​Voting is open for The Enquirer’s first Beacon Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine Athletes of the Week ballotfor the 2026-2027 high school sports year for activity through Sept. 6.Using new polling software, 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 as much as they’d like with a refreshed page until 4 p.m. on Friday. Scroll down to the bottom of this story for the ballots.More: How to add names to Enquirer’s high school athlete of the week ballotVoting occurs each week during all high school sports seasons, recognizing athletes across all sports. Please do not email your votes; they will not count. Here are this week’s ballots.Ohio big-school football team of the weekAnderson: Anderson had no trouble with Little Miami, winning 51-14.Badin: The Rams used 298 rushing yards to race past Edgewood, 31-7.Elder: The Panthers cruised past Indiana 4A title contender East Central in The Pit, 42-7.Hamilton: The Big Blue ran for 287 yards and three scores to beat Sycamore, 31-21.Kings: Kings ran for nearly 300 yards in a bounce-back win over Loveland, 41-14.Lakota East: Lakota East held off a furious Oak Hills comeback for a 31-28 win.Lebanon: Lebanon outran West Clermont, 308 yards to 91, in a 34-20 win.Middletown: Middletown picked up its first win of the year with a 27-20 battle against Fairfield.Princeton: Princeton didn’t waste much time against Colerain, winning 48-6 after scoring 41 points in the first half.Turpin: Turpin kept pouring on points in the second half, coming back from a halftime deficit to beat Walnut Hills 43-19.Western Hills: Western Hill’s offense took off in the second half to win a 66-48 shootout against Cincinnati Country Day.Winton Woods: Winton Woods scored six rushing touchdowns in a 50-28 win over Milford.Ohio small-school football team of the weekBlanchester: Blanchester put up 36 points in the fourth quarter of a 68-47 win over Middletown Madison.CHCA: CHCA secured eight tackles for loss in a 24-12 win over Madeira.Clark Montessori: The Cougars defense was relentless in a 39-0 shutout of Finneytown.Fenwick: The Falcons offense had its second big game in a row, outscoring Franklin 39-14.Goshen: Goshen eclipsed 300 yards rushing to surpass Aiken, 34-12.Indian Hill: Indian Hill recovered four turnovers in a 56-14 bounce-back win over New Richmond.Mt. Healthy: Mt. Healthy secured their first win of the season with a 36-27 win over Wilmington.North College Hill: The Trojans have now outscored their first two opponent 99-0 after a 53-0 win over Bethel-Tate.Reading: Reading came up with three interceptions, including a pick six, in a 48-0 shutout against Woodward.St. Bernard-Elmwood Place: The Titans found two interception-return touchdowns as they blanked Shroder, 54-0.Talawanda: Talawanda raced past Eaton in a 38-6 win.Waynesville: Waynesville scored 45 points in the first half of an eventual 52-13 win a