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With the 2026-27 high school sports season approaching, the El Paso Times will give readers a chance to vote to select El Paso's top athletes and teams.
This week, readers vote for the Boys Athlete of the Week in football and tennis for the week of Oct. 6-10.
Here are this week's nominees:
- Maurice Edwards, Americas football. In the win vs. Hanks, he intercepted a pass, scored the game-winning two-point conversion, and was involved in all seven touchdowns in a 50-49 win.
- Kingston Jeffries, Eastwood football. In a win vs. Coronado, Jeffries rushed for two scores and passed for two scores.
- Marquette Beard, Bel Air football. In a win vs. Horizon, Beard caught three touchdown passes and rushed for a touchdown.
- Kevin Samuels, El Dorado football. In a win vs. Parkland, Samuels had 171 yards of total offense and scored three touchdowns.
- Derek Armendariz, Riverside football. Armendariz had a big game against Ysleta by rushing for 173 yards on 23 attempts.
- Julian Mizcles, Clint football. In a 29-0 win vs. Fabens, the junior had six total tackles, one sack, one tipped pass, and two quarterback rushes.
- Mason Ruybe, Austin football. In a win vs. San Elizario, he passed for 201 yards and a pair of touchdowns.
- Kane Pittman, Irvin football. In a win vs. Mountain View. Pittman had 10 tackles and three tackles for a loss.
- Austin Deucher, Hanks football. Deucher rushed for four touchdowns against Americas.
- Héctor Domínguez, San Elizario tennis. In a team tennis playoff win, Dominguez won his boys' singles match 6-0, 6-0.
Felix F. Chavez can be reached at fchavez@elpasotimes.com; @Fchavezeptimes on X
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