Mitch Worcester wins second 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

Male

Mitch Worcester- Washburn- Basketball- Scored 36 points in 95-43 win over Greater Houlton Christian. Scored 50 points including 12 3-pointers in 76-65 victory over Fort Kent. Scored 18 points in 52-38 victory over Van Buren. Worcester and the Beavers have started the season with nine straight wins. Worcester also captured athlete of the week during week four of the 2011/2012 winter season.

Runner up

Garet Beal- Jonesport-Beals- Basketball- Recorded 30 points, eight rebounds and eight assists in 82-46 victory over Shead. Scored 41 points in 82-53 victory over Sumner.

Other nominations

Garrett Libby- Old Town- Basketball- Scored 38 points (including 8 3-pointers) in 77-46 win over Orono. Scored 16 points in 53-46 victory over John Bapst.

Nathan Burns- PCHS- Basketball- Scored 22 points including 6 3-point basks in 55-49 victory over Bangor Christian. Scored nine points in 55-48 victory over George Stevens.

Ben Walls- MDI- Basketball- Scored 22 points in 68-63 victory over Foxcroft.

Dustin Getchell- Machias- Basketball- Scored 37 points in 56-45 victory over Woodland.

Spencer Hartsgrove- Nokomis- Basketball- Scored 28 points in 63-56 victory over Gardiner.

Nate Tucker- Limestone- Basketball- Recorded 19 points, 10 steals and five assists in 57-50 victory over Fort Fairfield.

Jimmy Osgood- Bucksport- Basketball- Recorded 18 points, 10 rebounds and three assists in 52-37 victory over Dexter. Scored 10 points in 59-46 win over George Stevens.

Mitchell Burgess- Bucksport- Basketball- Recorded 12 points, 11 rebounds, three assists and one steal in 52-37 victory over Dexter. Scored 18 points in 59-46 win over George Stevens.

Devin Hall- Calais- Basketball- Scored 31 points on seven three pointers in 67-54 win over Mattanawcook. Scored 10 points in 49-46 victory over Narraguagus.

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