Asheville Citizen Times WNC Boys Athlete of the Week Winter Sports Poll: How Voting Works & How to Win

What is the Asheville Citizen Times WNC boys athlete poll?

The Asheville Citizen Times, working with the Hendersonville Times-News, runs a weekly reader poll for boys athletes in the WNC coverage area during winter sports. Crowdsignal hosts the ballot as poll 14817495, and the Week 5 listing is the one with a dated week. The newspaper's name carries the Asheville identity of the poll, while the Hendersonville partner brings a second city into the coverage.

Nominees appear in one list, each shown beside a school. Pisgah, McDowell, Tuscola, North Buncombe and Franklin are among the schools tied to the ballot, and Hendersonville is named as the partner paper's home town. Those school and town names show that the poll covers several communities in western North Carolina rather than a single school district.

Weekly ballots of this kind tend to draw attention in bursts, since each week's list is shown for a short window and then replaced. A reader who bookmarks the ballot link should expect the nominee list to change as the season moves, so the number shown here is a starting point rather than a permanent address for every week. The poll is limited to boys and to winter sports, so it does not cover girls teams or the spring and fall seasons.

When did the WNC winter ballot run?

The season window

The series runs from December through February, which covers the core of the winter sports calendar. Two editions are on file, for 2024 and 2025. The Week 5 listing is the dated ballot in the set, and the ballot title ties it to winter sports in that fifth week of the season.

The open questions

The ballot is marked closed, which tells a visitor that voting on that week has ended. The season's first and last ballots are not listed on this page, so the complete run of weekly ballots cannot be reconstructed from it. Series notes carry a 2026 expectation, but that expectation is only a planning note. The first ballot of any future season is not printed here, and whether the series keeps the same December start is unsettled; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.

How does a reader vote for a boys athlete today?

The ballot steps

A reader opens the Crowdsignal ballot, reads through the boys athlete nominees, and chooses one. Each nominee sits beside a school, so a reader can match the name to a team before picking. The mechanic is a plain reader pick, and no paid entry step appears on the page.

No daily pick limit is visible beside the nominees, and the ballot offers no statement about repeat picks in the same week. Software-driven submissions are also absent from the text, so the newspapers' own notice is the only authority on those questions. Readers who want general guidance on online polls can review the guide to getting more votes online.

How does this WNC series differ from other North Carolina polls?

This ballot is a boys winter sports poll from an Asheville-based newspaper, and the North Carolina set on this site covers several other athlete-of-the-week formats. A reader who wants a Charlotte listing should open the Charlotte Observer boys high school athlete of the week guide, which runs on a different newspaper and a different nominee pool. The Greensboro weekly listing is another separate ballot, drawn from the Piedmont rather than the western mountains.

Searchers often confuse weekly athlete polls with season-end awards, but this series is a weekly reader choice within one season. That difference matters when a reader compares this page with a year-end honor from another paper, because the weekly format rewards the nominee who draws attention in a given week rather than across the whole season.

What separates this ballot for a searcher is the combination of publishers, region, sport and season. The poll is an Asheville Citizen Times and Hendersonville Times-News ballot for boys winter sports, and its nominees, schools and weeks belong to that series alone. A result on one North Carolina ballot should not be treated as a result on another, because each is an independent reader vote with its own list.

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

Support on a weekly Crowdsignal ballot comes mainly from the ballot itself. Share the poll number so people see the full week's nominee list, and ask them to check the school beside each name before picking. Families and classmates near the schools listed on the ballot often respond best to a simple reminder that the week is open.

Nothing on the ballot addresses outside promotion, so the newspapers' own notice is the only reference on help from beyond the school community. Paid assistance carries no assurance of a result. Before considering it, read the legal position on buying votes, and then review the guide to getting more votes online for steps that involve no purchase.