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Article: Wetherbee has eyes on big prize John Bapst tailback gunning for second straight state championship
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- Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME
- Article date:
- November 12, 2009
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BANGOR - Bill Wetherbee has had multiple roles for the John Bapst
of Bangor football team this fall.
He's been the LTC's leading rusher, with 1,725 yards heading into
Saturday's conference championship game at Foxcroft Academy.
He's been one of the Crusaders' leading tacklers on defense.
And he's served as the team's Keeper of the Ring.
That ring, belonging to John Bapst head coach Dan O'Connell, was
one of the rewards each team member received after winning the 2008
Class C state championship.
But on Crusader Pride Night just before the start of this season,
O'Connell gave his ring to Wetherbee to stow away as a means of
temporarily putting the championship already won in the past and ...