Times Herald-Record Varsity 845 Boys Soccer Player of the Week: How Voting Works & How to Win

What the Varsity 845 boys soccer poll is and who runs it

The Varsity 845 boys soccer player of the week poll is a weekly public ballot run by the Times Herald-Record for high school boys soccer in the Hudson Valley region of New York. The paper runs it under the Varsity 845 label, and the ballot is reached through the poll.fm link in this guide. Readers vote for one nominee each week, and the poll covers the large-class boys soccer field.

The state is New York, and the program carries no single city, so it reads as a regional poll rather than a city one. The nominees are high school boys soccer players, and the poll identifies them by school on the ballot, which is why the school names matter to a reader choosing a pick.

Which editions are confirmed and when the weekly window falls

Confirmed editions of the poll ran in 2023 and 2025. The series is weekly, and the ballot this guide links covers the Oct. 13-19 week. That ballot is marked closed, so it shows the shape of a weekly window rather than a live vote.

Each week carries its own window, and the dates are printed on the poll itself. The Times Herald-Record does not publish a calendar for the whole season in the text this guide relies on, so the next ballot's date is one detail to confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

Because the ballot is weekly, a reader who arrives after the window closes will find a closed poll, and the newest open ballot is the one to use.

How a reader votes in the weekly ballot today

A reader votes by opening the weekly poll and choosing one boys soccer nominee from the list. The nominees appear with their school names, and the ballot is open to public readers on Crowdsignal, so the choice is made on the poll page itself.

The paper does not state a repeat-vote rule, a vote cap or an eligibility rule for its weekly ballots. Those limits are not set out in the poll text, so a reader should read the instructions on the newest ballot before voting.

The ballot shows the nominees and their schools, not any personal detail beyond that, so a reader should judge each pick on the school and the week it covers.

How this poll sits beside other New York prep ballots

The Varsity 845 poll sits in a group of New York prep player of the week ballots. Most of its siblings cover football, basketball or girls athletes, while this one covers boys soccer. Its organizer is the Times Herald-Record, which sets it apart from a Buffalo girls ballot or the lohud basketball polls.

A reader who wants a different sport or a different region will find another ballot in this group. A reader who wants this boys soccer field should stay with this page and the newest Varsity 845 poll.

Strengthening a nominee's support in the weekly boys soccer poll

A family, school or team that wants more readers to vote for a nominee has one honest lever: sharing the open ballot with its own community and pointing supporters to the newest poll in the series. That support is the same any local poll invites, and it carries no promise about the weekly result.

Paid outside help is a separate question, and the Times Herald-Record has not answered it on the poll page. Anyone weighing a paid option should read the service overview and the paper's rules before spending anything. The guide to getting more votes online covers the methods that apply to a public ballot like this one.

No service can guarantee that a nominee wins a weekly public poll, and the result depends on the readers who vote. Supporters are best served by the newest open ballot and by a clear reminder of the weekly window.