Bulldogs, Please take a moment to vote for Batavia's Xavier Diesel-Slone (Boys Cross Country), Ian Shinkle (Boys Soccer) and Melody Miller (Girls Soccer) as the Cincinnati Enquirer's Beacon Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine Athlete of the Week! Enquirer/Cincinnati.com readers can vote for their favorite high school athletes of the week on their desktop, the Cincinnati.com mobile web or Cincinnati.com app once per hour. Deadline is 4 p.m. on Friday. Voting occurs each week during all high school sports seasons and recognizes athletes across all sports. Please do not email your votes; they will not count. Also, our system considers WiFi as one IP address ‒ to prevent people from clearing caches to vote without limit ‒ so if multiple people on a shared WiFi are voting, they should briefly take their phones off WiFi for the hourly votes to count. Top Ohio boys cross-country runner of the week Top Ohio small-school boys soccer player of the week: Xavier Diesel-Slone (Batavia Boys Cross Country) – The freshman took ninth place at Bethel-Tate with a new personal best of 17:37.53. Ian Shinkle (Batavia Boys Soccer) – The sophomore had three goals in a 4-1 win over Western Brown. Top Ohio girls small-school soccer player of the week Melody Miller (Batavia Girls Soccer) – The junior scored two goals and had an assist to help Batavia beat Wilmington on Thursday. Please click on the link to vote for Xavier, Ian, and Melody! https://www.cincinnati.com/story/sports/high-school/high-school-sports/2025/09/15/cincinnati-enquirer-high-school-athlete-of-the-week-sept-15-2025/86168900007/