Week 9 of Augusta-area high school sports is wrapped up. For softball and volleyball, it marked the final week of their regular season before the postseason. Football a few weeks left before playoffs. But in any event, let's look back at the top performers throughout the week to find out who will be this week's athlete of the week.

Below are the nominees for the Athlete of the Week from this week's action. The poll will be open until Sunday, Oct. 19 at 5 p.m.

Readers can nominate local athletes for future polls by emailing sports reporter Dhani Joseph (dajoseph@gannett.com) or messaging him on (@TheDhaniJoseph).

Dextavian Reese, Hephzibah football

The junior had 94 receiving yards and two touchdowns against Baldwin.

Jaylen Stone, Westside football

The senior had 169 yards between pas

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