Vote for The Herald’s Prep Athlete of the Month for September

Below are the candidates for The Herald’s Prep Athlete of the Month for September. They were the winners of the five athlete-of-the-week polls during the month. The balloting for the athlete of the month closes on Wednesday, Oct. 19 at midnight. The winner will be featured in a future edition of The Herald.

The nominees

Grace Andrews | Snohomish | Girls Swim & Dive

Andrews, a junior, won the 200-yard individual medley (2 minutes, 26.34 seconds) and 100 butterfly (1:05.11) in the Panthers’ 95-75 win over Everett on Sept. 13. She also helped Snohomish’s 200 medley and 400 freestyle relay teams secure victories. She won the voting for the week of Sept. 12-18 by claiming 634 (35.1%) of 1,804 votes.

Cole Balen and Sean Balen | Archbishop Murphy | Boys Tennis

Brothers Cole Balen, a junior, and Sean Balen, a senior, won all four of their matches on their way to winning the first annual Class 2A District 1 Doubles Invite held Sept. 9-10 at Sehome High School. The pair won their matches 6-0, 6-3; 6-2, 6-1; 6-1, 6-4; and 6-3, 6-4. Both also won all three of their singles matches during week to help the Wildcats to a 3-0 start. They won last week’s voting by claiming 378 (38.2%) of 990 votes.

Isaiah Cuellar | Mariner | Football

Cuellar, a junior, threw for a touchdown, ran for a score and returned an interception for a TD in the Marauders’ 39-14 win over Foster. Cuellar completed 6 for 12 passes for 188 yards, ran for 22 yards on three carries and scored on a 100-yard interception return. He won last week’s poll by claiming 354 (39.6%) of 895 votes.

Westin Galle | Sultan | Football

Galle, a senior, threw a touchdown pass, recorded two interceptions on defense and made a 35-yard field goal during the Turks’ 16-13 victory over rival Granite Falls on Sept. 30. Galle won the voting for Sept. 26-Oct. 2 by claiming 671 (34.6%) of 1,938 votes.

Mason Orgill | Snohomish | Football

Orgill, a senior, need just 10 carries to produce 146 yards and five touchdowns in the Panthers’ 43-27 win over Edmonds-Woodway on Sept. 23. He scored on runs of 3, 38, 1, 8 and 1 yards. He won the voting for the week of Sept. 19-25 by claiming 472 (29.2%) of 1,618 votes.