When Griffin Guerrette joined the Presque Isle High School boys varsity basketball team three years ago, he often had to back up just to get his shot off.
As a 5-foot-2 freshman, he routinely faced defenders nearly a foot taller.
These days he’s still playing point guard for the Wildcats, who were 10-2 and ranked second in Class B North through Tuesday’s games.
And at 6 feet tall, he’s also jumping center.
“Even when I was 5-2 I was pretty athletic, but when you’re 5-2 you can’t jump center,” said Guerrette, an 18-year-old senior from Mapleton. “I never thought I’d be jumping center. Never.”
Guerrette’s athleticism helped him earn All-Maine status as a senior striker for Presque Isle’s soccer team last fall. It also has enabled him to emerge as one of the state’s top scorers this winter for Presque Isle, which already owns a victory over defending Class B state champion Mount Desert Island of Bar Harbor and took undefeated and top-seeded Hermon to overtime in their first meeting of the season.
“I knew going in that we were going to need him to score at least 20 a game, but I didn’t necessarily expect he would be pushing 30,” Presque Isle coach Terry Cummings said of Guerrette, who averages 28.5 points along with 4.8 rebounds, 4.0 assists and 2.3 steals.
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