Max McHugh is female athlete of the week

Each week during the high school sports season the Eastern Maine High School Sports Examiner and the Eastern Maine Sports Blog will announce a female and male athlete of the week. You can send your nominations to Marc @ easternmainesportsblog@yahoo.com. When you send your nominations include the athlete, name of the school, stats for the week of the nomination.

Previous winners

2012/2013 Winter season- Week 6- January 7th-January 12th

Female

Max McHugh- Central- The four time athlete of the week winner led her school to a basketball and soccer state championships. Scored 100 career goals in her high school soccer career. She is also her class president and valedictorian. McHugh scored 10 points in a 42-15 victory over Bucksport on Tuesday night. On Wednesday afternoon McHugh had surgery on a broken leg she suffered in a car accident on Wednesday morning. She also suffered multiple other injuries.

Runner up

Delani Bennett- PCHS- Basketball- Scored 12 points and pulled down 12 rebounds in 65-48 victory over Foxcroft. Scored 15 points and pulled down 16 rebounds in 38-35 victory over PVHS. Recorded 25 points and 18 rebounds in 57-36 win over Valley

Other nominations

Jillian Woodward- Orono- Basketball- Recorded 23 points, 11 rebounds and two blocks in 58-41 victory over Penquis. Recorded 18 points, 18 rebounds and four blocks in 56-37 victory over Old Town. Recorded 18 points, seven rebounds and four blocks in 41-26 win over Central.

Parise Rossignol- Van Buren- Basketball- Scored 42 points in 65-42 win over Madawaska. Scored 15 points in 64-34 loss to Washburn.

Morgan Thompson- Schenck- Basketball- Scored 30 points including shooting 8-11 from three point range in 78-30 victory over Stearns. Scored 21 points in 51-42 win over Mattanawcook.

Kristin Thompson- Schenck- Basketball- Scored 21 points in 78-30 victory over Stearns

Megan Ireland- Presque Isle- Basketball- Recorded 24 points and 10 steals in 80-22 victory over Caribou

Morgan Card- Ellsworth- Basketball- Scored 15 points including hitting the game winning three point shot with 22 seconds left in 44-41 victory over Washington Academy.

Mackenzie Foss- Washington Academy- Basketball- Recorded 29 points (3 3-pointers and 4-4 from FT line), seven rebounds, three steals and one block in 55-54 loss to Calais.

Taylor Pelkey- Stearns- Basketball- Scored 30 points in 53-26 victory over Searsport.

Jesse Bell- PCHS- Basketball- Scored 17 points including five 3-pointers in 65-48 victory over Foxcroft.

Alex Speed- PCHS- Basketball- Scored 13 points in 65-48 victory over Foxcroft. Scored 14 points in 38-35 victory over PVHS.

Mikayla Dow- PCHS- Basketball- Scored 12 points in 65-48 victory over Foxcroft.

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