{
  "id": 15521706,
  "title": "Vote here for a Shreveport Times Week 5 Non-football AOW candidate",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/19/vote-here-for-a-shreveport-times-week-5-non-football-aow-candidate",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-19T00:12:45.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Yahoo Sports",
    "slug": "yahoo-sports",
    "url": "https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/vote-shreveport-times-week-5-001245082.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The Shreveport Times is currently accepting votes for the Week 5 Non-football Athlete of the Week (AOW) candidate. This contest, sponsored by Raising Cane’s, the Shreveport-Bossier Sports Commission, and Cosse and Silmon Orthodontics, is open to student-athletes in Louisiana high schools outside of football from 12 northwest Louisiana schools.\n\nTo participate, fans can visit shreveporttimes.com under the “sports” section and cast their vote for their favorite student-athlete. The voting period will continue until Friday evening, with the winner being announced the following Monday.\n\nWinners of each weekly AOW will receive a backpack, a boxed lunch combo, and additional swag from Raising Cane’s and Cosse and Silmon, along with a feature story highlighting their achievements in The Times. This Week 5 ballot includes athletes from Benton, Haughton, Captain Shreve, Parkway, Airline, Byrd, Caddo Magnet, Loyola, Northwood, Southwood, NCHS, and Bossier schools.\n\nInterested individuals can submit their candidates for consideration by emailing jwatson@shreveporttimes.com. Jimmy Watson, who covers Louisiana sports for the USA TODAY Network, can be reached at jwatson@shreveporttimes.com or followed on Twitter @JimmyWatson6.",
  "summary": "Vote for your favorite northwest Louisiana high school non-football athlete of the week from the latest list of 12 nominees.",
  "key_points": [
    "Shreveport Times accepting votes for Week 5 Non-football AOW candidate",
    "Contest sponsored by Raising Cane’s, sports commission, and orthodontics",
    "Winners receive backpack, lunch, swag, and feature story"
  ],
  "editors_take": "Expanding the spotlight beyond football allows local student-athletes to gain regional recognition and tangible rewards through community-sponsored recognition programs across northwest Louisiana high schools.",
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "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."
}