{
  "id": 11401388,
  "title": "Advertiser's boys and girls Athletes of the Week for Sept 21-25 presented by The Vance Law Firm",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/02/advertisers-boys-and-girls-athletes-of-the-week-for-sept-21-25",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-02T09:03:55.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Yahoo Sports",
    "slug": "yahoo-sports",
    "url": "https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/advertisers-boys-girls-athletes-week-090355770.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The Montgomery Advertiser has announced its Boys and Girls Athlete of the Week poll for the week of September 21-25, sponsored by The Vance Law Firm. Readers had the opportunity to vote from Sunday, September 27, through Thursday, October 1.\n\nOn the boys side, Alabama Christian's Mason Henry emerged victorious with an impressive 69% of the vote, garnering 506 votes. Micah Merritt, Henry's teammate, secured the second position with 27%, collecting 201 votes. It's worth noting that this is the second consecutive week that an Alabama Christian football player has claimed the boys poll.\n\nAmong the girls, Montgomery Catholic's Haley Ishman claimed the top spot with an overwhelming 56% of the vote, earning 10,539 votes. Prattville Christian's Olivia Rossi came in second with 45%, collecting 8,724 votes. The nominees for both genders were selected based on top performers recommended by high school coaches or statisticians. Coaches and team statisticians could submit stats to sports@montgomeryadvertiser.com to nominate players.",
  "summary": "See who the Montgomery Advertiser's boys and girls athletes of the week are for performances during Sept 21-25 presented by The Vance Law Firm.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}