Athletes from Archbishop Hoban and Mogadore high schools won the voting for the Akron-Area High School Athlete of the Week for Sept. 7-13.
Abigail Alden is the girls winner and Maddox Smith wins for the boys. Alden, who plays soccer for Hoban, received 77.3% of the votes cast. Smith, a football player for Mogadore, received 56.2% of the votes cast.
A total 5,303 votes were cast overall. Look for more on each athlete below.
The athlete of the week returns to beaconjournal.com next Tuesday.
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Abigail Alden, Hoban soccer
Scored two goals in a 4-0 win over Hathaway Brown.
Maddox Smith, Mogadore football
Totaled four touchdowns (two passing, two rushing) and four two-point conversions (two passing, two rushing) in a 46-16 win over Malvern.
A look at the 2026-27 Akron-Area High School Athlete of the Week winners
- Date – girls winner | boys winner
- Aug. 14 – Preseason Football Game of the Year: Dalton at Mogadore (Week 3)
- Aug. 21 – Amrita Deo, Revere golf | Braden Gunter, Norton golf
- Aug. 28 – Ava Brooks, Norton tennis | Braden Holdford, Twinsburg soccer
- Sept. 4 – Ava Bethel, Norton volleyball | Blake Pumper, Woodridge football
- Sept. 11 – Addi Kapp, Revere soccer | Jason Beverly, Norton football
- Sept. 18 – Abigail Alden, Hoban soccer | Maddox Smith, Mogadore football
Editor’s note: Winners of the Akron-Area Athlete of the Week in the fall are not eligible to win it again until the winter sports season begins. Coaches and athletic directors: Submit nominees for Akron-Area High School Athlete of the Week at bjsports@thebeaconjournal.com
This article originally appeared on Akron Beacon Journal: Abigail Alden, Maddox Smith are Sept. 7-13 Akron-Area Athletes of Week
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