Who should be the Centre Daily Times Athlete of the Week for March 28-April 2? 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. 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 at cdtscores@centredaily.com.
Here are your nominees for the week of March 28-April 2.
Chad Muckey, Philipsburg-Osceola boys track and field
Muckey’s 3200-meter time of 10:18.38 shattered a school record in P-O’s track meet against Huntingdon and Hollidaysburg on March 29. Hollidaysburg finished with a 112 score against P-O’s 38. Huntingdon scored 101 points.
Dominic Capperella, Bellefonte baseball
Capperella threw Centre County’s first no-hitter of the baseball season in Bellefonte’s 12-0 victory over Huntingdon on March 30. The junior pitcher tossed five innings, while striking out eight batters and walking none. The Red Raiders are now 2-1 on the season.
Ella Underwood, Bellefonte girls track and field
Underwood finished fourth in the discus with a toss of 73-04 to score three points in Bellefonte’s meet with Brookville and Selinsgrove on Saturday. She followed up with a 28-08.50 throw in the shot put, winning the event and scoring five points. The senior thrower finished second in the girls javelin with a toss of 88-11 and scoring three additional points.
Maddie Rottkamp, State College lacrosse
Rottkamp was instrumental in State College’s 17-1 dismantling of Mechanicsburg on March 31. She had four goals and two assists in the victory. State College is now 1-1 on the year.
This story was originally published April 4, 2022 at 9:12 AM.
