Who is the Taunton Daily Gazette Player of the Week for May 16-21

Cameron Merritt, The Taunton Daily Gazette
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TAUNTON— It’s nearly tournament time in the Greater Taunton area, and those teams on the bubble are looking to make the final push while those that have already made it will look to finish the regular season out strong.

Taunton baseball bounced back from losses to King Philip and Franklin with wins over Attleboro, Mansfield and New Bedford while Taunton softball fell to Attleboro but came back swinging two days later in a big win over Mansfield. Dighton-Rehoboth baseball had their four game win streak snapped by Norton, but took down Apponequet to finish the week, as did Dighton-Rehoboth softball. Bridgewater-Raynham baseball stayed red hot, as did Bristol-Plymouth baseball and Dighton-Rehoboth boys lacrosse, and all three look set for solid tournament runs.

Bristol-Plymouth’s E Bradford
Bristol-Plymouth’s E Bradford

Bristol-Plymouth girls lacrosse’s E Bradford is the Taunton Daily Gazette Player of the Week for May 9-14, receiving 35% of the vote. Taunton softball’s Ava Venturelli finished second with 28% while Taunton girls lacrosse’s Abby Szala finished third with 10% of the vote.

Now is the time to choose the Taunton Daily Gazette Player of the Week for May 16-21, with polls open through Sunday at noon and votes limited to one vote per person per device per hour.

BASEBALL

Ryan MacDougall, Taunton

MacDougall tossed five shutout innings giving up four hits and three walks while striking out two and went three-for-three with a pair of runs and RBIs each against Mansfield.

Luke Barry, Bridgewater-Raynham

Barry through seven shutout innings striking out three against Durfee.

Colin Wilbur, Bristol-Plymouth

Wilbur tossed a complete game shutout, giving up four hits while striking out 13 against Bishop Connolly.

Hayden Bessette, Dighton-Rehoboth

Bessette pitched a five inning no-hitter while striking out five against Wareham.

SOFTBALL

Liv Mendonca, Taunton

Mendonca tossed four innings giving up a run and three hits while striking out three and also went three-for-four with a run against Mansfield.

Lily Welch, Bridgewater-Raynham

Welch threw a complete game shutout giving up two hits while striking out nine against Durfee.

Eliana Raposo, Dighton-Rehoboth

Raposo went five-for-five with five runs, four RBIs and a home run against Wareham.

BOYS LACROSSE

Bryce Downs, Dighton-Rehoboth

Downs had seven goals and an assist against Greater New Bedford.

GIRLS LACROSSE

Sophia Perry, Bridgewater-Raynham

Perry had three goals against New Bedford.

Kylie Palmer, Dighton-Rehoboth

Palmer had four goals against Seekonk.

BOYS TENNIS

Luke Taylor, Dighton-Rehoboth

Taylor and Nick Antonio won the first set of first doubles 6-4 against Bishop Feehan.

GIRLS TENNIS

Nicole Kimball, Bridgewater-Raynham

Kimball won first singles 6-1, 6-1 against Dartmouth.

BOYS TRACK AND FIELD

Dmitirus Shearrion, Taunton

Shearrion won the 200 meter with a time of 0:22.44, beating his own previous school record, and was part of the 4x100 meter relay team that won with a time of 0:43.84 at the Hockomock League Championship.

GIRLS TRACK AND FIELD

Caelen O'Leary, Taunton

O'Leary won the 800 meter with a time of 2:22.85 at the Hockomock League Championship.

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Taunton Daily Gazette sports reporter Cameron Merritt can be reached at cmerritt@tauntongazette.com. You can follow him on Twitter at @CamMerritt_News. Support local journalism by purchasing a digital or print subscription to the Taunton Daily Gazette today.

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