{"id":697,"date":"2013-02-21T19:25:27","date_gmt":"2013-02-21T19:25:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/athletics\/?p=697"},"modified":"2013-02-21T19:25:27","modified_gmt":"2013-02-21T19:25:27","slug":"athlete-of-the-week-feb-18th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/athletics\/2013\/02\/21\/athlete-of-the-week-feb-18th\/","title":{"rendered":"Athlete of the Week &#8211; Feb. 18th"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/athletics\/files\/2013\/02\/ovandoDSC_0006.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-698\" src=\"http:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/athletics\/files\/2013\/02\/ovandoDSC_0006.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"266\" srcset=\"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/athletics\/files\/2013\/02\/ovandoDSC_0006.jpg 300w, https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/athletics\/files\/2013\/02\/ovandoDSC_0006-270x300.jpg 270w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/a>Natalia Ovando \u201815<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Last week Sophomore Natalia\u00a0Ovando recorded 32 points (17 of 20 from the free throw line) and 8 steals in the girls\u2019 varsity basketball games against Taft and Cheshire.\u00a0\u00a0Natalia is the current team leader in points assists, and steals.\u00a0 For her season long efforts, she was selected to the Class B West\u00a0All-Star Team.\u00a0 The All-Star Game will be played Sunday, March 3rd at Loomis Chaffee.\u00a0 She will be joined at the All-Star Game by teammate\u00a0Maranie Harris-Kuiper.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/athletics\/files\/2013\/02\/demersDSC_0057.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-699\" src=\"http:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/athletics\/files\/2013\/02\/demersDSC_0057.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"170\" \/><\/a>Oliver Demers \u201814\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Against a very strong Loomis team, Junior Oliver Demers took his first game, and then lost the next two. With undeniable mental toughness, Oliver was able to convert the fourth game, and then in the fifth tie-breaker he stayed neck and neck until 7-7. His opponent surged up to match point, 10-7. Oliver defended three match points and then won anther to hold his own match point. Although the game finished as a 13-11 loss, his high level of determination has been an important component to Oliver\u2019s strong leadership, positive attitude, and team play.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cameron Stanley \u201816<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Freshman Cameron Stanley has been an incredible asset to the girls\u2019 3rd basketball team this season. In addition to playing strong defense, Cameron led the team in scoring and rebounding in the Wildcat\u2019s win over Stoneleigh Burnham on Saturday.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Natalia Ovando \u201815 Last week Sophomore Natalia\u00a0Ovando recorded 32 points (17 of 20 from the free throw line) and 8 steals in the girls\u2019 varsity basketball games against Taft and Cheshire.\u00a0\u00a0Natalia is the current team leader in points assists, and steals.\u00a0 For her season long efforts, she was selected to the Class B West\u00a0All-Star Team.\u00a0 &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/athletics\/2013\/02\/21\/athlete-of-the-week-feb-18th\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Athlete of the Week &#8211; Feb. 18th<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"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":[46],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-697","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-athletics-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/athletics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/697"}],"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\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/athletics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=697"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/athletics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/697\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":701,"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/athletics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/697\/revisions\/701"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/athletics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=697"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/athletics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=697"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/athletics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=697"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}