Who should be the Centre Daily Times Athlete of the Week for Feb. 7-12? 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. The poll will close at noon Friday.
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 CDT 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 us via email at cdtscores@centredaily.com.
Jade Castro, State College girls swimming
Castro broke a pool record in the 100-meter backstroke with a time of 55.88 in State College’s 136-44 Feb. 7 victory over Central Dauphin. The State College swimmer claimed victory twice in the Mid Penn Championships on Saturday, winning the 200-yard individual medley with a time of 2:05.79. and the 100-yard backstroke with a time of 54.94, defeating her previous Mid Penn record of 55.76.
Jeremy Whitehead, P-O boys basketball
Whitehead had a big week for the Mounties, scoring 53 points and grabbing 30 rebounds in three games. He had 13 points and 10 boards in a 69-65 victory in overtime on Feb. 8 against Hollidaysburg. Whitehead went on to score 14 points and grab 10 rebounds in a 65-32 victory over Saint Joe’s on Feb. 9. He had a game-high 26 points and had 10 rebounds against Bellefonte in a 55-50 victory on Feb. 11.
Jordyn Steindl, State College girls basketball
Steindl had a team-high 22 points in State College’s 60-36 victory against Harrisburg on Feb. 9. She also scored 16 points in the Little Lions’ 57-46 loss against Mifflin County on Feb. 11.
Kailen Winkelblech, Penns Valley girls basketball
Winkelblech scored 39 points in two games last week. She scored a game-high 24 points in a 63-44 victory over Clearfield on Feb. 7. The senior forward went on to score 15 points in a 56-51 loss to Southern Huntingdon on Feb. 9.
Thomas Hay and Zander Faust, State College ice hockey
Faust had a hat trick in State College’s 7-2 victory over Central Cambria on Feb. 10. His first goal of the game was with 7:42 remaining in the second period to give the Little Lions a 3-1 lead. Faust would be assisted on back-to-back goals by Hay in the third period (15:17, 5:31). Hay later had two goals of his own, both assisted by Luke Janac (4:42, 2:50) in the third period.
This story was originally published February 14, 2022 at 11:32 AM.
CORRECTION: This story has been updated to correct swimming times for Jade Castro.
