readers can vote for their favorite boys high school athletes of the week on their desktop, the Dispatch.com mobile web or Dispatch app once per hour by scrolling down to ballots listed below.
Deadline is 4 p.m. Friday, Jan. 16.
The girls Athlete of the Week poll will be published on Tuesday, Jan. 13.
The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center high school Athlete of the Week voting occurs each week during high school sports competition and recognizes athletes across all sports.
Last week's Athlete of the Week: Westland's Breaker Heller is Wexner Boys Athlete of Week
If you can't see the ballot when you scroll to the bottom of this story, try refreshing the link or clearing the cache in your browser. You do not have to be a subscriber to vote.
Please do not email your votes; they will not count. Nominations and votes are not the same things.
Athletes were nominated over the past few weeks for the vote starting Jan. 12.
Please do not email your votes; they will not count. Nominations and votes are not the same things.
Athletes are on this week's ballot based on information made available to The Dispatch and nominations.
Once athletes win during the regular season, they're not eligible to be back on the ballot until the postseason. If athletes haven't won in the regular season, they can be nominated more than once.
The Dispatch staff reserves the right to remove ballots or athletes from the ballot where voting irregularities have occurred.
Columbus High School Sports newsletter: Sign up for our weekly newsletter on high school sports
Have any questions? Email sports editor Brian White at [email protected].
Please do not email your votes; they will not count. Nominations and votes are not the same things.
JR Bates, Pickerington North basketball: Had 34 points, including 18 in the second half and the game-winning 3-pointer as time expired, in a 72-69 win over Walnut Ridge. Bates also had seven rebounds, three assists, three steals and one block. In a 58-48 loss to New Albany, he had 25 points, five rebounds, three assists and a steal.
Eli Ganim, Hilliard Davidson swimming: Won the 200 individual medley (2:10.97), was second in the 100 backstroke (55.54) and was on the winning 200 medley and 400 free relays at the Olentangy Berlin Invitational.
Mason Woodward, Big Walnut bowling: Won the 2026 Winter Shoot Out with a 717 series. The COHSBC's individual leader in average, Woodward also averaged 228 pins per game in three dual matches.
This article originally appeared on The Columbus Dispatch: Vote for Boys Athlete of the Week sponsored by Wexner Medical Center
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Deadline is 4 p.m. Friday, Jan. 16.
The girls Athlete of the Week poll will be published on Tuesday, Jan. 13.
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The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center high school Athlete of the Week voting occurs each week during high school sports competition and recognizes athletes across all sports.
Last week's Athlete of the Week: Westland's Breaker Heller is Wexner Boys Athlete of Week
If you can't see the ballot when you scroll to the bottom of this story, try refreshing the link or clearing the cache in your browser. You do not have to be a subscriber to vote.
Please do not email your votes; they will not count. Nominations and votes are not the same things.
Athletes were nominated over the past few weeks for the vote starting Jan. 12.
Please do not email your votes; they will not count. Nominations and votes are not the same things.
Athletes are on this week's ballot based on information made available to The Dispatch and nominations.
Once athletes win during the regular season, they're not eligible to be back on the ballot until the postseason. If athletes haven't won in the regular season, they can be nominated more than once.
The Dispatch staff reserves the right to remove ballots or athletes from the ballot where voting irregularities have occurred.
Columbus High School Sports newsletter: Sign up for our weekly newsletter on high school sports
Have any questions? Email sports editor Brian White at [email protected].
Please do not email your votes; they will not count. Nominations and votes are not the same things.
Here are this week's Boys Athlete of the Week candidates:
JR Bates, Pickerington North basketball: Had 34 points, including 18 in the second half and the game-winning 3-pointer as time expired, in a 72-69 win over Walnut Ridge. Bates also had seven rebounds, three assists, three steals and one block. In a 58-48 loss to New Albany, he had 25 points, five rebounds, three assists and a steal.
Eli Ganim, Hilliard Davidson swimming: Won the 200 individual medley (2:10.97), was second in the 100 backstroke (55.54) and was on the winning 200 medley and 400 free relays at the Olentangy Berlin Invitational.
Mason Woodward, Big Walnut bowling: Won the 2026 Winter Shoot Out with a 717 series. The COHSBC's individual leader in average, Woodward also averaged 228 pins per game in three dual matches.
This article originally appeared on The Columbus Dispatch: Vote for Boys Athlete of the Week sponsored by Wexner Medical Center
Continue reading...
