Sports Week in Review, March 12 - March 18

is caught between the winter and spring seasons, but it’s a fall sport that has been making all the headlines recently, as, last week, athletic director Naomi Martin officially announced that George Peterson would take over the football program.

Not much was known about Peterson, a Vermont native who attended the University of New Hampshire and was most recently coaching football at the state’s Bedford High School, before he was hired.

However, after , Patch found out he has a lot more in common with former Minuteman coach Bill Tighe than previously though. Besides their mutual love of football, it turns out that, like Tighe, Peterson got his coaching start at Wakefield Memorial High.

Last Saturday, . The honor was bestowed on athletes whose performances especially stuck out during the cold months.

For the boy honoree, Patch chose LHS basketball star Chris Lee, who had a profound relationship with the No. 16 this season. On the girls’ side, we tabbed hockey standout Sara Lehman, a sophomore that racked up 45 points this season.