The Centier Bank Performers of the Week are Chesterton senior basketball player Jake Wadding and South Bend Adams junior basketball player Brayden Saxton
In Tuesday’s 57-30 decision over East Chicago Central, the 6-foot-5 standout netted 26 points and then added 29 points in Friday’s 50-48 win over No. 2 (Class 1A) and previously unbeaten Gary 21st Century. Wadding capped off his successful week for the undefeated Trojans (7-0) with 20 points in Saturday’s 59-45 triumph over South Bend Washington.
The 6-foot-4 Saxton tallied 15 points in Tuesday’s 63-50 win over city rival South Bend Riley and then added 19 points in Thursday’s 62-55 Northern Indiana Conference victory at Jimtown. Then, he chipped in 18 points in Friday’s 70-48 win over LaPorte to help the Eagles improve to 7-0 for the first time since the 1978-79 campaign,
The Centier Bank Performer of the Week is open to any male-female student athlete who participates in any IHSAA sanctioned sport and whose school is in the Centier Bank geographic area.