Showing The Way
Auer, Crist, Ruiz, Brown Claim CCAA Top Honors
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- Maple Grove’s Peter Auer was named the Chautauqua-Cattaraugus Athletic Association Small School boys Runner of the Year. P-J file photos
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- Ava Crist was named the Chautauqua-Cattaraugus Athletic Association Small School girls Runner of the Year.
Maple Grove's Peter Auer was named the Chautauqua-Cattaraugus Athletic Association Small School boys Runner of the Year. P-J file photos
The Chautauqua-Cattaraugus Athletic Association released its all-star selections recently, with Maple Grove earning a pair of Small-School top honors.
Peter Auer has been named the boys Runner of the Year while teammate Ava Crist has earned girls Runner of the Year honors.
Auer led the Red Dragons to a second-place team finish at the New York State Public High School Athletic Association Cross Country Championships at Sunken Meadow State Park, taking sixth place in Class D with a 17:36.1.
Crist also aided the girls team to a second-place team finish, clocking a 20:17.1 to finish in 12th overall.
At the Section VI Championships in Bemus Point, Auer took first place while Crist claimed an individual CCAA championship title on Oct. 26.
Ava Crist was named the Chautauqua-Cattaraugus Athletic Association Small School girls Runner of the Year.
Anthony Ruiz of Dunkirk and Emily Brown of Fredonia have earned Runner-of-the Year Large School honors.
Brown finished in 17th place in Class C at the NYSPHSAA Championships with a 20:24.5 while Rey grabbed fourth at the Section VI Class C Championships with a 17:21.34.
The All-Western New York Cross Country teams were also recently released, with both Auer and Randolph’s Ronan McDonald earning First Team appointments.
McDonald led all local runners at the NYSPHSAA Championships, finishing fifth in the Class D race with a 17:11.4.
Jamestown’s Mason McVinney has been named the top 8th-grade runner while Roan Kelly of Randolph has been named the top 7th-grader.
McVinney finished in 73rd place at the Class A Section VI Championships in 20:20.36 while Kelly took 22nd in the Class D race with a 20:01.67.
Diego Rey of Dunkirk has received an Honorable Mention designation after finishing in 18th place in the Class C state championships race with a 17:29.7.
Kylee Odell of Clymer/Sherman/Panama has been named the top junior and Christina Peppy the top sophomore.
Odell took seventh in the Class D state championships with a 19:57.1 while Peppy was just a step behind in seventh with a 19:57.1.
Brown and Crist join Odell and Peppy on the First Team.
Local honorable-mention choices include Acacia Barber of Frewsburg and Abby Brunenavs of Maple Grove.
Brunenavs took 16th overall in the Class D state championship race with a 20:38.2 while Barber took 34th overall in 21:41.6.
FIRST TEAM
Bryce Baglia 11 Falconer/Cassadaga Valley
Collin Barmore 12 Falconer/Cassadaga Valley
Dagon Bryant 11 Southwestern
Drew Carlson 10 Jamestown
Diego Rey 12 Fredonia
Rayven Sample 11 Falconer/Cassadaga
Eddie Scroxton 11 Southwestern
Ashlyn Collins 8 Olean
Sierra Jacques 8 Dunkirk
Savannah Lashbrook 11 Fredonia
Hannah Lillie 12 Southwestern
Carissa Minarovich 12 Southwestern
Jericha Petrella 11 Dunkirk
Hannah Sullivan 12 Southwestern
SECOND TEAM
Chris Annear 11 Fredonia
Maddox Browning 9 Gowanda
Christian Cook 11 Gowanda
Brady Fye 11 Southwestern
Connor Hudson 12 Falconer/Cassadaga Valley
Joey Pillittieri 10 Falconer/Cassadaga Valley
Jackson Vanstrom 11 Southwestern
Ashlynn Ambrose 9 Fredonia
Kaitlin Brentley 11 Falconer/Cassadaga
Anna Buchanan 11 Fredonia
Tabitha Clark 10 Falconer/Cassadaga Valley
Siena DeAngelo 9 Jamestown
Mikaela LeBaron 10 Falconer/Cassadaga Valley
Erin Martin 12 Olean
SMALL SCHOOL
FIRST TEAM
Riley Auer 11 Maple Grove
Drew Braden 10 Catt-Little Valley
Frank Colburn 12 Maple Grove
Dylan Davis 12 Frewsburg
Darius Jones 11 Maple Grove
Ronan McDonald 11 Randolph
Ryan Wisniewski 10 Allegany-Limestone
Acacia Barber 10 Frewsburg
Abby Brunenavs 9 Maple Grove
Ellen Decker 10 Silver Creek/Forestville
Juliana Flich 10 Silver Creek/Forestville
Angelina Napoleon 8 Allegany-Limestone
Kylee Odell 11 CSP
Christina Peppy 10 Maple Grove
SECOND TEAM
Nick Brunenavs 11 Maple Grove
Toby Gifford 9 Frewsburg
Donald Higgs 9 Allegany-Limestone
Drew Kelemen 10 Maple Grove
Christian Riethmiller 12 Randolph
Josh Walters 11 Randolph
Hunter Wassink 10 Clymer/Sherman/Panama
Lindsey Clawson 12 Allegany-Limestone
Mackenzie Gratto 10 CSP
Bryn Mozzi 10 Maple Grove
Tori Pavlock 10 Maple Grove
Isabel Porterfield 8 Allegany-Limestone
Hannah Schauman 8 Clymer/Sherman/Panama
Hannah Tarbrake 9 Maple Grove
HONORABLE MENTION
LARGE SCHOOL
Falconer/Cassadaga Valley: David Allen (12th), John Brockelbank (10th), Wyatt Harrington (9th), Macey Arnone (12th), Marie Lemay (10th)
Gowanda: Aaron Colantino (12th), Kayla Forthman (10th), Kristine Twoguns (12th), Emagin Warrior (11th)
Jamestown: Chase Deponceau (10th), Berit Abers (11th), Mivette Clavijo (11th), Shaylie Zwald (9th)
Southwestern: Jaden Kinnear (10th), Ethan Luce (9th), Lily Nelson (10th), Gabby Wigren (9th).
Fredonia: Kevin Redfield (12th)
Dunkirk: Nelson Rosario (12th), Ethan Yannie (12th)
SMALL SCHOOL
Allegany-Limestone: Ben Besok (11th), Jacob Brink (9th), Zach Krenzel (10th), Maddie Staub (9th)
Franklinville/Ellicottville: Maddox Bush (9th), Tavi Riling (10th)
Randolph: Roan Kelly (7th), Sydney Smith (9th)
Maple Grove: Tyler McPhearson (11th), Carling Lockwood (10th)
Silver Creek/Forestville: Gabe Rhodes (9th), Riley Wilson (12th), Daisy League (9th), Melanie Wilson (8th)
Cattaraugus/Little Valley: Summer Harper (12th)
Clymer/Sherman/Panama: Emily Mills (11th), Aurora Ordines (8th), Leighanne Swan (8th), Anneke White (12th)
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