Poll results: Bald Eagle Area basketball player selected as CDT Boys Athlete of the Week
A Bald Eagle Area basketball player is the boys athlete of the week for Jan. 16-22, as selected by readers of CentreDaily.com.
Kahale Burns scored a team-high 14 points on Jan. 17 in a 56-37 loss to Bellefonte. He had 49% of the vote in the poll (3,060 votes).
Here were the other nominees:
Braeden Shrewsberry, State College boys basketball: Shrewsberry had a game-high 30 points to go with one rebound, four assists and two steals in a 55-38 win over Central Dauphin on Jan. 17.
Caleb Close, Bald Eagle wrestling: Close (172) pinned Bellefonte’s Grady Garrison in 1:34 and followed up by defeating No. 2 seed, Jersey Shore’s Tyler Bauder, for the Big 7 Conference championship on Jan. 21.
Charlie Yartz, Saint Joseph’s boys basketball: Yartz had 23 points, six rebounds and six assists against Millersburg on Jan. 16 in a 73-65 win. He went on to have 22 points, four rebounds and three assists in Saint Joe’s 71-56 loss to Greenwood on Jan. 19.
Coen Bainey, Bald Eagle wrestling: Bainey (127) wrestled in two matches in the Big 7 Conference tournament on Jan. 21, winning in just over 1.5 minutes that were completed with pins.
Jackson Romig, Penns Valley boys basketball: Romig had nine points in Penns Valley’s 57-30 win over Bellwood-Antis on Jan. 16. He went on to score 24 points in the Rams’ 45-42 victory over Huntingdon on Jan. 17. He followed up with four points in Penns Valley’s 55-45 loss to Tyrone on Jan. 20.
Jacob McConnell, Bellefonte boys basketball: Bellefonte won 56-37 over Bald Eagle on Jan. 17 and McConnell scored a game-high 16 points. He came in second in the poll, with 40% of the votes (2,490 votes).
Michael Lower, Saint Joseph’s boys basketball: Lower had a game-high 27 points to go with four rebounds and two assists in Saint Joseph’s 73-65 victory over Millersburg on Jan. 16. He also had 15 points, five rebounds and an assist in Saint Joe’s 71-56 loss to Greenwood on Jan. 19.
Nick Pavlechko, State College wrestling: Pavlechko (285) won the Big 7 Conference wrestling tournament. He began the day by defeating Jersey Shore’s Preston Spontarelli in 1:14 and followed with an 11-second victory against Altoona’s Hayden Speece on Jan. 21.
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 23, 2023 at 3:46 PM.
