Wooster Daily Record opens Athlete of the Week poll for Feb. 16-21
Wooster Daily Record opened its Athlete of the Week poll on Feb. 23 for performances during Feb. 16-21, 2026, inviting readers across Wayne and Holmes counties to pick a standout high-school athlete.
The Wooster Daily Record opened its weekly Athlete of the Week poll on Feb. 23 for performances during Feb. 16-21, 2026, asking readers in Wayne and Holmes counties to nominate and vote for a standout high-school athlete from that week. The poll is explicitly tied to the paper’s ongoing high-school sports coverage in the Wooster Daily Record sports section.
Performances eligible for this round cover the six-day window of Feb. 16 through Feb. 21, 2026, and the invitation targeted student-athletes from across Wayne and Holmes counties. By limiting nominations to that specific week, the paper narrowed the field to athletes whose games, meets, or matches were played between those dates, keeping the recognition focused on recent local results.
Readers in Wayne and Holmes counties were asked to take part in the selection process, reinforcing the paper’s role as a community forum for local high-school sports. The poll’s weekly cadence means this Feb. 16-21 edition followed prior Athlete of the Week rounds earlier in the winter season and continued the newspaper’s routine of highlighting week-to-week achievements by high-school competitors in the region.
The poll opened on Feb. 23, 2026, three days after the eligible performances concluded on Feb. 21, and remained the current voting opportunity as of Feb. 26, 2026. The timing underscores how the Wooster Daily Record schedules recognition shortly after local contests, giving coaches, parents, and classmates a prompt chance to acknowledge players who stood out during that specific week.
This Athlete of the Week poll represents the latest iteration of the Wooster Daily Record’s regular high-school sports features, using the Feb. 16-21 performance window to surface individual accomplishments from Wayne and Holmes counties. The paper’s continued weekly attention to local high-school athletics keeps recent performances in the public eye and provides a recurring platform for community recognition of student-athletes.
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