Morgan Merchant wins second 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.

Past winners

2012/2013 Winter season- Week 8- January 21st-January 26th

Female

Morgan Merchant- Jonesport-Beals- Basketball- Had a triple double in a 64-42 Victory over Greenville. She scored 31 points (including 12-15 from the FT line),grabbed 13 rebounds, had 10 steals and dished out 7 assists. She also scored 26 points(including 6-6 from the FT line) had 11 rebounds and 4 steals in 2 quarters of work during a 71-11 Victory over Acadia Christian. Merchant also won athlete of the week on February 11th, 2012 (week 7 of the 2011/2012 winter season).

Runner up

Lexi Larson- Penquis- Basketball- Scored 16 points including hitting the game winning shot with five second left in 40-39 victory over PCHS. Scored 23 points including hitting two big free throws late in the game in 41-38 victory over Penquis. Scored 11 points in 43-36 victory over Lee.

Other nominations

Sable Altvator- Southern Aroostook- Basketball- Scored 22 points and pulled down 13 rebounds in 53-46 victory over Limestone. Scored 23 points in 40-21 victory over East Grand.

Lily Koffman- Orono- Cross Country Skiing- Placed 5th overall out of 140 female skiers with a time of 17:59 and placed first for sophomores in the Maranacook Wave, 5K skate race at the Sugarloaf Outdoor Center.

Courtney Drinkwater- Belfast- Basketball- Scored 16 points on 6-8 shooting in 58-55 victory over Nokomis.

Katrina Lapham- Belfast- Basketball- Scored 14 points including going 6-8 from the FT line in 58-55 victory over Nokomis.

Anna Mackenzie- Nokomis- Basketball- Scored 18 points and pulled down 14 rebounds in 58-55 loss to Belfast.

Raychel Alley- Hermon- Basketball- Scored 26 points in 43-37 victory over Washington Academy. Scored six points in 45-32 loss to Lee.