Vote for the Blue Water Area Athlete of the Week

Spring sports have begun. So it's time for the return of the Blue Water Area Athlete of the Week poll. We need you to determine a winner.

Voting ends at noon on Thursday.

The most recent winner was Armada boys basketball's Andrew Sniesak, who scored a game-high 24 points in the Tigers' 60-55 win over St. Clair in a Division 2 district semifinal on March 8. He also surpassed 1,000 career points during the game.

Want to nominate an athlete for a future poll? Email Times Herald sports reporter Brenden Welper (bwelper@gannett.com) and let him know who had a stellar week. Please submit entries by 10 p.m. on Sunday.

Listed below are this week’s candidates in alphabetical order:

Jesse Kautz — Almont girls soccer: Kautz scored four goals in the Raiders' 5-1 victory over Yale on April 6.

Blake Lutzky — Cardinal Mooney baseball: Lutzky pitched a complete-game shutout in the Cardinals' 3-0 win over Ann Arbor Father Gabriel Richard on April 3. He finished with 11 strikeouts.

Margaret Monaghan — Port Huron Northern girls track & field: Monaghan won three events (long jump, high jump and 100-meter hurdles) in the Shake Off The Rust Invitational on April 7. Her 100-meter hurdle time of 15.39 set a new school record.

Gavin Troy — Port Huron baseball: Troy went 2-for-3 at the plate and had three RBIs against Yale on April 6. One of his hits was a two-run home run.

Avery Woodard — Marysville softball: Woodard finished with four hits (three singles, one double), three runs and an RBI in the Vikings' 12-2 triumph over Marine City on April 6.

Contact Brenden Welper at bwelper@gannett.com. Follow him on Twitter @BrendenWelper.