Poll results: Saint Joseph’s Catholic basketball player selected CDT Boys Athlete of the Week
In the first boys athlete of the week poll of 2023, a Saint Joseph’s Catholic Academy basketball player took top place, as selected by readers of CentreDaily.com.
Michael Lower was nominated for the week of Dec. 26-Jan. 2 and took 59% of the vote (3,092 votes). Lower filled up the stat sheet in Saint Joseph’s Catholic’s victory over Bald Eagle. He had 26 points, two rebounds and four steals in the game. In the Wolfpack’s championship win over Philipsburg-Osceola, Lower had 11 points, three rebounds and two assists.
Below were the other nominees for the week of Dec. 26-Jan. 2. It should be noted that there was no girls athlete of the week poll during this period because of a lack of girls sports through the nominating week.
Blaze Angelotti, Bald Eagle boys basketball: Angelotti had 15 points in Bald Eagle’s 59-50 overtime loss to Saint Joseph’s Catholic on Dec. 28. He followed up with 17 points in the Eagle’s 53-39 victory over Curwensville on Dec. 29. He came in second in the poll, with 30% of the vote (1,542 votes).
Braeden Shrewsberry, State College boys basketball: State College hosted Perry Traditional in a home tournament on Dec. 28, winning 55-26. Shrewsberry had 12 points, five rebounds, two assists and four steals in the contest. The Little Lions won the tournament on Dec. 29 in a 59-49 victory over Notre Dame-Green Pond.
Caleb Close, Bald Eagle wrestling: Close (172) finished with five wins in the MyHouse Trojan Wars event from Dec. 29-30 to win the title.
Cam Watkins, Bald Eagle boys basketball: Watkins added 12 points in his team’s 59-50 loss to Saint Joseph’s Catholic and had 16 points in the 53-39 win against Curwensville on Dec. 29.
Charlie Yartz, Saint Joseph’s Catholic boys basketball: Saint Joseph’s Catholic’s boys basketball team won the Philipsburg Christmas tournament by beating Bald Eagle 59-50 in overtime on Dec. 28 and beating Philipsburg-Osceola 62-50 on Dec. 29.
Yartz was the second-leading scorer with 21 points and he grabbed five rebounds in the victory over Bald Eagle. He added two assists, two blocks and three steals in the contest. He was the team’s leading scorer in the championship game against Philipsburg-Osceola with 16 points. Yartz also had nine rebounds, two assists and a block.
Lucas Fye, Bald Eagle wrestling: Fye (121) won the championship at the MyHouse Trojan Wars even from Dec. 29-30.
Nick Pavlechko, State College wrestling: Pavlechko (285) finished third in the Powerade Tournament from Dec. 29-30. He had five pins during the event.
The poll ended at noon Saturday. To be clear, this poll is not scientific and just for fun. In fact, we invite you to vote as many times as you want. The next polls will be published at CentreDaily.com on Monday.
To nominate a deserving player for future Athlete of the Week polls, email cdtscores@centredaily.com.
This story was originally published January 3, 2023 at 3:14 PM.
