{"id":457339,"date":"2026-09-08T16:56:08","date_gmt":"2026-09-08T16:56:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/457339\/"},"modified":"2026-09-08T16:56:08","modified_gmt":"2026-09-08T16:56:08","slug":"press-telegram-girls-athlete-of-the-week-lexi-loya-st-joseph-press-telegram","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/457339\/","title":{"rendered":"Press-Telegram Girls Athlete of the Week: Lexi Loya, St. Joseph \u2013 Press Telegram"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>School: St. Joseph<\/p>\n<p>Noteworthy:\u00a0The quarterback had four total touchdowns (three passing, one rushing) in St. Joseph\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.presstelegram.com\/2026\/09\/02\/qb-lexi-loya-leads-no-1-st-joseph-flag-football-past-long-beach-poly\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">25-6 victory<\/a> against Long Beach Poly on Sept. 2. Loya scored the game-winner on a 5-yard touchdown run in the first quarter. She also led St. Joseph to a 34-13 victory over Beckman on Sept. 1. St. Joseph went 2-0 last week and is undefeated (9-0) after the first month of the season. The Jesters are ranked <a href=\"https:\/\/www.presstelegram.com\/2026\/09\/04\/how-st-joseph-has-built-one-of-californias-top-ranked-flag-football-teams\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">No. 17 in the nation<\/a> and No. 4 in California by MaxPreps.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"St. Joseph quarterback Lexi Loya runs a keeper against Long...\" class=\"lazyload size-article_inline\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.presstelegram.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/LPT-L-HSFF-POLY-STJOE-0903-HF-06-3.jpeg?w=620\"  bad-src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>St. Joseph quarterback Lexi Loya runs a keeper against Long Beach Poly in flag football action at St. Jospeh High School in Lakewood on Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2026. (Photo by Howard Freshman, Contributing Photographer)\n<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"St. Joseph quarterback Lexi Loya races past the Long Beach...\" class=\"lazyload size-article_inline\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.presstelegram.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/LPT-L-HSFF-POLY-STJOE-0903-HF-02-1.jpeg?w=620\"  bad-src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>St. Joseph quarterback Lexi Loya races past the Long Beach Poly defense for a first quarter touchdown in flag football action at St. Jospeh High School in Lakewood on Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2026. (Photo by Howard Freshman, Contributing Photographer)\n<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"St. Joseph quarterback Lexi Loya and her father, head coach...\" class=\"lazyload size-article_inline\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.presstelegram.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/LPT-L-HSFF-POLY-STJOE-0903-HF-09-2.jpeg?w=620\"  bad-src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>St. Joseph quarterback Lexi Loya and her father, head coach Tim Loya, greet each other at the start of a game against Long Beach Poly  at St. Joseph High School in Lakewood on Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2026. (Photo by Howard Freshman, Contributing Photographer)\n<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"St. Joseph senior quarterback Lexi Loya loosens up before taking...\" class=\"lazyload size-article_inline\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.presstelegram.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/LPT-L-HSFF-POLY-STJOE-0903-HF-12-2.jpeg?w=620\"  bad-src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>St. Joseph senior quarterback Lexi Loya loosens up before taking on Long Beach Poly in flag football at St. Joseph High School in Lakewood on Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2026. (Photo by Howard Freshman, Contributing Photographer)\n<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"St. Joseph quarterback Lexi Loya runs toward her father, head...\" class=\"lazyload size-article_inline\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.presstelegram.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/LPT-L-HSFF-POLY-STJOE-0903-HF-13-2.jpeg?w=620\"  bad-src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>St. Joseph quarterback Lexi Loya runs toward her father, head coach Tim Loya, during action against Long Beach Poly at St. Joseph High School in Lakewood on Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2026. (Photo by Howard Freshman, Contributing Photographer)\n<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"St. Joseph quarterback Lexi Loya throws a pass against Long...\" class=\"lazyload size-article_inline\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.presstelegram.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/LPT-L-HSFF-POLY-STJOE-0903-HF-14-2.jpeg?w=620\"  bad-src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>St. Joseph quarterback Lexi Loya throws a pass against Long Beach Poly in flag football action at St. Joseph High School in Lakewood on Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2026. (Photo by Howard Freshman, Contributing Photographer)\n<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"St. Joseph quarterback Lexi Loya evades Long Beach Poly\u00e2\u0080\u0099s Mariey...\" class=\"lazyload size-article_inline\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.presstelegram.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/LPT-L-HSFF-POLY-STJOE-0903-HF-18-2.jpeg?w=620\"  bad-src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>St. Joseph quarterback Lexi Loya evades Long Beach Poly\u2019s Mariey Barajas before throwing a touch down pass in flag football at St. Joseph High School in Lakewood on Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2026. (Photo by Howard Freshman, Contributing Photographer)\n<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"St. Joseph quarterback Lexi Loya throws a pass against Long...\" class=\"lazyload size-article_inline\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.presstelegram.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/LPT-L-HSFF-POLY-STJOE-0903-HF-20-2.jpeg?w=620\"  bad-src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>St. Joseph quarterback Lexi Loya throws a pass against Long Beach Poly in flag football action at St. Joseph High School in Lakewood on Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2026. (Photo by Howard Freshman, Contributing Photographer)\n<\/p>\n<p>Show Caption<\/p>\n<p>1 of 8<\/p>\n<p>St. Joseph quarterback Lexi Loya runs a keeper against Long Beach Poly in flag football action at St. Jospeh High School in Lakewood on Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2026. (Photo by Howard Freshman, Contributing Photographer)\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#\" class=\"icon-enlarge mng-gallery-fullscreen-expand\" aria-label=\"Expand fullscreen slideshow\">Expand<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"School: St. Joseph Noteworthy:\u00a0The quarterback had four total touchdowns (three passing, one rushing) in St. Joseph\u2019s 25-6 victory&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":457340,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[5478,7,5479,5480,2044,22251,131,133,132,137,127],"class_list":["post-457339","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-long-beach","tag-athlete-of-the-week","tag-california","tag-high-school-all-sports","tag-high-school-flag-football","tag-high-school-sports","tag-lakewood","tag-long-beach","tag-long-beach-headlines","tag-long-beach-news","tag-los-angeles-county","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/457339","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=457339"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/457339\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/457340"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=457339"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=457339"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=457339"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}