Common Bond for Athletes of the Week Cruz, Duhamel
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And in return, we pin our weekly honors on Mount Everett's Diego Cruz and Taconic's Mya Duhamel.
Cruz needed about 5-1/2 minutes total to cruise to five wins this week for the Eagles.
Midweek, Cruz earned a first-period pin in a dual match against Taconic.
Then on Saturday, he dominated the 106-pound weight class at the Taconic Invitational by earning four more pins and a tournament title, helping Mount Everrett place third out of 14 teams.
That's the fourth tourney crown for Cruz in four tries this season.
He started the season with a victory at the Holyoke Tournament and then added gold medals at the Berkshire Holiday Tournament and Antoch Memorial in Rhode Island before winning on Saturday.
The Eagles' sophomore is 16-0 this winter as he follows up on last winter's Western Mass Championship campaign.
Duhamel helped lead the Taconic bowling team to a county team championship before winning an individual state title last winter.
This year, she and the Thunder are in the thick of a three-way battle for first place atop the Berkshire County League standings.
Taconic is in third place, just two points behind first-place Pittsfield with a head-to-head showdown looming on Jan. 27 at Cove Lanes in Great Barrington. In between is Lee, which already owns a 2-1 win over Taconic.
Finishing in the top two of the 10-team league is a big deal. The top two teams get byes in the first round of the six-team County Championships on Feb. 10.
Duhamel last week rolled a 205 game that was the best among the girls in the weekly competition at Greylock Bowl and Golf, where Taconic kept pace with the leaders by picking up a 3-0 team win.
This winter, she owns the league's top game (236) and top two-game series (423) among the girls. And her 188 average leads all girls in the league.