High School Sports

The Ledger-Enquirer High School Girls Athlete of the Week poll winner is . . .

Brooke Norred is the Ledger-Enquirer High School Girls Athlete of the Week, based on our online poll.

As a junior quarterback on the Smiths Station High School flag football team, Brooke completed 13 of 15 passes for 184 yards and four touchdowns in the Panthers’ 39-0 win Sept. 4 at Park Crossing.

Brooke Norred
Brooke Norred Smiths Station High School Courtesy of Kristi Coleman

We invited the athletics director at each public and private high school in Muscogee County, Harris County, Chattahoochee County, Phenix City, Russell County and Smiths Station to nominate a female athlete for this poll.

Among this week’s six nominees, Brooke received 61% of the 27,743 votes from our readers. Voting started Monday and ended at noon Friday. The poll has no limit on the number of times a person can vote. Here are the complete final results:

Here are the complete final results for the Ledger-Enquirer High School Girls Athlete of the Week poll. Nominees were submitted by Columbus area coaches. There wasn’t a limit to the number of times L-E readers could vote online between Sept. 8 and the noon Sept. 12 deadline.
Here are the complete final results for the Ledger-Enquirer High School Girls Athlete of the Week poll. Nominees were submitted by Columbus area coaches. There wasn’t a limit to the number of times L-E readers could vote online between Sept. 8 and the noon Sept. 12 deadline. Mark Rice mrice@ledger-enquirer.com

This story was originally published September 8, 2025 at 2:11 PM.

Mark Rice
Columbus Ledger-Enquirer
Mark Rice is the Ledger-Enquirer’s editor. He has been covering Columbus and the Chattahoochee Valley for more than 30 years. He welcomes your local news tips, feature story ideas, investigation suggestions and compelling questions.
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