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Bay Area News Group boys athlete of the week: Brandon Melo, Half Moon Bay football

Half Moon Bay football player Brandon Melo is the Bay Area News Group’s boys high school athlete of the week for Sept. 29-Oct. 4.

In online voting that ended at 5 p.m. Wednesday, Melo finished with 45.7% of the votes. Mountain View football player Dom Kristof took second with 44.8%.

Congratulations to all the candidates for this week’s recognition.

Melo threw two touchdown passes and intercepted a pass on defense in Half Moon Bay’s 48-0 win over Sequoia.

To nominate an athlete for next week’s poll, email highschools@bayareanewsgroup.com by Monday at 11 a.m. Please include stats and team results.

Votes by email do not count. Only votes submitted through the online poll on the Mercury News and East Bay Times websites will count.

Winners are announced each Friday on the Mercury News and East Bay Times websites and in the print edition of the Mercury News and East Bay Times sports sections.

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