San Diego’s Athletes of the Week include CIF stars in football, state champ in cross country

Isaac Cook

Cathedral Catholic

Football

The 6-foot-1 junior’s 71-yard touchdown reception ignited the Dons, who went on to rally past Carlsbad, 20-14, in the San Diego Section Open Division title game.

Noah Walker

Granite Hills

Football

The senior caught seven passes for 189 yards and three touchdowns to lead his team to a 41-29 Division 1 title game victory over Lincoln.

Josiah Bowman

Sage Creek

Cross country

Using his track speed over the final mile, the senior rolled to the state Division 4 state championship at Fresno’s 3.1-mile course at Woodward Park. His time of 15 minutes, 3.4 seconds was tops by seven seconds.

Dax Labrum

Santa Fe Christian

Football

Playing up in Division 2, the Labrum-led Eagles remained unbeaten, defeating Steele Canyon 44-41 for the title. Labrum was 21 of 33 for 286 yards and five touchdowns.

Braylon Mitchell

Valley Center

Football

Passing for 209 yards and one touchdown and rushing for another score, the senior quarterback led the Jaguars to a 21-14 victory over Eastlake in the Division 4 title game.

Kaleb Runkle

Christian

Football

The junior threw for 280 yards and four touchdowns as the Patriots beat Central Union 28-14 for the Division 3 section championship.

— STEVE BRAND