Every week, the Las Cruces Sun-News will nominate several athletes for its Athlete of the Week award, sponsored by the El Paso Children's Hospital. The winner is decided by you, the readers.

The award highlights the best performances from Las Cruces-area schools from the previous week. This week, there are 10 football, volleyball, soccer and cross country nominees from Las Cruces, Organ Mountain, Centennial Chaparral and Hatch Valley.

We had a tie last week, so two athletes are the reigning Athletes of the Week. Daxton Coombs and Ashley Galaz of Organ Mountain cross country won the boys' and girls' races, respectively, at the Mayfield Invitational to earn their nominations and were both voted first. Be sure to submit nominees for what occurs in this week's athletic contests to Nick Cop

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