{
  "id": 8959084,
  "title": "16 players up for Herald News Football Player of the Week",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/21/16-players-up-for-herald-news-football-player-of-the-week",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-21T16:40:45.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Yahoo Sports",
    "slug": "yahoo-sports",
    "url": "https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/16-players-herald-news-football-164045517.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "FALL RIVER – Sixteen football players from the Fall River area are up for consideration for the Herald News Football Player of the Week award. This poll is open for performances from September 18th, and supporters of various schools including Atlantis Charter, Case, Diman, Durfee, Somerset Berkley, and Westport can visit heraldnews.com to cast their vote. Diman's Luke Fitzgerald took the top spot last week with 74.4% of the votes. The voting period is set to end on September 27th, with the winner announced both on the Herald News website and on the social media platform X (formerly known as Twitter). It is advised to vote promptly and frequently for your preferred choice. For further information, readers can contact Herald News and Taunton Gazette sports editor Steven Sanchez at ssanchez@heraldnews.com or follow him on his social media accounts @Chezsports and TikTok @ssanchezsports.",
  "summary": "You can vote for your favorite player of the week. Six area schools are represented.",
  "key_points": [
    "Sixteen players from Fall River area in running for Herald News Football Player of the Week award.",
    "Voting open until September 27th, winner announced on Herald News website and X.",
    "Luke Fitzgerald from Diman leads with 74.4% of votes in last week's poll."
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Yahoo Sports",
        "title": "Vote for the Hometeam Football Player of the Week, presented by the YMCA of Central Massachusetts",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/21/vote-for-the-hometeam-football-player-of-the-week-presented-by-the",
        "published": "2026-09-21T18:31:58.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "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."
}