{
  "id": 8221575,
  "title": "Abigail Alden, Maddox Smith are Sept. 7-13 Akron-Area Athletes of Week",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/18/abigail-alden-maddox-smith-are-sept-7-13-akron-area-athletes-of-week",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-18T09:47:07.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Yahoo Sports",
    "slug": "yahoo-sports",
    "url": "https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/abigail-alden-maddox-smith-sept-094707444.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "During the week of September 7-13, two athletes from Akron-area high schools received recognition as the Athlete of the Week. Abigail Alden, a soccer player from Archbishop Hoban, and Maddox Smith, a football player from Mogadore, were voted as the girls and boys winners respectively. Alden earned 77.3% of 5,303 votes, while Smith garnered 56.2%. Alden scored two goals in a 4-0 victory over Hathaway Brown, and Smith amassed four touchdowns (two passing, two rushing) and four two-point conversions in a 46-16 triumph against Malvern. Their achievements will be featured on the BeaconJournal.com webpage next Tuesday.",
  "summary": "Who won the Akron-Area Athletes of the Week vote, which honors a boy and girl high school athlete throughout the school year, for Sept. 7-Sept. 13?",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "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."
}