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Best Of The West

Southwestern’s Deering, Young, Pirrello Earn Honors

Southwestern’s James Pirrello, left, was named the CCAA West Division Defensive Player of the Year. P-J photo by Christian Storms

Allegany-Limestone went a perfect 10-0-0 in Chautauqua-Cattaraugus Athletic Association boys soccer this season and was rewarded with a league title and several postseason accolades.

Senior goalkeeper Jack Conroy was named the league’s All-Conference Player of the Year as the Gators posted nine shutouts and were credited with 65 saves in 19 games overall.

Joining Conroy on the First Team were junior midfielder Sean Conroy, senior forward Eric Spring and senior midfielder Zach Luce. Sean Conroy had six goals and four assists; Spring had 28 goals and 14 assists; and Luce had six goals and 10 assists.

Second-place Southwestern, which finished with a 8-2-0 league mark, also received multiple accolades, including a Coach of the Year honor for Jason Deering.

Trojans sophomore forward Connor Young joined Spring as co-Offensive Players of the Year after Young scored 34 goals and had five assists.

Southwestern’s Connor Young was named co-Offensive Player of the Year for the CCAA West Division. P-J photo by Christian Storms

Southwestern senior midfielder James Pirrello was named the league’s Defensive Player of the Year after the Trojans allowed just 33 goals on the season. Pirrello also had four goals and five assists.

Joining Young and Pirrello on the First Team were senior defender Spencer Bell and senior midfielder Nolan Froah. Bell had six goals and an assist while Froah had eight goals and 11 assists.

Third-place Fredonia, which finished with a 6-4-0 league record, placed three players on the First Team. Senior forward Sal Tabone had 20 goals and seven assists; senior forward Sam Murphy had 11 goals and eight assists; and senior midfielder Jayden Yerico had three goals and two assists.

Fredonia also received the Team Sportsmanship Award with Hillbillies junior defender Jack Pietro the Individual Sportsmanship Award winner.

Olean placed two players on the First Team. The Huskies were represented by senior midfielder Quintin Allen (nine goals, one assist) and junior defender Alex Linderman (two goals, three assists).

Jamestown also placed two players on the First Team. The Red Raiders were represented by junior forward Noah Rivera (15 goals, six assists) and junior midfielder Noah Burch (five goals, 10 assists).

The league voted Jerome Lee-Yaw as the Official of the Year.

FIRST TEAM

Sean Conroy Junior Allegany-Limestone

Eric Spring Senior Allegany-Limestone

Jack Conroy Senior Allegany-Limestone

Zach Luce Senior Allegany-Limestone

Connor Young Sophomore Southwestern

James Pirrello Senior Southwestern

Spencer Bell Senior Southwestern

Nolan Froah Senior Southwestern

Sal Tabone Senior Fredonia

Sam Murphy Senior Fredonia

Jayden Yerico Senior Fredonia

Quintin Allen Senior Olean

Alex Linderman Junior Olean

Noah Rivera Junior Jamestown

Noah Burch Junior Jamestown

SECOND TEAM

Cooper Wilczewski Freshman Allegany-Limestone

Anthony DeCapua Senior Allegany-Limestone

CJ Ellison Junior Allegany-Limestone

Seth Vaughn Sophomore Southwestern

Gavin Ternullo Sophomore Southwestern

Jonas Gesing Junior Southwestern

Grey Kidder Sophomore Southwestern

Andrew Cowan Sophomore Fredonia

Calder Annear Senior Fredonia

Andre Fratercangelo Junior Olean

Josh Gardner Senior Olean

Tyler Maloney Junior Jamestown

Andres Pacheco Junior Jamestown

Evan Sharpe Senior Jamestown

Brady Corbett Senior Dunkirk

HONORABLE MENTION

Allegany-Limestone: Henry Brairton (Sr.), Carson Kwiatkowski (Soph.), Mason Deming (Sr.), Zach Burnett (Sr.), Tyler Griffin (Sr.)

Southwestern: Neves Hoose (Jr.), Bergen Nelson (Soph.)

Fredonia: Zach Hall (Sr.), Jack Pietro (Jr.)

Olean: Tyler Camp (Jr.), Brennen Keiler (Soph.), Trevor Crouch (Jr.)

Jamestown: Jarron Cotter (Soph.), Kollon Knisley (Sr.)

Dunkirk: Anthony Piede (Fresh.), Naisaih Rodriguez (Fresh.)

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