Times Herald-Record Varsity Boys Field Athlete of the Week: How Voting Works & How to Win

What is the Times Herald-Record varsity boys field athlete vote?

This Times Herald-Record ballot is a public online vote for boys field athletes covered by the newspaper. The newspaper runs the poll, and Crowdsignal, which operates under the poll.fm domain, hosts the ballot. Supporters reach the whole ballot from one poll page that lists the nominees.

Sport is the vertical here. Its listing ties the newspaper to Middletown, New York, and gives New York as the state. No county is named for this ballot, so none is given here, and the New York hub covers regional context. Voting here is an open public poll, and this entry is separate from every other New York ballot on this site.

When does the 2025 Times Herald-Record ballot run?

The only edition confirmed for this program is 2025. The ballot title reads "Vote for the Varsity 845 boys field athlete of week, Dec. 29-Jan. 4 (Poll Closed)", so the one dated window on the page is December 29 to January 4, and the title prints no year. Because the title gives no year, the 2025 edition comes from the program's listing rather than from the title, and the 2025 edition year and that date range are the only timing facts stated for it.

Platform round dates are not published for this market, so the poll title is the only dated fact on the page. A reader who needs an exact open or close time should check the poll page itself rather than rely on this summary.

This is the first confirmed edition; whether it returns next year is not yet published; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

How does a supporter vote on the ballot today?

Open the poll page and read the list of nominees. Each nominee appears with a school or town beside the name, so a supporter can match the choice to the right athlete before voting. Select one nominee and submit the choice on the same page.

Once the poll closes, the page reports each nominee's share of the public vote. The closed 2025 ballot shows the leading nominee at 75 percent and the runner-up at 23 percent, so the shares on the page are the only results stated here.

The poll page prints no per-voter limit, so the poll's own terms decide how often one person may vote. The results show shares only, so the page does not show the total number of votes cast.

A reader checking how the closed ballot ended should read the status line first, then the leader's share, because the status line says whether the shares shown are final.

How does this ballot sit beside other New York pages?

New York has several sibling ballots on this site. The Buffalo News girls athlete of the week poll, the Hudson Valley football player of the week poll and the two lohud basketball polls all sit in the same state. This ballot differs because it is a boys field athlete poll from the Times Herald-Record, not a team-sport poll from another newspaper.

Readers comparing New York entries should start with the lohud boys basketball player of the week page or the New York football player of the week page. Each page has its own nominee list and window, so the comparison should rest on the pages themselves.

What can a supporter do to strengthen votes in this ballot?

Sharing the poll page is the main step a supporter can take, and only the public poll page should be shared because the ballot's own terms govern who may vote and how often. The ballot is a public vote cast on the poll page, and the newspaper's own terms decide which votes count. The page does not publish any outside-help rule, so a supporter should read the terms on the ballot before taking any action beyond sharing the link.

For general steps on building support for a public poll, see how to get more votes online. That guide covers public polls in general and does not describe this program's nominees, dates or rules, so treat it as background rather than as a guide to this ballot.