Bay Area News Group boys athlete of the week: Elijah Vallejo, Wilcox football

Wilcox football player Elijah Vallejo is the Bay Area News Group’s boys high school athlete of the week for Dec. 2-7.

In online voting that ended at 5 p.m. Wednesday, Vallejo finished with 42.91% of the vote. Menlo School basketball player Evan Arcilla placed second, and Liberty basketball player Dante Vigil took third.

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

Vallejo rushed for 122 yards on 20 carries, but Wilcox fell to Twelve Bridges 28-27 in the CIF NorCal Division 2-A title game. Wilcox finished the season 11-3.

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.

Votes by email do not count. Only votes submitted through the online poll on the Mercury News and East Bay Times websites will count.

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