Santa Barbara High football’s Fin Congdon and Dos Pueblos tennis’ Zella Cassidy were key in keeping their teams’ seasons alive en route to earning Santa Barbara Athletic Round Table Athlete of the Week honors.
The pairing was honored at Monday’s SBART Press Luncheon at Harry’s Plaza Cafe.
Congdon was a standout on both sides of the ball for the Golden Tornado, which cruised to a 45-7 rout of Fullerton to begin the CIF-SS Division 6 playoffs.
The senior hauled in four catches for 66 yards and a touchdown on the offensive end and added a 60-yard pick-six from his position in the defensive secondary.
Meanwhile, Cassidy was the top singles weapon in the Chargers’ CIF-SS Division 4 playoff wins over Golden Grove and JW North to advance to the Quarterfinal round.
She began the week by going 3-0 in singles play against Golden Grove to kick off the playoffs and added three more victories against JW North in round two.
The boys honorable mentions were Griffin Arnold (SB Football), Cade Mault (SB Football), Holden Brey (DP Football), August Singer (SM Cross Country) and Kik Van Engelen (SB Cross Country).
The girls honorable mentions were Tate Jaeger (SM Tennis), Elsie Tuttle (SM Cross Country), Autumn Richardson (SM Cross Country), Sophie Blank (Cate Cross Country) and Sydney Burgoyne (SB Cross Country).
The Athlete of the Week award winners are selected by the local sports media. Coaches are encouraged to nominate deserving athletes. Nominations should be sent to sports@noozhawk.com by Saturday afternoon, if possible.
The award is sponsored by Cottage Health, Knight Real Estate Group, Investec Real Estate and Fidelity National Title.
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