Who is this week’s Centre Daily Times high school athlete of the week? Vote here
Editor’s note: The Centre Daily Times will publish a weekly poll on Monday mornings for readers to choose the Athlete of the Week for the previous week of competition. Please go to CentreDaily.com and click on this story to cast your vote.
Here are this week’s nominees for the Centre Daily Times high school athlete of the week presented in alphabetical order. They were selected by editor Lauren Muthler and sports reporter Jon Sauber via stats compiled by the CDT or sent to cdtscores@centredaily.com. Vote for your favorite.
If you’d like to nominate a player’s performance for future weeks, or believe a deserving nominee is missing from this week’s poll, please contact the CDT via email at cdtscores@centredaily.com.
The poll closes at noon Friday, and a short profile of the winner will appear in Sunday’s paper.
Brady Bigger, State College
Bigger was one of three local runners to take first place in a league meet this week. The senior finished with a time of 15:49 and placed first at the Mid Penn Championships on Saturday, leading State High to a team title.
Kelsey Hull, Penns Valley
Hull and the Penns Valley Rams girls’ cross country team took home the Mountain League Championship for the fourth straight year on Wednesday. Hull was the league MVP and won the race with a time of 20:02, 20 seconds ahead of second place.
Riley Kracaw, State College
Kracaw qualified for the PIAA Golf Championships and tied for 12th place at the event held at Heritage Hills Golf Resort in York. The senior finished the tournament with a score of 79.
Daniel Persiko, Bellefonte
Persiko led the way for the Red Raiders soccer team on its way to its 11th win of the season and the Mountain League title Wednesday. The senior finished the 6-1 victory over Philipsburg-Osceola with a hat trick.
Colton Sands, Penns Valley
Sands led the Penns Valley boys’ cross country team to their seventh straight Mountain League Championship Wednesday. He won the race at Spring Mills with a time of 16:39, finishing 36 seconds ahead of the field.
This story was originally published October 26, 2020 at 8:00 AM.
