{"id":442158,"date":"2026-08-24T17:52:12","date_gmt":"2026-08-24T17:52:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/442158\/"},"modified":"2026-08-24T17:52:12","modified_gmt":"2026-08-24T17:52:12","slug":"san-diegos-athletes-of-the-week-include-early-season-standouts-in-four-sports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/442158\/","title":{"rendered":"San Diego&#8217;s Athletes of the Week include early-season standouts in four sports"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" lazyautosizes lazyload\" alt=\"Izzy Adams (Izzy Adams)\" width=\"150\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/SUT-L-aow-0825-03.jpg\" data-attachment-id=\"10007152\" \/>Izzy Adams (Izzy Adams)<br \/>\nIzzy Adams<\/p>\n<p>Torrey Pines<\/p>\n<p>Field hockey<\/p>\n<p>With four minutes remaining, the sophomore converted a corner to lead the Falcons past Scripps Ranch, 1-0, in the West Coast Classic championship.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" lazyautosizes lazyload\" alt=\"Kaden Williams (Kaden Williams)\" width=\"1362\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/SUT-L-aow-0825-04.jpeg\" data-attachment-id=\"10007153\" \/>Kaden Williams (Kaden Williams)<br \/>\nKaden Williams<\/p>\n<p>Del Norte<\/p>\n<p>Football<\/p>\n<p>Completing 14 of 19 passes for 246 yards and a touchdown, the senior overcame a slow start to lead the Nighthawks to a 29-28 victory over Mater Dei Catholic. He also ran for two scores.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" lazyautosizes lazyload\" alt=\"Maddie Redman (Maddie Redman)\" width=\"1206\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/SUT-L-aow-0825-06-e1787589918326.jpeg\" data-attachment-id=\"10007154\" \/>Maddie Redman (Maddie Redman)<br \/>\nMaddie Redman<\/p>\n<p>Sage Creek<\/p>\n<p>Girls volleyball<\/p>\n<p>Collecting 55 kills, 17 blocks and five aces, the Bobcats\u2019 junior led Sage Creek (8-1) to the West Coast Challenge title, avenging their lone loss with a 2-0 win over Steele Canyon in the finale.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" lazyautosizes lazyload\" alt=\"Evan Dill (Evan Dill)\" width=\"240\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/SUT-L-aow-0825-01.jpeg\" data-attachment-id=\"10007155\" \/>Evan Dill (Evan Dill)<br \/>\nEvan Dill<\/p>\n<p>West Hills<\/p>\n<p>Football<\/p>\n<p>The senior completed 8 of 15 passes for 99 yards and three touchdowns and rushed for 104 yards in a 28-13 win over Chula Vista.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" lazyautosizes lazyload\" alt=\"Lily Lejeune (Lily Lejeune)\" width=\"1085\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/SUT-L-aow-0825-05.jpg\" data-attachment-id=\"10007156\" \/>Lily Lejeune (Lily Lejeune)<br \/>\nLily Lejeune<\/p>\n<p>La Costa Canyon\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Flag football<\/p>\n<p>The sophomore has led the Mavericks to a 3-0 start, throwing for 626 yards and eight touchdowns and rushing for 92 yards and a score.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" lazyautosizes lazyload\" alt=\"Hez Manuel (Hez Manuel)\" width=\"689\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/SUT-L-aow-0825-02.jpeg\" data-attachment-id=\"10007157\" \/>Hez Manuel (Hez Manuel)<br \/>\nHez Manuel<\/p>\n<p>Hoover<\/p>\n<p>Football<\/p>\n<p>Completing 25 of 32 passes for 472 yards and six touchdowns and rushing for a pair of scores, the junior led the Cardinals to a 52-21 victory over Southwest-San Diego.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 STEVE BRAND<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Izzy Adams (Izzy Adams) Izzy Adams Torrey Pines Field hockey With four minutes remaining, the sophomore converted a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":442159,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[2044,181,74,76,75,127],"class_list":["post-442158","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-diego","tag-high-school-sports","tag-latest-headlines","tag-san-diego","tag-san-diego-headlines","tag-san-diego-news","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/442158","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=442158"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/442158\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/442159"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=442158"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=442158"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=442158"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}