OBSERVER File Photo North Collins’ Brandon Zielinski delivers during an April high school baseball regular season game. Zielinski was recently named the Co-Player of the Year for his division.

Although the 2018 baseball season ended in the Section VI Class D quarterfinals for both North Collins and Pine Valley, both teams were full of players that were named to the CCAA Division II East All-Star team this week.

North Collins not only won the regular season league title, but their senior stud, Brandon Zielinski, will also be taking home some hardware for his individual efforts this season. Zielinski, the NCCC verbal commit, had a perfect record on the mound this season, going 4-0 with a 2.00 ERA, including a 14-strikeout complete-game performance on April 27 over Franklinville. Zielinski displayed dominant performances like that all throughout the season, which led to him being selected as the division’s Co-Player of the Year in 2018.

In addition to Zielinski, two other Eagles were selected to the division’s First Team All-Stars. Senior Anthony Novoa and junior David Gullo were both honored along with Zielinski. Along with them, senior Tanner Loretto and junior David Overhoff were named to the Second Team. The North Collins Eagles also has a pair of juniors in Nick Woronowski and Tyler Mathis selected to the list of the division’s Honorable Mentions.

Pine Valley finished their season with a 5-5 division record, earning them the No. 5 seed come playoff time. When the Panthers found success, it was in large part to the bats of seniors Dakota Loop and Trent Mihalko. Both batters had averages over .400 this season, and were key in driving in runs in important situations. Based on their performances this season both of them were named First team all-star selections.

Pine Valley also saw senior Stephen Crisanti and junior Kevin Hunt named as Second Team players. In addition, the Panthers had three boys named Honorable Mention in sophomore Corey Ellis, senior Ricky Johnston, and senior Zach Mansfield.

Pine Valley also took home some additional hardware as well, as they were given the Team Sportsmanship Award. Mihalko was their team representative for the award.

2018 CCAA East 2

Co-Players of the Year

Brandon Zielinski, North Collins (.429 BA, 4-0, 2.00 ERA)

Brock Blecha, Franklinville (.400 BA, 5-0, 1.50 ERA)

First Team All-Stars

Brandon Zielinski, North Collins

Anthony Novoa, North Collins

David Gullo, North Collins

Trent Gray, Frewsburg

Aaron Hair, Frewsburg

Brock Blecha, Franklinville

Jake Peters, Franklinville

Dakota Loop, Pine Valley

Trent Mihalko, Pine Valley

Griffin Chudy, Ellicottville

Steven Rowland, Ellicottville

Sam Grey, Cattaraugus/Little Valley

Second Team All-Stars

Tanner Loretto, North Collins

David Overhoff, North Collins

Tim Wright, Frewsburg

Reid Bjork, Frewsburg

Conner Burrell, Franklinville

Ben Mooney, Franklinville

Stephen Crisanti, Pine Valley

Kevin Hunt, Pine Valley

Austin Grinols, Ellicottville

Hunter O’Stricker, Ellicottville

Andrew Minnekine, Cattaraugus/Little Valley

Honorable Mention

Nick Woronowski, North Collins

Tyler Mathis, North Collins

Mark Mammoser, Frewsburg

Nick Marsh, Frewsburg

Nolan Brink, Frewsburg

Isaac Kopp, Franklinville

Corey Ellis, Pine Valley

Ricky Johnston, Pine Valley

Zach Mansfield, Pine Valley

Frank Neff, Ellicottville

RJ Alvarez, Ellicottville

Austin Baker, Cattaraugus/Little Valley

Shane O’Neill, Cattaraugus/Little Valley

Team Sportsmanship Award

Pine Valley — Trent Mihalko, team representative

Ellicottville — Evan Palmatier, team representative