Who is the H.S. Athlete of the Week for April 22-28?

Another week of the spring high school sports season has come and gone in the Greater Taunton area.

Last week, a Taunton freshman and a Dighton-Rehoboth senior continued their hot streaks at the plate in softball while Taunton baseball earned a solid win over Attleboro, Dighton-Rehoboth baseball held off a resurgent Apponequet squad, a few local relay teams scored wins at the MSTCA Relays, including a new school record time, a Dighton-Rehoboth girls lacrosse player reached a career milestone, Taunton boys lacrosse earned a non-league win over New Bedford and Bridgewater-Raynham boys and girls tennis both swept Brockton.

The Taunton Daily Gazette Athlete of the Week for April 15-21 is Bridgewater-Raynham baseball's Shamus Barrett, receiving 33% of the vote. In one of the closest polls in recent memory, Taunton baseball's Caden Lindskog finished second with 32.5% of the vote, falling seven votes short of Barrett. Taunton softball's Aniyah Bailey received 15% of the vote to finish third.

Now is your chance to choose the Taunton Daily Gazette Athlete of the Week for April 22-28, with polls open through noon Sunday. 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:

Baseball

Brady Morin, Taunton

Morin tossed a seven inning shutout giving up just a hit while striking out eight against Attleboro.

Shamus Barrett, Bridgewater-Raynham

Barrett went 1-for-2 with a pair of runs off a triple against Brockton.

Zach Branco, Bristol-Plymouth

Branco went 4-for-5 with an RBI off a walk-off single against Southeastern.

Ben Miller, Dighton-Rehoboth

Miller tossed a complete game shutout giving up a hit and a pair of walks while striking out 11 and going 1-for-3 with an RBI at the plate against Greater New Bedford.

Softball

Aniyah Bailey, Taunton

Bailey went 3-for-3 with three runs and seven RBIs off a pair of home runs, including a mercy rule-enacting two run shot, against Attleboro.

Olivia Roy, Bridgewater-Raynham

Roy had a triple, a run and three RBIs against Brockton.

Isabella Torres, Bristol-Plymouth

Torres went 2-for-3 with a run and a pair of RBIs against Southeastern.

Lucy Latour, Dighton-Rehoboth

Latour went 4-for-5 with three runs and eight RBIs off of three home runs against Bourne.

Boys Lacrosse

Shane Lynds, Taunton

Lynds had a pair of goals against New Bedford.

Jayson Kelleher, Bridgewater-Raynham

Kelleher had a hat trick against Whitman-Hanson.

Jaiden Solitro, Dighton-Rehoboth

Solitro had six goals and seven assists against Somerset Berkley.

Girls Lacrosse

Maddi Szala, Taunton

Szala had four goals, four assists and two draws against Sharon.

Emily Keefe, Bridgewater-Raynham

Keefe had five goals and a pair of assists against Barnstable.

Karina Bosco, Dighton-Rehoboth

Bosco had six goals, including her 200th career goal, three draws and a pair of assists against Somerset Berkley.

Boys Tennis

Matt Klayman and Jack Buffington, Taunton

The duo won second doubles 6-4, 3-6, 10-5 against Durfee.

Banks Beckwith, Bridgewater-Raynham

Beckwith won first doubles against Brockton.

Girls Tennis

Ava Alves, Taunton

Alves won third singles 6-1, 6-0 against Attleboro.

Nicole Kimball, Bridgewater-Raynham

Kimball won first singles 6-0, 6-0 against Brockton.

Boys Track and Field

Ancil Alexander, Taunton

Alexander won the discus with a top throw of 50.03 meters and finished third in the shot put with a top throw of 15.13 meters at the MSTCA Division 1 Relays.

Riley Frisch, Dan Leet, Cole Bridges and Ryan Hall, Bridgewater-Raynham

The 4x800 meter relay team won with a time of 8:17.48 at the MSTCA Division 2 Relays.

Matthew Suprenard, Joel DaSilva, William Dalton and Evan Thibert, Dighton-Rehoboth

The 4x200 meter relay team won with a school record time of 1:32.05 at the MSTCA Division 5 Relays.

Girls Track and Field

Sophia Olaniyan, Taunton

Olaniyan finished third in the discus with a top throw of 31.7 meters at the MSTCA Division 1 Relays.

Alisha Gomes, Brenna Woodbury, Camden Strandberg and Lily Giurleo, Bridgewater-Raynham

The 4x400 meter relay team finished third with a time of 4:11.29 at the MSTCA Division 2 Relays.

Mari Lavigne, Dighton-Rehoboth

Lavigne won the javelin with a top throw of 33.05 meters at the MSTCA Division 5 Relays.

Boys Volleyball

Travis Johnson, Taunton

Johnson had 15 kills, three digs and a pair of blocks against Barnstable.

Ian Hoskins, Dighton-Rehoboth

Hoskins had 23 kills against Durfee.

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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