Vote here for a Shreveport Times Week 6 Non-football AOW candidate

Voting is now open online for The Shreveport Times High School Athlete of the Week, sponsored by Raising Cane’s, the Shreveport-Bossier Sports Commission and Cosse and Silmon Orthodontics, which includes student-athletes in Louisiana high school sports other than football from 12 northwest Louisiana schools.Fans of those students, their schools or their particular sport can vote at shreveporttimes.com under “sports” for their favorite. Voting will continue through Friday evening with the winner announced Monday.Weekly winners will receive a backpack, a boxed lunch combo and some additional swag courtesy of Raising Cane’s and Cosse and Silmon, along with a short feature story on their accomplishments, courtesy of The Times.Previous winners include Ruston cheerleader Ava Puckett, Many volleyball player Rylee Gunter and Benton cross country standout Sam Ivins. BEST OF BEST: Here’s your week 8 Shreveport area superlative football performancesOn the Week 6 ballot for the 2026-27 school year are Alaina Stoute, Parkway cross country; Alyssa Giddings, Haughton cross country; Dalton Bliss, Benton cross country; Claire Jacobsen, Airline volleyball; Maddie Luoma, Byrd volleyball; Taliah Bates, Huntington cheer; Katelyn Clarke, Loyola volleyball; Maite Monsivais, Northwood volleyball; Jane Ramsey, Ruston volleyball; Kendall Rhodes, NCHS volleyball; Samarie Glynn, Many volleyball and Emma Derrick, North DeSoto cheer.YOU CAN VOTE HERE:The High School Athlete of the Week includes athletes from all LHSAA sports other than football. In the fall, that includes volleyball, cross country, swimming and cheerleading.Coaches and school administrators can submit their candidates for the recognition to jwatson@shreveporttimes.com.Jimmy Watson covers Louisiana sports for the USA TODAY Network. Email him at jwatson@shreveporttimes.com and follow him on Twitter @JimmyWatson6.PREVIOUS WINNERS:Week 5: Layla Davidson, Benton volleyballWeek 4: N/AWeek 3: Ava Puckett, Ruston cheerWeek 2: Rylee Gunter, Many volleyballWeek 1: Sam Ivins, Benton cross countryThis article originally appeared on Shreveport Times: Vote here for a Shreveport Times Week 6 Non-football AOW candidate