Orono’s Ruth White Voted Week 1 Winter High School Athlete of the Week

Congratulations to Orono High School's Ruth White who was voted the 92.9 The Ticket Week 1 Winter High School Athlete of the Week in spirited voting.

We had great nominees to kick off the Winter Season. They were

• Ruth White - Orono Cross Country. Ruth finished 6th in the National Foot Locker  Nationals, held in San Diego, California on Saturday, December 9th. Her time was 17.43.1
• Jordin Williams - Brewer Girls Hockey - Jordin has been instrumental to the Pioneers 4-0 start. She had 4 assists and a hat-trick in the Pioneers' 10-0 over St. Dom's on December 7th.
• Jetta Shook - Bucksport Girls Basketball - Jetta had a double-double 24 points, 13 rebounds and 8 steals Friday night in Bucksport's come-from-behind 36-32 win over Pisacataquis.
• Zach McLaughlin - Hampden Academy Boys Basketball -  Zach scored 34 points and had 9 rebounds in the Bronco's 64-49 win over Brewer on December 8th.  16 of those points were in the 4th quarter to seal the win after Brewer was down by only 1 point at the start of the 4th quarter.
• Pierce Walston - Orono Boys Basketball - Pierce finished with 23 points, including his 1000th point to lead the Red Riots to a 61-47 win over MDI on Saturday, December 10th
• Luke Horne - Ellsworth Wrestling - Came in 1st place in the 132 weight class at the Ryan Detour Wrestling Meet on Saturday December 9th

Nominations for Week 2 are being accepted through Sunday, December 17th. Please send your nominations via email to Chris Popper by Sunday, December 17th for the Week December 11th-16th. We will then announce the nominations on Monday December 18th. You'll be able to vote once per day December 18th-21st with the Week 2 Winter High School Athlete of the Week being announced on Friday, December 22nd.

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