Silver Creek senior pitcher Kaylee Hutchison earned top honors as the Player of the Year, leading the Black Knights to a 7-4 league record from the circle and with her bat at the plate. Over 86 2/3 innings from the circle, Hutchison struck out 173 batters, maintained a 2.58 ERA and held opposing batters to a .189 batting average. She was just as impressive from the plate with a .571 average, 24 RBIs, two doubles, five triples, three home runs, 18 stolen bases and she scored 26 runs.

Randolph senior pitcher Kendall Steward earned the league’s second-highest honor, being selected as the Pitcher of the Year. Steward pitched the Cardinals to a 9-1 record to win the league title with 118 strikeouts, a 0.215 ERA and 0.446 WHIP. She was just as strong at the plate boasting a .514 average, 1.438 OPS, seven doubles and three triples.

Joining Steward as first-team all-stars from the league champion Cardinals are seniors Kyra Pence and Harper Smith. Just behind Steward in average was her batterymate Smith hitting .407, she had a 1.024 OPS with two doubles. The senior shortstop Pence maintained a .333 average, .860 OPS, a double and a triple.

Hutchison was joined by another two Black Knights in eighth grader Rylee Weiskerger and junior Laneya Olsen. Weiskerger played centerfield, shortstop and pitched while hitting a .373 average, 1.031 OPS, 12 RBIs, seven doubles and two triples. Catching for the Black Knights was Olsen and she hit .314, 0.912 OPS, 13 RBIs and five doubles.

Randolph senior Kyra Pence was named a first-team all-star in the Chautauqua-Cattaraugus Athletic Association Division 1 East softball league. P-J photo by Christian Storms

Eventual Class C state champion Gowanda had three players named first-team all-stars in freshman pitcher Addison Kota, senior shortstop Wassy Stevens and senior centerfielder Jada Geiger.

Kota had a huge year at the plate hitting .507, 1.588 OPS, 20 RBIs, 12 doubles, five triples and six home runs while scoring 33 runs herself. Then from the circle Kota managed to strikeout 114 batters over 118 2/3 innings pitched this season.

The Gowanda seniors performed well at the plate with Stevens batting .379, 0.966 OPS, 13 RBIs, five doubles and a triple with 27 runs scored; Geiger hit .449, 1.066 OPS, 12 RBIs, seven doubles and three triples with 22 runs scored.

Forestville had a pair of underclasswomen named first-team all-stars in sophomore pitcher Megan Gruber and freshman shortstop Carilene Sliwa.

Gruber improved her freshman ERA from 5.91 to an impressive 1.13 with opponents batting .196 and she struck out 125 batters over 105 innings pitched. Then at the plate she hit .283 with 11 RBIs, a double and a home run.

Randolph senior Harper Smith was named a first-team all-star in the Chautauqua-Cattaraugus Athletic Association Division 1 East softball league. P-J photo by Christian Storms

In her freshman year, Sliwa hit .351, .884 OPS, 6 RBIs, four doubles, two triples and scored 19 runs.

Rounding out the first-team all-stars are Brocton junior pitcher Madison Sears and Pine Valley senior third baseman Ashley Campbell.

League champion Randolph added two more players to the second team in sophomore centerfielder Sadie Steward (.375) and junior second baseman Jaclynn Flood.

Representing Silver Creek on the second team are senior shortstop Amber Lockwood (.333) and eight grade utility player Kyla Ziegler (.339).

Gowanda added the trio of sophomore third baseman Holland Browning (.375), junior catcher Ella Luther (.377) and freshman second baseman Cece John (.291) to the second team.

Silver Creek’s Kaylee Hutchison was named the Player of the Year. P-J photo by Christian Storms

Forestville added another three to the second team with sophomore catcher Jade Work (.339), senior first baseman Lauryn Pierce (.327) and senior third baseman Callie Grupa (.300).

Both Brocton and Pine Valley had a pair of second-team all-stars with junior left fielder Andrea Spiller and sophomore middle infielder Joleena Doner representing the Bulldogs and senior second baseman Molly Sunick and senior catcher Kaitlin Hayes representing the Panthers.

The Overall Team Sportsmanship Award was given to Brocton. While representing each team’s sportsmanship awards are Kendall Steward for Randolph, Riley Lawton for Silver Creek, Holland Browning for Gowanda, Jade Work for Forestville, Colie Bundy for Brocton and Haleigha Hardy for Pine Valley.

The Coach of the Year Award went to Randolph coach Geoff Olson after leading the Cardinals to the league title.

FIRST TEAM

Kendall Steward P Sr. Randolph

Kyra Pence SS Sr. Randolph

Harper Smith C Sr. Randolph

Kaylee Hutchison P Sr. Silver Creek

Rylee Weiskerger Inf. 8th Grade Silver Creek

Laneya Olsen C Jr. Silver Creek

Addison Kota P Fresh. Gowanda

Wassy Stevens Inf. Sr. Gowanda

Jada Geiger CF Sr. Gowanda

Megan Gruber P Soph. Forestville

Carilene Sliwa SS Fresh. Forestville

Madison Sears P Jr. Brocton

Ashley Campbell 3B Sr. Pine Valley

SECOND TEAM

Sadie Steward CF Soph. Randolph

Jaclynn Flood 2B Jr. Randolph

Amber Lockwood SS Sr. Silver Creek

Kyla Ziegler LF/3B 8th Grade Silver Creek

Holland Browning 3B Soph. Gowanda

Ella Luther C Jr. Gowanda

CeceJohn 2B Fresh. Gowanda

Jade Work C Soph. Forestville

Lauryn Pierce 1B Sr. Forestville

Callie Grupa 3B Sr. Forestville

Andrea Spiller LF Jr. Brocton

Joleena Doner Inf. Soph. Brocton

Molly Sunick 2B Sr. Pine Valley

Kaitlin Hayes C Sr. Pine Valley

HONORABLE MENTION

Randolph: Julianna Syracuse (Sr.)

Silver Creek: Caitlyn Rice (Sr.), Makayla Kelly (Soph.)

Gowanda: Kailyn Farner (Sr.), Lilly Bobseine (Sr.)

Forestville: Madison Sliwinski (Sr.)

Brocton: Paige Miller (7th Grade)

TEAM SPORTSMANSHIP AWARD

Randolph: Kendall Steward (Sr.)

Silver Creek: Riley Lawton (Sr.)

Gowanda: Holland Browning (Soph.)

Forestville: Jade Work (Soph.)

Brocton: Colie Bundy (Fresh.)

Pine Valley: Haleigha Hardy (Sr.)