Who should be the Happy State Bank High School Athlete of the Week?

Spring sports are in full swing across the Lone Star State, with basketball and soccer in the midst of district play while swimming has reached the postseason.

Standouts from both sports are among the nominees for the Happy State Bank High School Athlete of the Week for Jan. 19-25, 2026.

The Globe-News is taking weekly nominations and will release a list of finalists for the High School Athlete of the Week each Tuesday.

Nominations are due by 5 p.m. Saturday and can be submitted through email at [email protected], by messaging the Globe-News through its Facebook page or on Twitter @amarilloglobe.

Students in all varsity sports are eligible and can only be named Athlete of the Week one time per season, per sport, and athletes from one school cannot win more than three consecutive weeks.

The poll will close Thursday and the winners will be announced Friday each week.

Take a moment to look at some of the top performances in the last week and vote on amarillo.com.

This Week's Finalists

• Deandra Canales, Amarillo High girls swimming — Canales, a freshman, won the 50-yard freestyle and the 100-yard freestyle at the District 3-5A Swim Meet while also helping the Lady Sandies' 200-yard medley relay and 200-yard freestyle relay to wins.
• Tristan Chambers, West Plains girls soccer — Chambers scored a goal and notched two assists in the Lady Wolves' 4-2 win against Borger.
• Peyton Earls, Pringle-Morse boys basketball — Earls tallied 15 points, nine rebounds and four blocks in the Cougars' 49-36 win against Wildorado. Earls also finished with 19 points and 19 rebounds in a 67-47 win against Adrian.
• Tad Evans, Happy boys basketball — Evans scored a game-high 25 points in the Cowboys' 57-53 overtime win against Springlake-Earth.
• Alec Purdy, Amarillo High boys swimming — Purdy won the 100-yard butterfly at the District 3-5A Swim Meet, finishing more than five seconds ahead of the second-place finisher. Purdy also won the 100-yard backstroke and helped the Sandies to wins in the 200-yard medley relay and the 200-yard freestyle relay.
• Natalie Rodarte, Caprock girls swimming — Rodarte won the girls 100-yard butterfly at the District 3-5A Swim Meet, finishing more than nine seconds ahead of the second-place finisher and setting two school records.
• Santiago Vega, Dumas boys soccer — Vega scored two goals in the Demons' 5-1 win against Hereford.
• Tai Wright, Canyon girls basketball — Wright scored a game-high 19 points in Canyon's 54-37 win against Hereford.

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Submit nominees, with stats, honors and accolades from the previous week by Saturday each week to [email protected]

This article originally appeared on Amarillo Globe-News: Vote for Happy State Bank High School Athlete of the Week, Jan. 19-25