Vote now in The Vicksburg Post’s Athlete of the Week contest for Jan. 5-11, 2025
Published 4:00 am Monday, January 13, 2025
Voting is open in The Vicksburg Post’s Athlete of the Week contest.
This week’s nominees are basketball players Cynia Johnson (Vicksburg) and Sophie Masterson (Porter’s Chapel); and soccer players John Ellis Montgomery (St. Aloysius) and Jacob Porter (Warren Central).
Voting is open until midnight Tuesday, and you can vote as many times as you want until the deadline.
You can vote by clicking here.
Cynia Johnson, a senior with Vicksburg High’s girls’ basketball team, had a double-double with 18 points, 16 rebounds, four steals and three blocks in a 63-60 overtime win against defending MHSAA Class 6A champion Neshoba Central on Jan. 7. She also had eight points and nine rebounds in a loss to Ridgeland on Jan. 9.
John Ellis Montgomery, a senior with St. Aloysius’ boys’ soccer team, totaled three goals and two assists in three games last week. He had two goals in a 6-3 win vs. ACCS on Jan. 7, and a goal and an assist in a 6-1 victory over Oak Forest on Jan. 11.
Jacob Porter, a sophomore with Warren Central’s boys’ soccer team, scored two goals in a 3-0 win over Neshoba Central on Jan. 7. Porter leads the Vikings with 17 goals and five assists this season.
Sophie Masterson, a senior with Porter’s Chapel Academy’s girls’ basketball team, totaled 22 points, 10 rebounds, two assists two steals and two blocked shots in a 40-21 win vs. Hillcrest Christian on Jan. 7.
Voting is open until midnight Tuesday, and you can vote as many times as you want until the deadline. The winner will be announced Wednesday on vicksburgpost.com and then be featured in our Friday print edition.
Good luck to all of the nominees!