From staff reports

Leander wide receiver Zane Wooldridge was voted the Austin Sports Journal Austin-area Football Player of the Week for Week 2.

It was a close races with Wooldridge edging out Anderson wide receiver Ed Small by 87 votes. Both candidate received more than 96% of the total 2,500 votes cast. Wooldridge received 50.4% of the vote, while Small received 46.9%. Other candidates included Liberty Hill’s Kyle May, Buda Johnson’s Kael Hatnot and Cedar Park’s Trae Hill.

Woolridge had 161 yards on 9 catches with a touchdown in the Lions’ win over Hendrickson.

The Austin Sports Journal will hold votes each week for the football and volleyball players of the week throughout the season.

Voting for the Football Player of the Week will open every Monday and close at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, starting September 3. The winner will be announced on Thursdays. Readers that sign up for our bi-weekly newsletter, which is delivered Thursdays and Saturdays, will find out first. You can sign up here.

Voting for the Volleyball Player of the Week will open every Thursday and close at 12 p.m. on Friday during the regular season. The winner will be announced first in our Thursday newsletter and the e-paper, which is published every Saturday and available exclusively to subscribers. Subscribe here. The inaugural issue on Aug. 31 will be free to everyone.

Coaches are urged to nominate players and include stats each week by emailing nominations to madams@austinsportsjournal.com.

Past winners

Week 1: Vann Hopping, Lake Travis