Santa Barbara High football’s Griffin Arnold and Dos Pueblos flag football’s Brooklyn Hedricks shined on the gridiron last week en route to being named the Santa Barbara Athletic Round Table Athlete of the Week.
The pairing was honored at Monday’s SBART Press Luncheon at Harry’s Plaza Cafe.
Arnold turned in a historic performance in the 66th edition of the Big Game last week, leading his Dons to a 48-3 rout of San Marcos at Warkentin Stadium.
The quarterback completed 25 of 33 passes for 302 pass yards and seven passing touchdowns, setting an all-time record for touchdown passes in a Big Game and tying John Uribe (2008) for most touchdown passes in a game in program history.
Meanwhile, Hedricks was a force on both sides of the ball to help lead the Chargers to big Channel League wins over Oxnard and San Marcos
She totaled 200 receiving yards and four touchdowns across the two games on offense, and added 15 flag pulls and an interception on defense in the 2-0 week.
The boys honorable mentions were Keegan Roessler (SB Football), Fin Congdon (SB Football), Grady Felix (DP Football), Kevin Castillo (Laguna Football), Mason Walsh (SB Water Polo), Stefano Piccoleti (Carp Water Polo) and Grant Nelson (DP Water Polo).
The girls honorable mentions were Lauren Kenny (Laguna Volleyball), Karina Urzua (Bishop Volleyball), Natalie Chan (Bishop Volleyball), Zella Cassidy (DP Tennis), Atria Husein (DP Tennis), Elina Stump (SB Flag Football) and Ruby Streatfeild (DP Flag Football).
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.
