Athletes of the week

(Published during the high school sports season)

(For the week of Sept. 21 through Sept. 27)

Boys

Emmitt Lloyd (Jr.) Middletown High School football

You can have good running backs and a quarterback, and the Middletown Mustangs certainly do, but if you don’t have an offensive line, it’s hard to consistently win on the gridiron. Middletown’s offensive line once again opened up some big holes, this time against Upper Lake, allowing the Mustangs to score 40-plus points for a third week in a row. Leading that effort in a 48-6 win over Upper Lake was junior Emmitt Lloyd, all 6 feet, 9 inches of him. Lloyd threw some big blocks, including several of the pancake variety.

Girls

Juliza Sevilla (Jr.) Lower Lake High School soccer

The Lower Lake Trojans came away two big road wins, 2-1 at Fort Bragg and 3-0 at Middletown, during the past week to remain undefeated (5-0) in the North Central League I girls soccer standings. Juliza Sevilla figured prominently in both victories, scoring twice and assisting on another goal against Middletown, and scoring one of the team’s two goals against Fort Bragg. Sevilla and the Trojans are on a good run of late, with a 5-0-1 record in their last six games. Lower Lake is 9-3-1 overall.