Dos Pueblos football’s Caeden Lee and San Marcos cross country’s Elsie Tuttle led their teams to strong performances last week en route to Santa Barbara Athletic Round Table Athlete of the Week honors.
The pairing was honored at Monday’s SBART Press Luncheon at Harry’s Plaza Cafe.
Lee played a crucial role in the Charger football team taking down San Marcos by a score of 16-15 in the Battle for the Goodland, punching their ticket to the CIF-SS playoffs.
The sophomore had six catches for 66 yards, including an impressive fourth-down snag to keep the game-winning drive alive late in the fourth quarter. He also totaled 44 kick return yards.
Tuttle was the top San Marcos girls finisher in the Santa Barbara County Championship meet last week in Lompoc, where the Royals swept the county championship.
She crossed the finish line in 18:29 in the 3-mile race, securing a third place individual showing.
The boys honorable mentions were Levi Capalli (SBCC Football), Channing Wigo (DP Water Polo), Stefano Picoletti (Carp Water Polo), Jack Fulbeck (SB Water Polo), August Singer (SM Cross Country) and Ian McMurtry (DP Cross Country).
The girls honorable mentions were Lola Heckman (SB Volleyball), Celeste Alcaraz (DP Golf), Elizabeth Jayich (Cate Tennis), Lisa Hasebe/Kiki Chang (Cate Tennis) and Caroline Cooney/Cailyn Gillen (Carp Tennis).
The Athlete of the Week award winners are selected by the local sports media. Coaches are encouraged to nominate deserving athletes. Nominations should be sent to sports@noozhawk.com by Saturday afternoon, if possible.
The award is sponsored by Cottage Health, Knight Real Estate Group, Investec Real Estate and Fidelity National Title.
