The fall high school sports regular season is coming down to the wire in the Greater Taunton area.
Last week, Taunton golf had a top 20 finisher at the MIAA Division 1 South Sectionals while also finishing in the top 10 as a team there and at the Hockomock League Championship while Bridgewater-Raynham golf also finished in the top 10 at D1 South Sectionals and Bridgewater-Raynham cross country won both the team and individual league titles at the Pioneer Athletic Conference Championship. On the gridiron, Taunton football fell in a back-and-forth Hockomock Kelley-Rex contest to former Bridgewater-Raynham assistant Lamont Penn's Attleboro while Bridgewater-Raynham and Bristol-Plymouth remained undefeated in league play and Dighton-Rehoboth scored its first win over South Coast Blue rivals Somerset Berkley since 2018.
The Taunton Daily Gazette High School Boys Athlete of the Week for Oct. 12-18 is Bristol-Plymouth soccer's Brayden Miller, receiving 69.9% of the vote. Dighton-Rehoboth football's Cooper Benfeito came in second with 14.3% while Taunton golf's Colby Emond received 4.8% to finish third.
Now is time to select the Taunton Daily Gazette High School Boys Athlete of the Week for Oct. 19-25, with polls open through noon on Sunday, Nov. 1. Only players from teams that submitted stats to the Gazette or made them readily available online can be featured in this poll. Scores and stats can be submitted via email to cmerritt@tauntongazette.com. Voting can only be done through the poll below, with one vote per person per hour, and any votes submitted by email or other means will not be counted.
Football
Alex Ozcan, Taunton
Ozcan went 2-for-2 on field goals from 34 and 33 yards out respectively and 2-for-2 on PATs against Attleboro.
Tim Nixon, Bristol-Plymouth
Nixon had 15 carries for 82 yards and 3 touchdowns against Southeastern.
Jack Lynch, Dighton-Rehoboth
Lynch had 5 catches for 92 yards and 3 touchdowns, 5 carries for 22 yards and a touchdown and 4 tackles and a sack against Somerset Berkley.
Cross Country
Matthew Parks, Bridgewater-Raynham
Parks finished first overall (17:19.5) at the PAC-3 Championship.
Golf
Logan Mendes, Taunton
Mendes finished tied for 19th overall shooting an 81 (+11), including an eagle on the eighth hole, at the MIAA Division 1 South Sectional.
Cam Cobb, Bridgewater-Raynham
Cobb finished tied for 40th overall shooting an 87 (+17) at the MIAA Division 1 South Sectional.
Connor Nowlin, Bristol-Plymouth
Nowlin finished tied for 19th overall shooting an 84 (+12) at the MIAA Division 2 South Sectional.
Charlie Rosa, Dighton-Rehoboth
Rosa finished tied for 19th overall shooting an 84 (+12) at the MIAA Division 2 South Sectional.
This article originally appeared on The Taunton Daily Gazette: Who is the TDG High School Boys Athlete of the Week for Oct. 19-25?