Cruz Veliz of Woodburn voted the WaFd Bank Oregon High School Boys Athlete of the Week
Congratulations to Woodburn’s Cruz Veliz for being voted SBLive’s WaFd Bank Oregon Boys Athlete on the Week for the week of Sept. 19-25.
Veliz, a sophomore linebacker on the Woodburn football team, caused a fumble and returned it 65 yards for a touchdown, helping the Bulldogs earn a 13-6 win at Seaside.
Veliz received 39.21% of the vote, beating out David Brown, a senior on the Eagle Point football team, who finished second with 32.92%. Alex Ingalls, a junior on the Mountainside football team, was third with 12.97% and Drew Rodriguez, a senior on the Sprague football team, was fourth with 4.95%. There were nearly 25,000 votes tallied this week.
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