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 the Centre Daily Times sports staff 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.
Noah Foltz, Bald Eagle Area
Foltz went 5-0 this week, helping the Eagles go 5-0 in duals. The junior 160-pounder had a pin in 21 seconds against Danville and a 9-0 major decision against Williamsport this week. He leads Bald Eagle Area with 12 wins this season to only one defeat.
Ethan Rossman, Bellefonte
Rossman notched his 100th victory as a Red Raider this week when he went 2-0 Friday evening. The two wins give him 101 in his career and pushed him to 14-0 on the season. The 189-pounder announced his commitment to wrestle at Lock Haven following his 100th win.
State College girls’ swimming
The State College girls’ swimming team set two pool records at home this week against Cumberland Valley. The relay team of Jade Castro, Mackenzie Pagett, Maddy Koehle and Colleen Adams broke the pool record in the 200 medley with a time of 1:47.69. Then Castro broke the record in the 100 fly with a time of 57.10.
Jude Swisher, Bellefonte
Swisher set a program record for single-season takedowns with 107 to this point as a junior 132-pounder for the Red Raiders. He’s 14-0 on the season with a 3-0 record this week including a 4-2 overtime win over Meadowbrook Christian’s Cade Wirnsberger — the son of Bucknell head coach Dan Wirnsberger.
Lance Urbas, State College
Urbas went 4-0 this week with bonus points in all of his wins. The senior 172-pounder finished the week with two pins, a technical fall and a forfeit. The Penn wrestling commit is 10-0 on the season with 65 wins in his career after missing his sophomore year due to a torn ACL.
This story was originally published February 7, 2021 at 3:21 PM.
