Poll: Which Dade high school athlete should be the Miami Herald’s Player of the Week? (Jan. 21)

Miami-Dade County’s best athletes geared up for the postseason in the winter sports with more stellar performances this past week.

This week, we continue a weekly feature where we ask you to vote for the best performer of the week in Dade County high school sports.

Below is a look at the five candidates from last week’s action. Take our poll below to cast your vote. The poll will be open until Thursday, Jan. 25, around 10 p.m.

You may vote as often as you like until then.

Here are the candidates from last week’s events:

▪ Gavin Balmeceda, South Dade, boys’ wrestling: Balmeceda battled through an ankle injury to score a tech fall over Kissimmee Osceola’s Deacon Delong in the finals of the state wrestling duals championships. Balmeceda finished 3-0 at the tournament with two pins.

▪ Jadore Hayes, North Miami, girls’ basketball: Hayes totaled 33 points, 20 rebounds, 8 blocks and five steals in a 59-38 win over Coral Reef.

▪ J-Roc Lopez, True North, boys’ basketball: Lopez totaled a combined 54 points, 13 rebounds and 12 assists in wins over Stuart Martin County and Miami Christian.

▪ Jordan Del Rio, TERRA, boys’ basketball: Del Rio eclipsed the 1,000-point mark for his career after scoring a combined 43 points in wins over Homestead and Ferguson.