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

What is the Times Herald-Record Varsity 845 girls basketball poll?

The Times Herald-Record runs a weekly reader poll under the Varsity 845 name, asking readers to choose the girls basketball player of the week. Crowdsignal hosts the ballot as poll 15012883, and the title ties it to a single week, January 27 to February 2. The ballot label also carries the word small in parentheses, which marks it as one of the newspaper's smaller-school listings within the wider Varsity 845 set.

Nominees are listed beside their schools, and the school names double as the most useful local markers in the New York Hudson Valley area the poll covers. Highland, Chester, Tri-Valley, Port Jervis, Eldred and Rondout Valley all appear on the nominee list, and Ellenville and Marlboro are also tied to nominees. Those place names show the ballot draws from several communities rather than one town.

The ballot covers one sport and one class of nominee, so it does not rank every girls basketball player in New York. Readers who want the wider set of New York honors can start from the New York contest guides.

When did the Varsity 845 weekly ballot run?

Edition years

Three editions are on file, for 2023, 2024 and 2025. The only dated ballot in the set is the one for the week of January 27 to February 2, which places the poll in the early part of the winter basketball season. The 2023 and 2024 editions carry their years only on the ballot, so their exact weeks are not shown.

The open questions

The ballot is marked closed, which tells a visitor that voting on the week it shows has ended. Series notes carry a 2026 expectation, but that expectation is a planning note rather than a published week. The ballot also gives no first or last week for the season, so the full run of weekly ballots cannot be listed from this page alone. Whether next winter opens with a January week, as this one did, remains unknown; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

How does a reader vote for a nominee today?

The ballot steps

A reader opens the Crowdsignal ballot, reads through the girls basketball nominees, and selects one name. Each nominee is shown beside a school, so a reader can match the name to a team before choosing. The mechanic is a plain reader pick, and no paid step is shown on the page.

No daily pick limit appears beside the nominee list, and the ballot says nothing about repeat picks for the same week. Software-driven submissions are not addressed either, so the newspaper's notice is the only authority on those points. For general tips on building support for any online poll, see the guide to getting more votes online.

How does this weekly ballot differ from the other New York polls?

This ballot is a girls basketball weekly poll, and the New York set on this site covers several neighbouring programs that differ by sport, gender and format. A reader who wants a boys basketball listing from the same newspaper group should open the lohud boys basketball player of the week guide, which runs on a separate ballot with its own nominees. For a football ballot with a different set of schools, the Hudson Valley football player of the week guide is the place to look.

What makes this ballot distinct for a searcher is its combination of newspaper, sport, gender and single-week format. The poll is a Times Herald-Record ballot for girls basketball, with nominees drawn from the Hudson Valley schools named on the page. A result on one New York ballot should not be read as a result on another, because every ballot is an independent reader vote with its own list. Anyone comparing the two girls ballots on this site should also keep in mind that the lohud girls listing is a separate newspaper product with its own nominees and its own weeks, so the two names should never be merged in a citation.

How can a supporter build more votes for this weekly ballot?

Support on a weekly Crowdsignal ballot comes mostly from the ballot itself. Share the poll number so people can see the full week's list, and ask them to check the school beside each name before picking. Supporters from the nominee's own community often respond best to a reminder that the poll is running this week, because the window is short and the ballot does not stay open indefinitely.

The ballot says nothing about outside promotion, so the newspaper's own notice is the only reference on help from beyond the school community. Paid assistance carries no assurance of a result. A reader considering it should first read the legal position on buying votes, then review the guide to getting more votes online for steps that do not involve any purchase.