Poll results: Philipsburg-Osceola football player selected as CDT Athlete of the Week
The readers of CentreDaily.com have selected this week’s boys’ athlete of the week.
Sam McDonald won the poll for the week of Sept. 11-18 for his performance for the Philipsburg-Osceola football team.
The team scored 32 points against Penns Valley and McDonald made a major contribution to the team’s offensive success. McDonald ran for 116 yards, had 39 receiving yards and finished with three touchdowns for his team in the matchup.
He took 55% of the poll, with 8,634 votes.
Luke Duckworth, Saint Joseph’s Catholic Academy boys’ soccer: Saint Joseph’s Catholic Academy took on East Juniata in boys’ soccer on Sept. 14 and Luke Duckworth did everything in his power to help his team out. Duckworth, who also plays for the school’s golf team, finished the game with nine saves in the matchup.
Danin Kerstetter, Penns Valley football: Penns Valley mounted a comeback to take down Philipsburg-Osceola Sept. 15, 43-32, thanks in large part to Danin Kerstetter. The team trailed 32-29 with 2:22 left in the fourth quarter when Kerstetter returned a kickoff to the P-O 42-yard line. He hauled in a 40-yard pass to get the team near the goal line before then bringing in the ensuing touchdown in traffic to take the lead and help seal the victory.
Kerstetter finished second in the poll with 4,532 votes, making up 29% of the total.
Eddie Corkery, State College football: State College won its Sept. 15 football game over Altoona, 49-7, and got a big night out of Eddie Corkery. Corkery, a junior quarterback, completed 12 of his 14 pass attempts for 303 yards and four touchdowns to lead the team to a win.
For the CDT’s Athlete of the Week polls this season, we will take nominations from all six county athletic departments for both a boys’ and girls’ athlete of the week. Voting for this poll ended Sunday. As a reminder, the poll is not scientific and just for fun. In fact, we invite you to vote as many times as you want. Look for future polls at CentreDaily.com.
This story was originally published September 20, 2023 at 10:01 AM.
