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 can vote for the Boys Athlete of the Week in football and cross country for the week of Oct. 13-17. Here are this week's nominees.
Here are this week's nominees:
- David Retana, Harmony Science Academy cross country. He won the District 1-4A cross country title.
- Armando Jalil, Clint cross country. He won the District 2-4A individual title with a time of 16:58.44.
- Jordan Diaz, Del Valle cross country. Diaz won the individual championship in District 2-5A with a time of 17:76.70.
- Andrew Truax, El Paso High cross country. Truax repeated as the individual district champion in 1-5A with a time of 17:00.73.
- Noah Garcia, Eastwood cross country. Garcia won the District 1-6A title as an individual.
- D'Angelo Garcia, Irvin football. In win vs. Fabens, he rushed for 151 yards and on defense, he had 12 tackles and a fumble recovery for a score.
- Juel Delgado, Chapin football. In win vs. Burges, he had 14 tackles, one interception, three sacks and two pass breakups.
- Aavant Clayton, Andress football. In win vs. Riverside, Clayton scored five touchdowns.
- AJ Guzman, Ysleta football. In win vs. Austin, he caught a touchdown pass and returned an interception for a score.
- Aiden Nunez, Parkland football. Against Bel air, he threw three TD passes and rushed for a TD. He also had four total scores.
Felix F. Chavez cabe reached at fchavez@elpasotimes.com; @Fchavezeptimes on X
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