Poll results: Bald Eagle Area football player selected as CDT Athlete of the Week

Jon Sauber
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Bald Eagle Area’s Eric Clark stops Clearfield’s Carter Chamberlain during the game on Friday, Oct. 6, 2023.

A Bald Eagle Area football player was selected by CentreDaily.com readers as the boys’ athlete of the week for Oct. 2-8.

Bald Eagle football was led in the trenches by Eric Clark during that week. Clark finished with eight tackles, including three tackles for loss, and had several pancake blocks as an offensive lineman for the Eagles. He had 2,825 votes, or 62%.

Here’s a look at the other nominees:

Luke Torbic, State College soccer: State College soccer stayed unbeaten and had victories over Lewisburg and Cedar Cliff. Luke Torbic led the team in victory as the team’s goalkeeper, bringing its win total to 10 this season.

Owen Pettina, Bellefonte football: Pettina had a big week for the second week in a row. He recorded eight tackles, 4.5 tackles for loss, two sacks, two quarterback hurries, two fumbles caused and a fumble recovery. On offense he graded out as the team’s highest graded offensive lineman for the Raiders. He came in second in the poll, with 1,557 votes (34%).

Ty Watson, Penns Valley football: Penns Valley’s Ty Watson eclipsed the 1,000 yard milestone for the Rams on the season during the week. He finished the team’s game against Central with 115 yards and a touchdown on 25 carries.

Sam McDonald, Philipsburg-Osceola football: McDonald did it all for Philipsburg-Osceola during the week. He recovered and returned a fumble for 45 yards to set up a touchdown for the team’s offense, while also rushing for 44 yards, earning 30 receiving yards and throwing a five-yard touchdown pass.

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.