By PAUL GOTHAM
ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Jason Gibbs (Churchville-Chili) averaged 22 points seven assists in a pair of games last week. Phil Nwugwo (Victor) connected on 78 percent of his attempts from the floor over two wins. Caleb Lewis (Pittsford Mendon) connected on 57 percent of his attempts from the field in a pair of victories while Caquan Wester (Eastridge) posted a career-high in the Lancers’ only game of the week. The quartet earned Player of the Week (December 12-18) for their respective divisions as announced by the Monroe County League.
Nwugwo connected on 21 of 27 attempts from the floor including his only 3-point try to earn Monroe County Division I Player of the Week. The 6-foot-6 senior guard/forward scored 33 points in a 56-42 win over Webster Thomas to start the week. Nwugwo followed that with 17 points in a 70-37 triumph over Rush-Henrietta. He also averaged 9.0 rebounds and 2.5 blocks for the week.
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Gibbs totaled 44 points to garner Division II honors. The junior guard posted a double-double with 22 points and 10 rebounds in Churchville’s 75-72 setback against Rush-Henrietta. Gibbs handed out six assists in the contest. He finished the week with 22 points, eight assists, six rebounds and two steals in a 74-45 win over Spencerport.
Lewis was named Division III Player of the Week after averaging 15.5 points and 9.5 rebounds in a pair of Mendon wins. Lewis opened the week with a 9-point, 13-rebound performance in an 81-59 win over Honeoye Falls-Lima. The junior guard handed out six assists in the game while contributing three deflections and a steal. He followed that with 22 points on 8-of-12 shooting in a 69-57 win over cross-town rival Pittsford Sutherland in the Rainbow Classic. Lewis grabbed six boards in the triumph while handing out three assists. He also collected three steals and three deflections and shot 12 of 21 for the week.
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Wester posted a double-double to grab the Division IV nod. The 6-foot-7 senior guard/forward scored 36 points and grabbed 15 rebounds in an 88-37 win. Wester also handed out four assists as the Lancers improved to 4-0 on the season.
I was pleasantly surprised when my son, Todd Lewis emailed this article to me that included his son Caleb and my grandson Caleb! The newspaper’s are very involved with professional athletes and don’t print anything about our local kids who work very hard at their sports! It is a shame that these kids aren’t getting their due respect! I have 7 grandchildren that are heavily involved in school sports(Canandaigua and Pittsford) and that means they work hard not only at their sports but also their grades! They deserve as much if not more recognition as the overpaid professionals! I always did scrape books for my grandchildren with articles from their sports,(JCClifford and AJ Clifford) at graduation! Now with no newspaper coverage (very little if any) I am afraid this will not continue! I thank you for your coverage and wish you could convince our local papers to the same ( Democrat and Daily Messenger)