Brian Sumpter Sports Athletes of the week

Athletes of the week

(Published during the high school sports season)

(For the week of Oct. 5 through Oct. 11)

Boys

Emmitt Lloyd (Jr.) Middletown High School football

Junior offensive and defensive lineman Emmitt Lloyd, all 6-foot-9 of him, has been making a difference for the Middletown Mustangs on both sides of the line of scrimmage since his return to the lineup in early September. He sat out the Mustangs’ 10-7 season-opening loss to Pierce and the Mustangs have gone 5-0 since, including a 22-21 league-opening win Friday night against St. Helena. Lloyd came up with the play of the game — and there were big plays in that game — by blocking an extra point late in the fourth quarter after St. Helena had scored to cut Middletown’s lead to a single point.

Middletown’s Emmitt Lloyd blocked an extra-point kick late in the fourth quarter to preserve Middletown’s 22-21 win over St. Helena on Friday night at Bill Foltmer Field in Middletown. (Photo courtesy of Ed Oswalt)

Girls

Riley Hanson (Jr.) Kelseyville High School volleyball

Riley Hanson turned in a pair of strong performances for the Kelseyville Knights during a pair of North Central League I North road volleyball wins this past week. Kelseyville, undefeated in the North standings at 6-0, beat Upper Lake in a first-place showdown 25-22, 25-23, 25-19 behind a team-leading nine Hanson kills. Later in the week, Kelseyville defeated archrival Clear Lake 25-17, 25-10, 25-15 behind a team-best 12 Hanson assists. Hanson was the league co-MVP a year ago as a sophomore.