A 6-point hockey game and more: Who is the H.S. Athlete of the Week for Jan. 22-28?
TAUNTON— Another week of the winter high school sports season has come and gone in the Greater Taunton area.
Last week, Bristol Aggie/Dighton-Rehoboth wrestling scored a key Mayflower Athletic Conference win over Bristol-Plymouth in an all-local affair while Southeastern/Bristol-Plymouth continued their winning streak and earned at least a share of the MAC title. Five Taunton wrestlers were crowned Hockomock champions and Taunton girls basketball continued to push for their first ever Hockomock title.
The Taunton Daily Gazette Athlete of the Week for Jan. 15-21 is Dighton-Rehoboth boys indoor track's Spencer Jones, receiving 37% of the vote while Bristol-Plymouth wrestling's Jacob Bettencourt came in second with 17% and Taunton girls swimming's Megan Viveiros received 15% to finish third.
Now is your chance to choose the Taunton Daily Gazette Athlete of the Week for Jan. 22-28, with polls open through noon Sunday. Votes are limited to one per device per hour. Only players from teams that submitted stats to the Gazette are featured in this poll. Scores and stats can be submitted via email to cmerritt@tauntongazette.com.
Here are the nominees:
Boys Basketball
Troy Santos, Taunton
Santos had 23 points against Oliver Ames.
Noah Perry-Lewis, Bridgewater-Raynham
Perry-Lewis had 18 points against Brookline.
Donte Morris, Bristol-Plymouth
Morris had 25 points against South Shore Tech.
Aidan Marando, Dighton-Rehoboth
Marando had 25 points against Seekonk.
Girls Basketball
Jillian Doherty, Taunton
Doherty had 14 points against King Philip.
Camden Strandberg, Bridgewater-Raynham
Strandberg had a double double of 21 points and 12 rebounds, along with a pair of blocks, against Dracut.
Emma Ericson, Bristol-Plymouth
Ericson had 17 points against Upper Cape Tech.
Lucy Latour, Dighton-Rehoboth
Latour had 16 points against Case.
Boys Hockey
Tre Nadeau, Taunton
Nadeau had a pair of goals and an assist against Everett/Revere.
Bobby Quill, Bridgewater-Raynham
Quill had a goal and an assist against Bishop Feehan.
Thomas Leger, Southeastern/Bristol-Plymouth
Leger had a hat trick and three assists against Upper Cape Tech.
Colin Lush, Dighton-Rehoboth/Seekonk
Lush scored his first varsity goal against Bourne.
Girls Hockey
Abby Gropman, West Bridgewater/East Bridgewater/Bridgewater-Raynham/Bristol-Plymouth/Southeastern/Middleboro
Gropman had a goal against Bishop Fenwick.
Gymnastics
Lily Moreira, Bridgewater-Raynham/West Bridgewater
Moreira won the all around with a combined score of 36.6, including a joint career high of 9.4 on the bars and a career high of 9.5 on the floor, against Somerset Berkley.
Boys Indoor Track
Dmitrius Shearrion, Taunton
Shearrion won the 300 meter with a personal best time of 0:35.11 and finished sixth in the 55 meter dash with a personal best time of 0:06.64 at the MSTCA Large School Coaches Invitational.
Marqui Galvin, Bridgewater-Raynham
Galvin finished ninth in the long jump with the personal best distance of 20'9" at the MSTCA Large School Coaches Invitational.
Tim Zibrida, Dighton-Rehoboth
Zibrida finished eighth in the shot put with a top throw of 42'11" at the MSTCA Small School Coaches Invitational.
Girls Indoor Track
Grace Inacio, Taunton
Inacio finished 14th in the 300 meter with a personal best time of 0:42.8 at the MSTCA Large School Coaches Invitational.
Emily Keefe, Bridgewater-Raynham
Keefe finished 10th in the 600 meter with a time of 1:42.83 at the MSTCA Large School Coaches Invitational.
Ryann Welzel, Dighton-Rehoboth
Welzel finished fourth in the shot put with a personal best throw of 34'5.5" at the MSTCA Small School Coaches Invitational.
Boys Swimming
Eliana Gay, Taunton
Gay won both the 100 yard breaststroke and 200 yard individual medley against Brockton.
Girls Swimming
Harrison Layden, Taunton
Layden won both the 100 yard butterfly and 500 yard freestyle against Brockton.
Wrestling
Elijah Prophete, Taunton
Prophete won the 285 lb. weight class at the Hockomock League Championship.
Brent von Magnus, Bridgewater-Raynham
von Magnus won all three of his respective matches in a quad meet against Lowell, Braintree and Chelmsford.
Jack Ramondetta, Bristol-Plymouth
Ramondetta won the 165 lb. weight class at the MVADA Championship.
Jonathan Borges, Bristol Aggie/Dighton-Rehoboth
Borges defeated Scituate's Liam Holden 9-2.
Taunton Daily Gazette sports reporter Cameron Merritt can be reached at cmerritt@tauntongazette.com. You can follow him on X, formerly known as Twitter, at @CamMerritt_News. Support local journalism by purchasing a digital or print subscription to the Taunton Daily Gazette today.
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