SouthCoast Girls Athlete of the Week: How Voting Works & How to Win

What is the SouthCoast Girls Athlete of the Week poll?

SouthCoast Today stages this girls poll for high school athletes across the SouthCoast area of Massachusetts, and the public casts every vote on the web. Each weekly ballot is hosted on Crowdsignal, the poll.fm platform, and the address in this guide is the voting link. Supporters open the ballot and choose one nominee from the answer list, which names each athlete alongside her town.

The towns that appear in the poll text include New Bedford, Wareham, Dartmouth and Fairhaven. The weekly format means a supporter sees a fresh answer list each week, so the nominee pool changes even when the newspaper keeps the same name for the program. Readers searching by town will find the same program under each of those four names in the answer list.

When did the SouthCoast girls athlete poll run?

The dated facts sit at two levels. The series itself has confirmed editions in 2022, 2023, 2025 and 2026, while each weekly ballot carries its own window, such as the sample January 8 to 14 poll. The page does not print a season start date, so the earliest confirmed year is the safest reference for the program's history.

The text prints no season-end date, so the weekly window is the operative one for any single vote. No closing date for the whole series appears in the text, and the timing of the next weekly ballot is not set out there; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

The 2024 gap is worth noting when comparing editions. A reader who expects an unbroken yearly run should check the newspaper's own announcements before relying on that pattern.

How does a supporter vote on the weekly SouthCoast ballot?

Voting is a plain public poll that runs week by week. A supporter opens the current Crowdsignal ballot, reads the girls nominee answers, and submits one choice on that page. The ballot text describes poll answers, not a sign-in step, so the choice itself is the only action required.

The ballot text sets no daily limit and prints no per-voter rule. SouthCoast Today does not restate the platform's terms on the ballot, so questions about devices or accounts go to Crowdsignal. A supporter on a phone can open the same weekly page and make the same choice as on a desktop.

Each weekly answer list keeps the same layout: an athlete's name, her town, and the poll.fm choice beside it. A supporter who compares two weeks will find the same structure with different nominees, so the sample January 8 to 14 ballot is a good model for reading any later list.

The nominees are high school athletes, and this page names none of them beyond the towns. A reader who wants an athlete's season numbers should check SouthCoast Today's own sports coverage, since the poll page carries only the answer list.

How does this SouthCoast poll sit beside other Massachusetts polls?

Several Massachusetts sibling polls share this state. The Eagle-Tribune and Enterprise Brockton ballots are regional neighbours, and the statewide version of the athlete-of-the-week format covers a wider field. The baseball and basketball ballots narrow the field to one sport each.

This program differs in one clear way: it is a girls-only poll built around the SouthCoast towns and the newspaper's own market. Its nominee list shows the town next to each athlete, so the local geography is visible on the ballot itself. Readers who want the Massachusetts Gatorade Softball Player of the Year or a statewide basketball poll should use the sibling pages linked below.

How can a supporter help a nominee without breaking the rules?

The honest route is to share the weekly ballot with the nominee's school and town community and let people choose for themselves. The ballot text does not publish a rule about outside help, so SouthCoast Today's rules and the platform terms decide what counts.

Paid options exist online. This SouthCoast ballot says nothing about them, and any choice to use one carries a risk that the newspaper's rules may not allow. Before deciding, read the legal overview of buying votes, which explains why a purchase can conflict with a public poll even when the purchase itself is legal.

A supporter who wants a wider plan can start with the guide to getting more votes online, then check each week's ballot for its own rules before sharing. For a service page, see the online vote services page, which should be read alongside the rules above.