{"id":3857,"date":"2018-05-17T16:45:15","date_gmt":"2018-05-17T16:45:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/athletics\/?p=3857"},"modified":"2018-05-17T16:45:15","modified_gmt":"2018-05-17T16:45:15","slug":"athletes-of-the-week-42","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/athletics\/2018\/05\/17\/athletes-of-the-week-42\/","title":{"rendered":"Athletes of the Week"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jack Phelan \u201918- Boys Varsity Golf<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Jack has been a huge part of the Wildcats success this season. On Saturday, he continued his fantastic play as he earned match medalist shooting a 39 to help secure the 15th and 16th wins of the season over Pomfret and Marianapolis. Jack keeps a steady, even keel approach during each match and always rises to the occasion when called upon by his team. Jack has worked hard on and off the course to better his game, and his work ethic has clearly paid off this season.<\/p>\n

Ella Mattocks \u201922 – Girls Varsity Water Polo<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Ella has had a fantastic season for the Wildcats. She continued her stellar play as she had yet another great week of water polo in games against Hotchkiss and Loomis scoring 7 goals on 11 shots with 3 assists and 3 steals. Ella has always been a \u201cteam first\u201d player and her positive supportive attitude has been instrumental to the team\u2019s great success and #3 seed in the NEPSAC tournament. Her strong sense of space on offense and tenacious competitiveness on defense make her a dangerous two-way player for the Cats. \u00a0Ella has recently become the leading goal scorer in program history for a middle school player, scoring 52 goals so far in 7th<\/sup>\u00a0and 8th<\/sup>\u00a0grade. The team will continue to look to Ella for her strong play and great attitude for many years to come.<\/p>\n

Campbell Nyarady \u201819\u2013Girls Varsity Lacrosse<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Campbell has been a big part of the girls varsity lacrosse team\u2019s success this season.\u00a0 A gifted attacker, she is dangerous any time she touches the ball.\u00a0Campbell provided some terrific on and off ball movement and cuts in the game against KO to help set herself and her teammates up for scoring opportunities. \u00a0She was also great in transition, helping t the Wildcats to move the ball quickly up the field to create dangerous scoring opportunities. In addition to her offensive abilities, she is a terrific defender, putting great pressure on the opposing team and creating many turnovers. Campbell is not only a terrific player, but she is a great teammate. She always pushes herself and her team to be better.<\/p>\n

Aidan Burke \u201919 – Varsity Baseball<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Aidan has been an important member of the team all year as the team\u2019s primary catcher. Through hard work with Coach Cunningham, Aidan has improved his receiving skills and has thrown out multiple runners attempting steals. Last week, he had a stellar game in the Wildcats win at home against Berkshire. He earned the win on the mound going 4.2 innings, and striking out 4 Bears. Aidan also had 2 hits and an RBI. He has been a consummate teammate all year, doing whatever is asked to help the team be successful.<\/p>\n

Emily Warren \u201919 – Girls Varsity Golf<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Emily has been playing very well for the Wildcats as of late. On Wednesday, at Cranwell Country Club, she earned match medalist shooting a 41 against competitive competition. Emily has worked hard this season, and her work ethic has clearly paid off. She is always pushing herself and her teammates to be better every day.<\/p>\n

John Killcommons \u201918- Boys Varsity Lacrosse<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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John has been a vital contributor to the boys varsity lacrosse team this season. The Wildcats have had a great season and John\u2019s contribution and leadership have been instrumental. This past week he continued to excel with his performances in both games. On Wednesday he finished with 2 goals and 2 assists against Loomis. \u00a0On Friday, during Senior Day against Vermont Academy, John had another terrific game leaving Sawyer field for the last time with 4 goals and 3 assists. John always plays hard on the field and sets a positive example for his teammates.<\/p>\n

Ella Goodman \u201919- Varsity Ultimate<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Ella was new to the sport of Ultimate at the beginning of this season, but she has taken to it easily. Ella shows a consistent desire to learn the intricacies of the game and is always working to improve her own skills by asking questions of coaches and teammates. Additionally, she has taken on a leadership role for the newly developing girls team. She was a key cog in their success at the NMH Girls Ultimate Tournament in which Williston combined with Deerfield to take 2nd<\/sup>\u00a0place. Ella\u2019s \u201cteam first\u201d mentality has created a great atmosphere around her and has given her teammates someone that they can rely on.<\/p>\n

Joe Easton \u201923- Boys JV Lacrosse<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Joe had a big week for the Wildcats this past week. On Friday, he scored five goals in an 8-6 win over Eagle Hill. He was the best player in the team\u2019s best game of the season. Joe has worked hard all season to improve his catching and positional instincts, and it has clearly paid off, as the team has relied on Joe to be one of the team leaders on offense.<\/p>\n

CC Gray \u201921-Girls JV Tennis<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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CC has brought cheer and positivity to tennis practices this year. This past week, Williston hosted brand-new Springfield Commonwealth Academy for one of their first games as a team. CC was such a huge help in this endeavor. She showed patience with the new girls and helped to teach the rules to the girls. She also displayed and modeled proper tennis etiquette to show the new learners. CC has continued to work on her strokes and her serve all year. She has worked to land her serve in more consistently while increasing the pace of the ball as she serves. CC leads by example in all that she does, and the team has been better for it.<\/p>\n

Shayna Kantor \u201921- Girls JV Lacrosse<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Shayna has been a strong contributor for the Wildcats this season. This continued as she had another awesome week of lacrosse. Against Pomfret on Wednesday, she did a great job \u201cbetween the pipes\u201d only allowing 2 goals. She had another terrific game on Saturday against Kingswood-Oxford, as she produced 16 saves against the undefeated squad. \u00a0She always comes with a positive attitude, despite playing one of the toughest positions on the field! Shayna\u2019s positivity provides a great example for the rest of her teammates, and is, without a doubt, contagious!<\/p>\n

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Jack Phelan \u201918- Boys Varsity Golf Jack has been a huge part of the Wildcats success this season. On Saturday, he continued his fantastic play as he earned match medalist shooting a 39 to help secure the 15th and 16th wins of the season over Pomfret and Marianapolis. Jack keeps a steady, even keel approach … Continue reading Athletes of the Week<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":113,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"_s2mail":"yes","footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3857","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-athletes-of-the-week"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/athletics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3857"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/athletics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/athletics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/athletics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/113"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/athletics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3857"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/athletics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3857\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3869,"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/athletics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3857\/revisions\/3869"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/athletics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3857"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/athletics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3857"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/athletics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3857"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}