Bay Area News Group boys athlete of the week: Matthew Forbes, Irvington

Irvington football player Matthew Forbes is the boys athlete of the week for Aug. 26-31.

In online voting that ended at 5 p.m. Wednesday, Forbes finished with 36.70% of the votes. De La Salle football player Duece Jones-Drew was second at 30.75%.

Congratulations to all the candidates for this week’s recognition.

Forbes rushed for two touchdowns and caught two more in Irvington’s 26-14 win over Gunderson. Irvington (1-0) will travel to San Francisco tomorrow where it will play Mission.

To nominate an athlete for next week’s poll, email highschools@bayareanewsgroup.com by Monday at 11 a.m. Please include stats and team results.

We also review stats submitted to MaxPreps.com by coaches/team statisticians for consideration.

Winners are announced each Friday on the Mercury News & East Bay Times websites and in the print edition of the Mercury News and EB Times sports sections.