Prep athletes of the week: Blake girls' hockey star Bullock makes it 16 for eight

It's been a prolific, if not totally unexpected, start for the Princeton-bound senior forward.

Bullock, who tallied 49 goals and 85 total points in 2014-15, has scored 16 goals in her first eight games, including four hat tricks for the No. 1-ranked Bears. Her most recent three-goal effort came in a 7-1 victory over Buffalo on Saturday.

She staked the Bears to a 1-0 lead with an unassisted first period goal and added back-to-back tallies three minutes apart in the third period to stave off a Buffalo rally.

On Nov. 24 she scored two goals in a 9-3 romp over Red Wing. On Nov. 21 Bullock had scored three goals before the second period was six minutes old as Blake blanked South St. Paul 10-0.

She has failed to score a goal in just one game, a 2-2 tie with Class 2A, No. 5 Eden Prairie on Nov. 20. Her 16 goals tie her for the lead in the state and she is third in total points with 16.

New Prague won the Hamline Tournament on the strength of the junior guard's all-around play. In two games she scored 62 points – 37 in a victory over DeLaSalle – on 60-percent shooting (21 of 35). She also grabbed seven rebounds and had seven steals

The sophomore center's knack for scoring showed through last week as he led the Saints to a 2-0 start. He scored a career-high five goals in a 7-2 victory over Shakopee and added two more in a 5-2 victory over Cambridge-Isanti.

The Panthers opened the season with victories over Rochester Century (94-64) and Class 4A, No. 5 Wayzata (81-73) with Reuvers, a 6-foot-9junior forward, carrying much of the load. He totaled 59 points, making seven of 13 three-point attempts, and had 14 rebounds and six assists.

The senior guard, an Arizona State-signee, scored 20 points in a 51-41 season-opening loss to Rogers and followed up with 27 points as the Orioles routed Minneapolis South 90-61. Going back to last season, Russell has scored 20 or more points in 11 consecutive games.

GARY TRENT JR.

The junior guard topped 40 points in back-to-back games to open the season. He scored 46 points in the Eagles' season-opening 105-69 victory over Chanhassen, breaking the previous school record of 45 held by Tyus Jones. He added 41 points in a 96-79 victory over Minnetonka.

JIM PAULSEN