AUBURN — Organizers of the Maine McDonald’s High School Senior All-Star Basketball Games are seeking nominations for the 2012 Maine McDonald’s Spirit of the Game Award. Two high school seniors — one from the East division, one from the West — will be honored during Maine McDonald’s High School Senior All-Star Weekend at Husson University in Bangor on March 9 and 10. The nomination deadline is Feb. 13.

The Maine McDonald’s Spirit of the Game Award was created in 2009 to honor two high school seniors who embody the spirit of the sport, exemplify sportsmanship, support and inspire their teammates and coaching staff, and show an ability to overcome obstacles and boundaries. In 2010, the awards were renamed to honor inaugural recipients Joshua Titus of Auburn and Patrick Thibodeau of Cumberland. The East Division Award is now known as the Joshua Titus Spirit of the Game Award and the West Division Award, the Patrick Thibodeau Spirit of the Game Award. Titus has overcome the challenges of autism, while Thibodeau has Down Syndrome.

Spirit of the Game nomination forms can be downloaded or completed electronically at http://vote.mainemcdonaldsbasketball.org/public-voting and click on Josh Titus and Patrick Thibodeau Spirit of the Game Award. To request a nomination form in the mail, call Kevin Mitchell at 755-9470, ext. 105.

The 2012 Maine McDonald’s High School Senior All-Star Games will be played at Newman Gymnasium on the campus of Husson University in Bangor on Saturday, March 10. The game-day program will feature competition between top players in the state’s A/B and C/D Boys and Girls divisions. All-Star players, coaches, All-State Academic teams, Foul Shooting Champions, Spirit of the Game Award recipients and Mr. and Miss Basketball will be honored at the awards banquet on Friday, March 9, at 6:30 p.m.

More information about the Maine McDonald’s High School Senior All-Star Basketball Games is available at www.mainemcdonaldsbasketball.org.