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Cathedral Prep, Seneca and Harbor Creek athletes win latest ETN polls
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Cathedral Prep, Seneca and Harbor Creek athletes win latest ETN polls

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A Cathedral Prep football player, for the second week in a row, topped the Erie Times-News Seaway Window and AHN Sports Medicine poll for the sport.

Gavin Easter of the Ramblers received 113 votes out of more than 1,200 votes cast. The junior helped preserve his 7-0 shutout against Farrell with an interception and a quarterback sack in the final five minutes of the fourth quarter.

Seneca’s Dominic Buscemi, star of the Bobcats’ 41-22 win over Maplewood, finished second to Easter with 101 votes.

Seneca had a winner in Allie Gladitz, who topped the girls’ athlete poll with 109. The senior qualified for Saturday’s PIAA Class 1A girls’ cross country race in Hershey.

Fairview golfer Cora Hirz (59) finished second behind Gladitz. Hirz led the Tigers to the PIAA Class 2A girls team tournament title on the Penn State University Blue Course.

Harbor Creek football player Joey Wagner rounded out the latest poll winners. He topped the male athletes’ ballot with 85 votes.

Wagner scored two goals and assisted two others as the Huskies knocked off Slippery Rock 6-0 in the quarterfinals of the Class 2A District 10 boys tournament.

Seneca football player Brady Seyboldt (67) and prep golfer Connor Laird (65) finished second and third.

Next week will be the final ETN Athlete of the Week voting for the PIAA fall sports season. Voting will resume Dec. 16-18, shortly after the start of the state’s winter sports season.

This week’s results are:

How it works

Fans can vote for contestants between Monday at 5 p.m. and Wednesday at 5 p.m. unless otherwise noted. They can also make suggestions for nominees, based on the calendar week, by emailing [email protected].

Although candidates are not guaranteed for election, they will be considered.

Fall Male Athlete of the Week Winners

(tie) Noah Ardillo, Fort LeBoeuf soccer and Kamden Kramer, McDowell cross country; Anthony Galkowski, Seneca cross country; Xander Helms, Northwest cross country; Josh Mitcham, Union City cross country; Tyler Super, Girard football; Adam Dahl, Mercyhurst prep football; Travis Bach, Girard cross-country skiing; Josiah ZaSada, Seneca footballer; Joey Wagner, Harbor Creek football player

Female Athlete of the Week, Fall Winners

Kirra DiPaolo, Erie high school football player; Cheyenne Cummings, Union City girls volleyball; Addison Pettis, Northwest cross country; Brooke VanTassel, Union City volleyball; Lindsey Meyer, Erie High football player; Lauren Dever, McDowell cross country; Madison Link, Fort LeBoeuf cross-country skiing; Gigi Campoli, Fairview volleyball; Allie Gladitz, Seneca cross country

Football winners

Tyler Benford, Fairview; Dominic Walters, Fort LeBoeuf; Zach Moats, Seneca; Avery Merritt, Northwest; Braden Swift, Northwest; Ryan Saint-Julien, Girard; Nykeem Abu-Zebiba, Iroquois; Damien Blose, Fort LeBoeuf; Charbel Latouf, preparation of the cathedral; Gavin Easter, preparation of the cathedral

Contact Mike Copper at [email protected]. Follow him on X @ETNcopper.