Name: Kate Yahner
School: Bishop Carroll Catholic
Age: 18
Grade: Senior
Sport: Basketball
Athlete of the week achievement: Yahner scored in double figures in three BC victories — 11 in a 42-27 win over Somerset, 12 in a 47-42 upset of Forest Hills in the Laurel Highlands ...
Name: Kaden Cassidy
School: Bedford Area
Age: 18
Grade: Junior
Sport: Wrestling
Athlete of the week achievement: Cassidy won the 132-pound championship in the District 5 Class 2A championships by edging returning state medalist Garret Cornell of Everett in the final, 5-3. ...
Name: Kai Burkett
School: Chestnut Ridge
Age: 16
Grade: Sophomore
Sport: Wrestling
Athlete of the week achievement: Burkett helped the Lions finish third in the PIAA Class 2A Duals Tournament in Hershey by going undefeated. He won by fall, technical fall, regular decision twice ...
Name: Marissa Stouffer
School: Altoona Area
Age: 16
Grade: Sophomore
Sport: Gymnastics
Athlete of the week achievement: Stouffer led Altoona to its sixth straight Central Pa. Gymnastics League title. She won the all-around with a 37.0. She finished first in the vault, bar and ...
Name: Nathan Wolfe
School: Bellwood-Antis
Age: 18
Grade: Senior
Sport: Basketball
Athlete of the week achievement: Wolfe collected 23 points, 12 rebounds and seven blocked shots in avenging a loss to Glendale with a 65-48 win and then had 27 points, 17 rebounds and four blocked ...
Name: Allison Hileman
School: Hollidaysburg Area
Age: 16
Grade: Junior
Sport: Basketball
Athlete of the week achievement: Hileman scored a team-high 16 points, including 14 in the first half, in a 50-23 win over Bellefonte and had a game-high 29 points in a 46-40 win over ...
Name: Luke Ruggery
School: Bishop Guilfoyle Catholic
Age: 18
Grade: Senior
Sport: Basketball
Athlete of the week achievement: Ruggery scored 29 points and became the Bishop Guilfoyle boys basketball program’s all-time leading scorer in a 73-56 win over Richland.
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Name: Makalyn Clapper
School: Penn Cambria
Age: 17
Grade: Senior
Sport: Basketball
Athlete of the week achievement: Clapper had 24 points, 12 rebounds, eight steals and five assists in a 76-30 win over Chestnut Ridge and had 17 points and went over the 1,000-point mark for her ...
Name: Caranda Perea
School: Altoona Area
Age: 17
Grade: Junior
Sport: Basketball
Athlete of the week achievement: Perea scored 57 points in three Altoona wins. She had 27 in a 73-31 rout of Carlisle, 19 points, including five 3-pointers, in a 57-46 road win over Harrisburg, and ...
Name: Mason Yingling
School: Bellwood-Antis
Age: 18
Grade: Senior
Sport: Basketball
Athlete of the week achievement: Yingling had 32 points, five assists and three steals in an 80-60 win over Claysburg-Kimmel and had 40 points, six rebounds and three steals in an 85-62 win over ...
Name: Alli Campbell
School: Bellwood-Antis
Age: 17
Grade: Junior
Sport: Basketball
Athlete of the week achievement: Campbell had 26 points, 12 rebounds, 10 assists and five steals in a 79-55 victory over rival Juniata Valley and then collected 29 points, 13 rebounds, 10 steals ...
Name: Hunter Klotz
School: Central
Age: 16
Grade: Sophomore
Sport: Basketball
Athlete of the week achievement: Klotz scored 15 points and grabbed nine rebounds in a 53-46 win over Philipsburg-Osceola and then had 23 points, 10 rebounds and five assists in a 53-44 victory over ...
Name: Jared Colledge
School: Everett Area
Age: 17
Grade: Senior
Sport: Basketball
Athlete of the week achievement: Colledge scored 16 points in a 58-40 win over Southern Huntingdon and scored 40 points in a 67-47 victory over Windber. In that game, he went over the 1,000-point mark for ...
Name: Bridgid Fox
School: Altoona Area
Age: 18
Grade: Senior
Sport: Basketball
Athlete of the week achievement: Fox delivered 17 points and 15 rebounds in a 46-39 win over State College and had 17 points, 15 rebounds and three blocked shots in a 73-38 rout of Chambersburg.
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Name: Kirsten Weakland
School: Cambria Heights
Age: 16
Grade: Sophomore
Sport: Basketball
Athlete of the week achievement: Weakland was the MVP of the Cambria Heights Lady Highlanders Christmas Tournament. She scored 14 points in a first-round win over Johnstown and then scored ...
Name: Jared McGill
School: Chestnut Ridge
Age: 18
Grade: Senior
Sport: Wrestling
Athlete of the week achievement: McGill won the 170-pound weight class at the Powerade Tournament in Canonsburg (for the second time). He decisioned McGuffey’s Christian Clutter, 4-2, in the final. ...
Name: McKenna Hayward
School: Central Cambria
Age: 17
Grade: Senior
Sport: Basketball
Athlete of the week achievement: Hayward collected 17 points, six rebounds and five assists in a 61-59 win over Cambria Heights, had 23 points, eight assists and eight steals in a 58-44 victory ...
Name: Nick Rigby
School: Huntingdon Area
Age: 17
Grade: Senior
Sport: Basketball
Athlete of the week achievement: Rigby delivered 25 points, 10 rebounds, two assists and two steals in a 66-45 win over Tyrone and then had 23 points, five rebounds, two assists and two steals in a ...
Name: Brock McMillen
School: Glendale
Age: 16
Grade: Sophomore
Sport: Wrestling
Athlete of the week achievement: McMillen won the 126-pound title at the 45-team Panther Holiday Classic Saturday with a 5-4 victory over returning Class 3A state placewinner Matt Sarbo of ...
Name: Halee Smith
School: Juniata Valley
Age: 17
Grade: Junior
Sport: Basketball
Athlete of the week achievement: Smith scored 27 points, had seven rebounds and five assists for Juniata Valley in a victory over Bishop Guilfoyle Catholic. She went over the 1,000-point mark for her ...