Who should be the Centre Daily Times Athlete of the Week for Jan. 10-15? 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. 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 via email at cdtscores@centredaily.com.
Bald Eagle wrestling
Bald Eagle finished with a 5-0 record on the week, defeating Penns Valley 40-29 on Wednesday. The Eagles had victories over Susquenita (47-12), Juniata (50-11), West Perry (35-31) and Selinsgrove (40-27) to win the Juniata Duals team title.
Blair Eckley-Jones, Bellefonte boys basketball
Bellefonte boys basketball’s Blair Eckley-Jones totaled 52 points in games against Philipsburg-Osceola and Juniata. The Red Raiders had a 76-69 victory over Philipsburg-Osceola on Monday night. Bellefonte improved to 9-1 on Wednesday by defeating Juniata 64-30. They had a 55-54 loss against Tyrone on Thursday. Bellefonte is 9-2 on the year.
Jacob Desimone, Philipsburg-Osceola boys basketball
Desimone had a team-high 25 points in a 76-69 loss to Bellefonte on Monday. He went on to score a team-high 19 points in a 62-52 loss against Hollidaysburg on Thursday at home. Philipsburg-Osceola is 6-4 on the season.
Kailen Winkleblech, Penns Valley girls basketball
Winkelblech had a team-high 19 points against Clearfield for a 45-37 road victory in overtime. It was her team’s third victory of the season. Penns Valley is now 3-6 on the season.
Zach Braucht, Penns Valley boys basketball
Braucht had an offensive outburst with 36 points in a a 53-48 victory over Clearfield on Thursday, clearing the 1,000-point mark for his career. The Rams went on to notch another win against Saint Joe’s in a 50-26 matchup. Braucht had an additional 20 points against the Wolfpack. Penns Valley is 3-6 on the year.
This story was originally published January 17, 2022 at 7:00 AM.
