Foothill skier and basketball player sweep R-S Athlete of the Week (Jan. 20-27)

The results from last week's Record Searchlight Athlete of the Week poll are in. The winners were chosen and voted on by Record Searchlight readers and subscribers. 

Male Athlete of the Week winner

Luke Lindsay (Foothill)

Senior Foothill shooting guard Luke Lindsay won Male Athlete of the Week for the period covering Jan. 20 to 27. He received 416 votes. U-Prep senior forward Trevor Jones came in second with 298 votes and Mt. Shasta snowboarder JT Kennedy came in third place with 152 votes. Lindsay was one of the main catalysts for the Cougars against Shasta on Jan. 24. Lindsay scored 17 points and was six-of-eight from the field and helped Foothill secure the 68-54 victory on the road in basketball.

Female Athlete of the Week winner

Mathilda Karlsson (Foothill)

Karlsson won Athlete of the Week after receiving 2,205 votes (Jan. 20-27). Shasta basketball player Ava Jackson came in second with 1,786 votes, U-Prep soccer player Emma Nichols came in third with 286 votes and Mt. Shasta snowboarder Tate Harkness came in fourth with 148 votes. Karlsson refused to let the lack of visibility affect her lone run down the slopes at Mt. Shasta Ski Park on Jan. 27. Karlsson, a skier, stormed through the snow and finished first at the Team Shasta High School Ski and Snowboard Race 3 in 54.26 seconds.

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Here are this week's Record Searchlight Athlete of the Week nominees. The nominees were chosen by staff based on the past week's performances.

The nominees include three basketball players, two snowboarders, one skier and one soccer player.  

Read about each young athlete before voting online at Redding.com/sports. Voting closes Saturday at 12:01 a.m. You can vote once per day.

Male Athlete of the Week nominees

JT Kennedy (Mount Shasta)

Conditions at Mt. Shasta Ski Park were less than ideal for Kennedy and the dozens of Nordic athletes who competed at the Team Shasta High School Ski and Snowboard Race 3 on Monday. The foggy conditions would allow the racers to do one run, but that's all Kennedy needed. Kennedy finished in first place with a time of 49.12 seconds in the snowboarding slalom.

Trevor Jones (U-Prep)

Jones proved again why he's one of the most scorers on U-Prep's roster. Jones scored 16 points on Monday against Oroville and 11 points against Lassen on Friday for the Panthers, which has won five straight games in boys basketball since a 48-point loss to Pleasant Valley on Jan. 11.

Female Athlete of the Week nominees

Emma Nichols (U-Prep)

Nichols scored two goals and added an assist to help U-Prep girls soccer defeat Lassen 7-0 on the road. U-Prep continued it's dominant stretch which has won seven straight matches and Its only wrinkle came when it played Pleasant Valley to a 0-0 tie on Dec. 16.

Tate Harkness (Mount Shasta)

Despite poor visibility and low snowfall, Harkness made the course at Mt. Shasta Ski Park look easy on Monday. Harkness, the senior snowboarder on her only run of the day, accelerated to a time of 43.77 at Team Shasta High School Ski and Snowboard Race 3. It was the fastest mark of the day for any racer, boy or girl. 

Ava Jackson (Shasta)

Jackson was in rhythm on Friday against Foothill. The senior shooting guard scored 22 points and made 5 of 9 shots from 3-point range to help Shasta edge Foothill at home 62-59 in basketball.

Ethan Hanson started working for the Redding Record Searchlight after four years with the Los Angeles Daily News as a freelancer. His coverage includes working the NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament in South Bend, Indiana, and writing about the St. Louis Rams' move to Los Angeles with the Ventura County Star. He began his career as a play-by-play broadcaster for LA Pierce College from 2011-2017. Follow him on Twitter at @EthanAHanson_RS.