Each week throughout the season, the Howard County Times will select Athletes of the Week in each winter sport. At the end of every month, a public vote will be held to select the Athlete of the Month in each sport. Here are the Athletes of the Week for Feb. 17-23:

Vote for who you think are the Akron-Area Athletes of the Week, which honors a boy and girl high school athlete throughout the school year.

Here are the candidates for the Washington High School Athlete of the Week for Feb. 17-Feb. 22 as nominated by fans, readers and SBLive’s staff. Read through the nominees and cast your vote at the bottom of the page.