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Elijah Garcia of Century voted the WaFd Bank Oregon High School Boys Athlete of the Week

Garcia received 53.24% of the vote, beating out Thurston’s Carlos Vega, who finished second with 37.56%.
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Congratulations to Century’s Elijah Garcia for being voted SBLive’s WaFd Bank Oregon Boys Athlete of the Week for the week of Oct. 3-9

Garcia, a senior running back on the Century football team, rushed for 201 yards and a touchdown on 31 carries for the Jaguars in their 26-23 loss to Glencoe in a Pacific Conference game at Hare Field in Hillsboro. 

Garcia received 53.24% of the vote, beating out Carlos Vega, a junior on the Thurston soccer team, who finished second with 37.56%. Landon Hill, a junior on the Canby soccer team, was third with 5.37% and Samuel Byrne-Amaya, a senior on the Century soccer team, was fourth with 1.77%. There were more than 28,000 votes tallied this week. 

We are accepting WaFd Bank Athlete of the Week nominations. If you would like to nominate an athlete, please email danbrood91@gmail.com.