On Saturday night, Keegan Gentle from Houlton high school was named December athlete of the month. Gentle has helped the Shires boys basketball team get off to a hot start to the season. He joins Michael Norton JR (October 2017) from Oceanside, Carter Tolmasoff(November 2017) from Bucksport, Peyton Grant(December 2017) from Dexter, Sydney Allen(January 2018) from Central, Zachary Wilson (February 2018) from Piscataquis Community High School, Gage Poulin(April 2018) from Central high school, Reece Carter (May 2018) from Penobscot Valley High School, Seth Garvin (June 2018) from Stearns high school, Riley Geyer (September 2018) from Cony high school, and Evan Merchant (October 2018) from Jonesport-Beals high school. Gentle edged out Lauren Cook from Calais in the voting. Bailey Poore from Gardiner finished third. Full results are below.
Keegan Gentle (Houlton)
777
31%
Lauren Cook (Calais)
630
25%
Bailey Poore (Gardiner)
566
23%
Isaac Varney (Hermon)
285
11%
Peyton Grant (Dexter)
133
5%
Lexi Ireland (PVHS)
64
3%
Connor Robertson (Orono)
10
0%
Annie Cooke (Skowhegan)
9
0%
Parker Deprey (Caribou)
7
0%
Cooper Leland (Hampden)
4
0%