Athletes of the week

(Published during the high school sports season)

(For the week of March 23 through March 29)

Boys

Dylan Caviness (Jr.) Middletown High School track & field

Breaking his personal best by two full feet, Middletown High School’s Dylan Caviness cleared 11 feet, 6 inches to place third in the pole vault Saturday afternoon at the Prospector Gold Rush track and field meet at Piner High School in Santa Rosa. Caviness is just six inches away from setting Middletown’s record in the event and he still has most of the 2026 season — not to mention his senior year — to keep going higher.

Girls

Crystal Pepper (Jr.) Lower Lake High School softball

Lower Lake High School right-hander Crystal Pepper took the bats right out of the hands of Kelseyville’s hitters in a North Central League I game, and Kelseyville’s league opener, at Lower Lake. Pepper threw a one-hit shutout in Lower Lake’s 4-0 victory, striking out six and walking just two. She threw 92 pitches and faced just four batters over the minimum.