Who should be the Centre Daily Times Boys Athlete of the Week for Sept. 5-12? Vote here
Editor’s note: The Centre Daily Times will publish a weekly poll on Tuesday for readers to choose the Athlete of the Week for the previous week of competition. The poll will close at noon Saturday.
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 in this just-for-fun, unscientific poll as many times as you’d like. 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 Sept. 5-12.
Carson Long, Philipsburg-Osceola boys soccer
Long, a sophomore, began the week with one goal and one assist in P-O’s 2-2 draw with Clearfield on Sept. 6. He followed up with two goals over Bald Eagle in a 3-2 victory on Sept. 8. While Long’s team lost 5-4 to Tyrone on Sept. 12, he had four goals in the game. Long has eight goals and one assist in three games and had seven goals in the last two matches.
Cayden Merrill, Penns Valley boys soccer
Merrill led his team with three goals in a 4-0 victory over Huntingdon on Sept. 6. He scored his first goal on an assist from Ethan Narber at the 19:57 mark in the first half, followed by a second goal unassisted at the 36:50 mark and a third goal assisted by Hayden Houser at 49:47.
D’Antae Sheffey, State College football
The freshman running back had 17 carries for 207 yards and three rushing touchdowns in State College’s 45-3 victory over Hollidaysburg on Sept. 9. Sheffey has totaled 40 carries for 411 yards and six touchdowns this season.
Kahale Burns, Bald Eagle football
The junior slot receiver had a career game for Bald Eagle on Sept. 9 in its 48-0 victory over Bellefonte. Burns had seven catches for 217 yards and two receiving touchdowns. He has 22 catches on the year for 297 yards and three touchdowns.
Ty Watson, Penns Valley football
Watson had 18 carries for 117 rushing yards and two rushing touchdowns on Sept. 9 against Huntingdon. The junior running back is the team’s leading rusher with 51 carries for 323 yards and seven touchdowns on the year.
