The News-Press selects players who stood out from the previous week based on coaches’ reports and school nominations sent to sports@news-press.com, as well as our own reporting. These players are voted on every Monday on news-press.com, where readers can vote for who they think performed best. The winner of the News-Press Player of the Week poll, sponsored by Elevate Home Services, will receive a T-shirt provided by BSN Sports and a tote bag provided by USA Today High School Sports Awards. To get to know the winners better, the News-Press will hold a Q&A with each player each week.
Mariner High School bowler Trey Lemus was the News-Press Player of the Week, sponsored by Elevate Home Services, for Sept. 3-7. The junior received 45 percent of the vote. He was selected after Lemus bowled a 227-point game to lead the Tritons to a 4-1 victory over Island Coast.
Q: Why did you start bowling?
Remus: My grandfather (Rob Comito) was a professional bowler and I’ve been bowling my whole life. My mom worked at a bowling alley so that’s how I got into bowling.
What is your favorite bowling memory?Remus: I got 298 in practice. I had 11 consecutive strikes and missed the 12th shot.
What accomplishment are you most proud of?
Lemus: In basketball, going to the Final Four last year.
Previous winners: Bishop Vero bowler Mia Gasperini, News-Press Athlete of the Week winner, Aug. 26-31;
Is your favorite sport basketball or bowling?
Remus: Right now it’s bowling season, so bowling. But when it’s basketball season, basketball.
What advice do you have for young athletes on balancing academics and sports in high school?
Remus: Just make a good schedule, juggle both, work hard, pay attention, learn from others, especially older people, keep working hard, and you will do well.
Previous winner: Angel Cruz of Mariner Cross Country, News-Press Athlete of the Week winner, Aug. 19-24.
How do you see your own future?
Remus: I’d like to go to college and major in basketball or bowling. After that I want to be a police officer or a firefighter. I’m not sure yet. Hopefully I’ll get a scholarship to college and go from there.
What are your team and individual bowling goals for the rest of the season?
Lemus: Well, we have a great team and we hope to go to the state tournament. We are all good individually. We have a good coaching staff, so we want to go to the state tournament and hopefully win. … I’m hoping to average around 225-230. That’s the goal.
