Every week we will nominate six candidates for the Buffalo Wild Wings Boys Basketball Player of the Week.

  Voting will go from Tuesday at noon until Thursday at 7 am.

  Each winner will receive an NHSportspage custom game jersey with their last name and number (pictured above) plus a Buffalo Wild Wings gift certificate from our longtime partners at Buffalo Wild Wings with locations in Manchester, Nashua and Concord, Rochester!

 Week 1 Winner: Michael Cavanaugh of St. Thomas

 Week 2 Winner: Jah Gordon of Pittsfield

 Week 3 Winner: Aiden O’Connell of Goffstown

 Week 4 Winner: Sam McElliott of Nashua North

 Week 5 Winner: Malaki Ingram of Newfound

 Week 6 Winner: Jake McGlinchey of Pelham

This week’s candidates:

Sean Chanakira of Timberlane- The Owls pulled off the first big upset of the 2021 post-season with a 58-55 win at Windham as Chanakira led the way with 17 points.

Austin Knight of Con Val- The Cougars guard scored 16 points in a first round playoff win over John Stark.

Colby Averill of Spaulding- The Red Raiders guard scored 20 points as Spaulding knocked arch-rival Dover with a 58-49 victory.

Mike Picard of Epping- The Blue Devils point guard scored 18 points as Epping beat Farmington 46-44 at the buzzer.

Demarco McKissic of Laconia- The Sachems all-state center had a big week in a pair of wins over Pembroke Academy; scoring 35 points to go alonmg with 24 rebounds and 5 blocks.

Ethan Berg of St. Thomas- The Saints won their first round game against Somersworth as Berg led the way with 19 points.