Athletes of the week

(Published during the high school sports season)

(For the week of Feb. 9 through Feb. 15)

Boys

Jon Hawkins (Sr.) Middletown High School basketball team

Twenty-eight points shy of reaching the 1,000 mark for his career, Middletown’s Jon Hawkins scored exactly 28 points Tuesday night in the Mustangs’ 87-38 league home win over Upper Lake, including five dunks, the final one accounting for career points Nos. 999 and 1,000 late in the fourth quarter. Hawkins was promoted to the varsity level during his sophomore season, but he missed most of it with an injury. He’s also missed a handful other games, mainly because of Middletown’s extended run in the football playoffs. A three-sport star for the Mustangs, Hawkins has committed to the College of Idaho where he will play football and baseball for the Yotes.

Girls

Sophie Yebra (Sr.) Middletown High School wrestling

Wrestling veteran Sophie Yebra, the No. 2 seed at 100 pounds in the North Coast Section Division 3 Championships Friday at Clear Lake High School in Lakeport, pinned No. 1 seed Andee Lewis of Hoopa Valley 33 seconds into the second round of their championship match. Yebra had 10-4 lead in points before putting Lewis to her back. Yebra reached the finals with a first-round pin of Sophia Punihaole-Figueroa of Willits in the semifinals. Yebra’s next stop is the North Coast Section Championships Feb. 20-21 at James Logan High School in Union City.