Penns Valley’s Yearick is a CDT Athlete of the Week

Penns Valley wrestler Darren Yearick is a Centre Daily Times Athlete of the Week.

Yearick was Centre County’s lone district champion, winning over St. Joseph’s Catholic Academy’s Jacob Powers at 113 pounds on Saturday inside Altoona High School’s Fieldhouse.

Yearick scored the match’s first takedown with 44 seconds remaining in the first period, escaped and recorded another takedown in the second, and held on in the third for a 5-2 win.

Yearick is one of four Rams to qualify for the Southwest Regionals on March 4-5.

This story was originally published February 21, 2016 at 10:47 PM with the headline "Penns Valley’s Yearick is a CDT Athlete of the Week."