On To Sectionals
Falconer’s Fiasco Headlines CCAAs As Singles Champion
Above are the girls tennis players who reached the Chautauqua-Cattaraugus Athletic Association Championships semifinals and finals, which concluded Saturday at the Lakewood YMCA. Kneeling are the singles players. From the left are Elise Riedesel of Chautauqua Lake; Angelina Fiasco of Falconer; Riley Farrugello of Falconer; and Myla Brainard of Falconer. In the back row are the doubles teams. From the left are Olivia Shearer and Mary Marshaus of Chautauqua Lake; Abby Strother and Erika Pickard of Southwestern; Charis LaBarr and Nella Darrell-Sterbak of Fredonia; and Grace Kutschke and Brooke Golab of Frewsburg. P-J photo by Scott Kindberg
LAKEWOOD — The three-day Chautauqua-Cattaraugus Athletic Association Championships concluded Saturday at the Lakewood YMCA and the tennis players from Falconer and Chautauqua Lake were the headliners.
The Golden Falcons will send Angelina Fiasco and Riley Farrugello — the CCAA’s first and second singles seeds respectively — to the Section VI Championships later this week, while the Thunderbirds’ will send Elise Riedesel, the No. 3 singles seed, and the No. 1 doubles team of Olivia Shearer and Mary Marshaus.
The other doubles teams advancing to the sectionals, which will be held Friday in Buffalo, are Erika Pickard and Abby Strother of Southwestern, the No. 2 seed; and Nella Darnell-Sterback and Charis LaBarr of Fredonia, the No. 3 seed.
Fiasco’s path to the top seed were the result of a 6-0, 6-0 win over Riedesel in the semifinals and a 6-0, 6-3 victory over Farrugello in the final.
Farrugello earned a berth in the final after knocking off teammate Myla Brainard 3-6, 7-5, 6-4 in the semifinals. Riedesel then upended Brainard 6-2, 6-4 in the other final.
In doubles, Pickard and Strother downed Grace Kutschke and Brooke Golab of Frewsburg 7-6 ( 7-5), 6-4, and Shearer and Marshaus defeated Darrell-Sterback and LaBarr of Fredonia 6-1, 6-2 in the semifinals.
In the finals, Shearer and Marshaus held off Pickard and Strother 7-6 (7-5), 6-4; and Darrell-Sterback and LaBarr knocked off Kutschke and Golab 6-1, 6-1.
Singles
Semifinals
Riley Farrugello (Falconer) d. Myla Brinard (Falconer) 3-6, 7-5, 6-4; Angelina Fiasco (Falconer) d. Elise Riedesel (Chautauqua Lake) 6-0, 6-0.
Finals
Fiasco (Falconer) d. Farrugello (Falconer) 6-0, 6-3; Riedesel (Chautauqua Lake) d. Brainard (Falconer) 6-2, 6-4.
Doubles
Semifinals
Erika Pickard-Abby Strother (Southwestern) d. Grace Kutschke-Brooke Golab (Frewsburg) 7-6 (7-5), 6-4; Olivia Shearer-Mary Marshaus (Chautauqua Lake d. Nella Darrell-Stebak/Charis LaBarr (Fredonia) 6-1, 6-2.
Finals
Shearer-Marshaus (Chautauqua Lake) d. Pickard-Strother (Southwestern) 7-6 (7-5), 6-4; Darrell-Sterback/LaBarr (Fredonia) d. Kutschke-Golab (Frewsburg) 6-1, 6-1.




