Bulldogs, Please take a moment to vote for Batavia's Ellie Poynter (Volleyball) 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 girls small-school volleyball player of the week: Ellie Poynter (Batavia Volleyball) – Her 17 kills, 14 digs, two aces and two assists led the Bulldogs to a five-set win over Madeira. Please click on the link to vote for Ellie! https://www.cincinnati.com/story/sports/high-school/high-school-sports/2025/09/29/cincinnati-enquirer-high-school-athlete-of-week-september-29-2025/86424882007/