VOTE: Southern California Girls Athlete of the Week, April 28

Each week, publications from the Southern California News Group’s 11 properties (Orange County Register, L.A. Daily News, Press-Enterprise, San Gabriel Valley Tribune, Long Beach Press-Telegram, The Daily Breeze, San Bernardino Sun, Daily Bulletin, Redlands Daily Facts, Whittier Daily News and Pasadena-Star News) select the Athletes of the Week for their respective region.

Each athlete is then entered into the overall Southern California Athlete of the Week vote.

Click on the newspaper links below the athlete’s name to read about their performance from last week, and then vote for who you think deserves the top honor.

Readers are allowed to vote multiple times. Voting ends at Thursday at midnight, but final totals aren’t always immediately reflected due to processing.

GIRLS ATHLETE OF THE WEEK VOTING

The overall winner will be announced on Friday, April 28.

Voting poll at bottom of the page.

Cat Calzada, Lakewood: Calzada’s two-RBI triple in the fourth inning powered Lakewood to a 4-3 win against Long Beach Poly last week. The victory put Lakewood in position for a Moore League championship game against Millikan at Mayfair Park on Thursday at 6:30 p.m.

Samantha Bland, Chino Hills: Bland, a shortstop headed to Nebraska, had a perfect week at the plate, going 7 for 7 with two hit by pitches in Baseline League wins over Los Osos and Rancho Cucamonga. Bland went 3 for 3 with a home run and five runs batted in during a 15-1 win over Los Osos. She hit for the cycle in a 14-4 victory over Rancho Cucamonga. She led off the game with a home run and completed the cycle with a single in the sixth inning. Bland is batting .461 with 32 runs and 27 RBIs this season.

Montserrat Reyes-Cardenas, La Mirada: She led the Matadores to a 2-1 victory Saturday over Norco, which is ranked No. 2 in CIF-SS Division 1. Reyes-Cardenas gave up one run on eight eights with eight strikeouts. She showed poise by getting out of a jam in the seventh inning to preserve the victory. The Mats have won the Gateway League title and will be in the Division 1 playoffs.

Brianne Weiss, Orange Lutheran: The Notre Dame commit fired a no-hitter with 12 strikeouts in a 1-0 victory against Santa Margarita and a four-hit shutout with seven strikeouts in a 4-0 triumph against Rosary to help keep the Lancers undefeated in the Trinity League. Weiss is 11-2 with a 0.69 ERA.

Nanea Kyle, West Torrance: Kyle had four hits, four stolen bases and drove in two runs in a 10-6 win over El Segundo. She contributed three hits, including a double and a triple, and drove in three runs in a 12-0 win over Wiseburn Da Vinci.

Madelaine Debs, Sierra Canyon: Debs was stellar in Sierra Canyon’s two Mission League wins last week, going a combined 5 for 6 with two homers. She went 3 for 3 with a home run and an RBI in a 6-1 win over Alemany before going 2 for 3 with home run, a double and two RBIs in a 7-5 win over Chaminade.