Who should be the Centre Daily Times Athlete of the Week for Feb. 14-19? 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.
Bald Eagle wrestling
The Eagles won big in the District 6 tournament with nine wrestlers qualifying for states. Coen Bainey (120) and Noah Foltz (189) both delivered gold medal performances at the District 6 Class 2A tournament.
Bellefonte boys basketball
Bellefonte capped off their regular season with a 61-45 road victory over Clearfield on Feb. 14. Blair Eckley-Jones scored 15 points, Ty Kroell had 14, Gannon Brungard finished with 11 and Alex Ebeling had eight. The Red Raiders finished the regular season at 18-4 and 10-4 in Mountain League play, tying with Tyrone for the co-league championship, Bellefonte’s first since 2005. Bellefonte is undefeated in nonconference play.
State College ice hockey
State College ice hockey outscored opponents 18-1 on the week with a 8-0 victory over Richland on Feb. 15 and a 10-1 win against Altoona on Feb. 17. Zander Faust led the team with five goals, and Luke Janac finished with three goals.
Zach Braucht, Penns Valley boys basketball
Braucht had 26 points in a 60-46 victory against Bellwood-Antis on Feb. 14. He went on to score 22 points in a 51-46 victory over Hollidaysburg on Feb. 16 to total 48 points in two games.
This story was originally published February 21, 2022 at 8:00 AM.
