Who should be the Centre Daily Times high school Athlete of the Week for Oct. 18-23? 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.
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 Centre Daily Times 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 the CDT via email at cdtscores@centredaily.com.
Claire Jordan, State College
Jordan was instrumental to State College volleyball’s strong end to its regular season last week. Jordan and company defeated Altoona in four sets last Monday by scores of 25-17, 25-17, 20-25, and 25-14, to improve to 9-2. The senior finished with 17 kills and 11 digs and was honored with fellow seniors Iris Archibald, Sam Shala, Emi Shukla and Anna Whitmer on senior night. Jordan had six digs in a sweep of Mifflin County later on in the week. State College won 25-5, 25-15 and 25-8, to improve to 10-2.
Chad Muckey, Philipsburg-Osceola
Muckey had a strong performance at the Mountain League Cross Country Championships this past Wednesday. He placed first, finishing with a time of 16:34 at the Penns Valley course to defeat Holidaysburg’s Chris and Ben Love. They finished with times of 16:50 and 16:54, respectively. Philipsburg-Osceola finished fourth as a team with a score of 103.
Maddie Perry, Bald Eagle Area
Perry started off her week with four kills in a loss to Philipsburg-Osceola on Tuesday. Bald Eagle Area volleyball went on to defeat Penns Valley in four sets on Wednesday, with scores of 26-24, 24-26, 25-18, and 25-17. Perry had a team-high and season-high 18 kills and 22 digs. The Eagles also defeated Clearfield with scores of 25-17, 25-15, and 25-15 on Thursday. Perry had 11 kills and 16 digs.
Tim Peters, Saint Joseph’s Catholic Academy
Peters finished in a tie for sixth on Monday in the PIAA Class 2A boys individual golf championships at Heritage Hills in York. The Saint Joseph’s junior shot a score of 76 (+5).
State College Girls Soccer
The State College girls soccer team raised $10,138 for Good Day Cafe for its annual When Soccer Becomes Greater campaign. State College’s class of seniors were freshmen when the campaign began and aided each of the three fundraisers that the team held over that period. This year, they chose Good Day Cafe, which employs adults with special needs, as the recipient of the financial gift. They presented the check before their game against Central Dauphin on Thursday.
Anna Stitzer, Penns Valley
Stitzer broke a personal and course record when she finished with a time of 19:09 to take home a Mountain League cross country championship on Wednesday. Penns Valley finished third as a team with 70 points, as Stitzer’s teammate Alexis Durn finished second with a time of 21:34.
Hayden Walker, Bellefonte
Bellefonte soccer beat Philipsburg-Osceola 7-0 on Tuesday with Walker scoring a hat trick in the victory. The Raiders went onto defeat Tyrone 10-0 on Wednesday with Walker netting his second hat trick of the week. Walker had a total of six goals and two assists on the week.
