November 07, 2024
Sports

Bangor Daily News High School Players of the Week

BOYS

Big School (Classes A-B)

KEVIN STAPLES

Staples, a senior on the Mount Desert Island swim team, won the 200-meter freestyle in 1 minute, 47.43 seconds to lead the Trojans to the state Class B title. Staples also swam on the 200 freestyle relay team that set a state record of 1:30.05.

Small School (Classes C-D)

DEREK PELLETIER

Pelletier, a member of the Fort Kent ski team, posted three top-10 finishes in the state Class C ski meet and was runner-up by a point in the skimeister competition. Pelletier was fifth in the classical cross country, seventh in the freestyle cross country, and seventh in the giant slalom.

GIRLS

Big School (Classes A-B)

KENDRA GOULD

Gould, an Old Town senior, won the triple jump at the Class B state track and field championship meet Monday with a personal-best distance of 34-1/2, and finished third in the long jump, to help Old Town earn a third-place team finish.

Small School (Classes C-D)

LACEY FARRAR

The Greater Houlton Christian Academy senior forward-center racked up 16 points to lead the Eagles in a 64-61 upset win over No. 3 Lee, the defending Class D state champ, in an Eastern Maine Class D quarterfinal Monday. Two of her points came at the free-throw line late in the fourth quarter. She also had five rebounds.


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