Brett Nottingham (Monte Vista) and Jenn Docto (Amador) have been named Tri-Valley Athletes of the Week …..

Brett Nottingham, Monte Vista, Football — Nottingham went 25-for-38 for 392 yards and four touchdowns to lead the Mustangs to a 41-31 win against Foothill. The junior leads the the Easy Bay, averaging 296.8 yards passing a game and leads an offense that is also tops in the area, averaging 470.8 yards per game.

From the research lab: In 2002, Monte Vista QB Kyle Wright won the Gatorade National Player of the Year award, the ANG Offensive Player of the Year award, the EBAL MVP and was named the No. 1 recruit in the nation.

Here is a side-by-side comparison of his stats that year through four weeks and Nottingham’s this year. Pretty impressive - even more so when you factor in those are Nottingham’s first four starts and Wright was starting as a sophomore.

Wright finished the year with 127-for-209, for 2,214 yards, 28 TD/2 INT.

Jenn Docto, Amador Valley, Water Polo —In the Dons’ first place finish at the Bulldog Classic, Docto led the team with eight goals, eight assists and seven steals. She parlayed that with a six-goal, three-assist performance in a win against Granada. Docto has tallied 51 goals, 21 assists and 43 steals so far this year.