Voting is now open online for The Shreveport Times High School Athlete of the Week, sponsored by Raising Cane’s, the Shreveport-Bossier Sports Commission and Cosse and Silmon Orthodontics, which includes student-athletes in Louisiana high school sports other than football from 12 northwest Louisiana schools.
Fans of those students, their schools or their particular sport can vote at shreveporttimes.com under “sports” for their favorite. Voting will continue through Friday evening with the winner announced Monday.
Weekly winners will receive a backpack, a boxed lunch combo and some additional swag courtesy of Raising Cane’s and Cosse and Silmon, along with a short feature story on their accomplishments, courtesy of The Times.
On the Week 5 ballot for the 2026-27 school year are Layla Davidson, Benton volleyball; Ava Dickey, Haughton volleyball; Ashton Pouncy, Captain Shreve volleyball; Kenzie Waggoner, Parkway volleyball; Tyler Bartels, Airline cross country; Thomas Coburn, Byrd cross country; Zoe Brown, Caddo Magnet cross country; Abagail Burt, Loyola cheer; Averie Brown, Northwood cheer; Chariti Kirkendoll, Southwood cheer; Alison Key, NCHS volleyball and Tristan Casas, Bossier cross country.
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YOU CAN VOTE HERE:
The High School Athlete of the Week includes athletes from all LHSAA sports other than football. In the fall, that includes volleyball, cross country, swimming and cheerleading.
Coaches and school administrators can submit their candidates for the recognition to jwatson@shreveporttimes.com.
Jimmy Watson covers Louisiana sports for the USA TODAY Network. Email him at jwatson@shreveporttimes.com and follow him on Twitter @JimmyWatson6.
PREVIOUS WINNERS:
Week 4: N/A
Week 3: Ava Puckett, Ruston cheer
Week 2: Rylee Gunter, Many volleyball
Week 1: Sam Ivins, Benton cross country
This article originally appeared on Shreveport Times: Vote here for a Shreveport Times Week 5 Non-football AOW candidate