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Loyola’s Tatum captures recent Shreveport Times AOW 7 poll

Following an outstanding 10th week of football action, 15 athletes were selected for the Shreveport Times Football Player of the Week ballot of 2026.

✦ Extractive summary — built from the sources' own reporting•From 1 source•2 min read•Updated November 9, 2026, 9:04 AM UTC
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  • PREVIOUS WINNERS: Week 7: Jaydan Hamilton, Mansfield Week 6: Ryan Sipes, Loyola Week 5: Bryston McCoy, Parkway Week 4: Hayden Bell, North DeSoto Week 3: Dakota Denny, North DeSoto Week 2: Kollin Magee, Logansport Week 1: Ryder Dodson, Benton This article originally appeared on Shreveport Times:.
  • PREVIOUS WINNERS Week 7: Winston Tatum, Loyola cross country Week 6: Alyssa Giddings, Haughton cross country Week 5: Layla Davidson, Benton volleyball Week 4: N/A Week 3: Ava Puckett, Ruston cheer Week 2: Rylee Gunter, Many volleyball Week 1: Sam Irvins, Benton cross country This article originally appeared on Shreveport Times:.
  • DOMINATOR: Captain Shreve’s Gabe Lockett dials in dominating runs against Byrd FOOTBALL BRACKETS: Here's where your school is set on the 2026 LHSAA football brackets YOU CAN VOTE HERE: The Football High School Athlete of the Week selection will run throughout the Louisiana football season thanks to Raising Cane’s.

The Times poll is posted each week at shreveporttimes.com with a new slate of student-athletes in high school sports other than football.

Loyola’s Winston Tatum garnered enough votes recently to win the seventh Shreveport Times online poll for Athlete of the Week, sponsored by Raising Cane’s Chicken Fingers, the Shreveport-Bossier Sports Commission and Silmon and Cosse Orthodontics.

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  • The poll includes northwest Louisiana athletes competing in volleyball, cross country, swimming, cheerleading, basketball, soccer, wrestling, powerlifting, indoor and outdoor track, baseball, softball, golf, tennis, bowling, gymnastics and fishing while those sports are in season.
  • A standout cross country athlete for the Flyers, Tatum made a strong run in winning the non- football poll for the 2026-27 school year.
  • The winner will receive a backpack, a meal card and some swag courtesy of sponsors Raising Cane’s Chicken Fingers, the Shreveport-Bossier Sports Commission and Cosse and Silmon Orthodontics with the winner announced on Sunday/Monday.
  • Tatum received 1,940 votes (65%) of the 5,059 votes cast in the online poll to top second place Makenzie Longoria, a North DeSoto cheerleader, who made a strong run with 1,084 votes (35%).
  • Hamilton received 4,147 (51%) of the 10,141 votes cast in the online poll to top second-place Kolby Turner of Northwood, who finished with a tidy 2,756 votes (32.8%).

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