The Friday Night Hero is back, and it feels like it never left.

Each Friday during the football season, we will pick the five top players from that week's games and let you vote for who you think had the best performance of the week.

The Week 1 candidates all flashed brilliance and show that the hot summer did not produce any rust.

Here are the first batch of candidates for the 2025 season:

Vote in the poll at the bottom of this article at desertsun.com and whichever athlete has the most votes at noon on Thursday will be declared our weekly winner.

Dominick Ambal, Desert Hot Springs

What he did: Well, how about a 98-yard touchdown run on the first offensive play of the season? That will kick-start your team. Ambal also caught a touchdown pass and finished with 176 total yards in t

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