Central Kitsap girls soccer player Maleia Dayao and North Kitsap football player Kyree McGinty are the Kitsap Sun athletes of the week for Sept. 22-27, selected by readers in an online poll .

Athletes are nominated by their respective coaches, and the top vote-getters for both boys and girls are declared the winners.

Dayao, a senior, scored two goals and added an assist across two games for the Cougars, who finished the week with a 9-1 record. Dayao collected 18,062 votes. Other nominees for girls sports were South Kitsap's Sylvi Allen, Olympic's Jillian Bazzell and North Kitsap's Lecy Russell.

McGinty, a senior, had 127 rushing yards, 67 receiving yards and four total touchdowns in the Vikings' Week 4 win over North Mason. He collected 1,268 votes. The other nominees for boys sports

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