Majka went 3-2 in his senior season within the division, with an ERA of 0.95 and 80 strikeouts. Mitch Pascarella of Southwestern took home the Roger Moore Player of the Year award, pitching to a 4-2 record with a 1.34 ERA in his junior year, while his Southwestern teammate, Jack Brinkley, won the Pete Criscione Sportsmanship Award. Falconer coach Chris Schrader was the recipient of the Coach of the Year award, leading his club to a 17-5 overall record and going 8-4 in league. Falconer won the Class C Sectional title this year.

Fredonia’s senior ace Trey Swartz, who went 5-0 with a 1.51 ERA, joins Majka and Pascarella at the top of the First Team All-Star pitching staff, while Dunkirk’s Phil Messina, a sophomore .349 hitter, and Falconer’s Nate Abbey, a .317 hitter, man the catcher’s spot on the First Team All-Stars. Falconer’s Bobby Samuelson and Ben Schrader, both over .400 hitters, start off an all-senior infield, while Cassadaga Valley’s Adam Goot, who hit .320, and Dunkirk’s Jared Glowniak, a .366 hitter, round out the First Team’s infield.

Silver Creek’s Spencer Harford, a .312 hitter, and Jeremy Wilcox, a sophomore who hit .395, man the outfield from the Black Knights, along with Dunkirk’s Mike Norton, who hit .400. Fredonia’s Alec Schrader, a .419 hitter, is the First Team utility man.

The Second Team All-Stars pitching staff is headed by Dunkirk’s junior ace Peyton Ahlstrom, who pitched to an ERA of 2.27. He is joined by two Fredonia pitchers in Anthony Gullo, a junior, and Nick Whitfield, a freshman, on the Second Team. Chris VanCheri of Silver Creek is the catcher on the Second Team, while Mark Wilcox of Falconer, Chautauqua Lake senior Zach Fischer, Fredonia sophomore Gabe Schrader, and the duo of Aiden Kennedy and Nate Johnson of Southwestern, round out the infield.

OBSERVER File Photo Chautauqua Lake pitcher Kyler Majka delivers a pitch during a game earlier this season. Majka was selected as the Al Stuhlmiller Pitcher of the Year award winner in CCAA Division 1 West this season.

Silver Creek’s Travis Drozdziel (of Forestville), Falconer’s Jacob Payne, Fredonia’s Dominic Gullo and Cassadaga’s Braden LeBaron — an eighth grader who hit .300 — make up the outfield on the Second Team. Chautauqua Lake’s Nate Engdahl fills the utility man slot on the Second Team.

The division also named 12 players as Honorable Mention selections. Dunkirk and Fredonia each had two Honorable Mention selections — Dunkirk seniors Tristan Skelly and Lucas Porpiglia represented the Marauders, while senior Will Schmitt and junior Troy Lanski represented the Hillbillies. Silver Creek also had a pair of Honorable Mention selections, as seniors Nick Dawley and Jack Brennan made the list. Cassadaga Valley seniors David Peterson and Brandon Rodriguez represented the Cougars on the list, while sophomores Luke Waters of Chautauqua Lake and Aiden Melquist of Southwestern were Honorable Mention, as well. Falconer’s Ryan Stimson and Matt Gullotti round out the Honorable Mention list.

CCAA Division 1 West 2019 Baseball All-Stars

Roger Moore Player of the Year: Mitchell Pascarella – Southwestern

Al Stuhlmiller Pitcher of Year: Kyler Majka – Chautauqua Lake

OBSERVER File Photo Dunkirk catcher Phil Messina swings at a pitch during a game earlier this year, in Dunkirk.

Pete Criscione Sportsmanship Award: Jack Brinkley – Southwestern

Coach of the Year: Chris Schrader – Falconer

First Team

P Trey Swartz, 12, Fredonia, 5 – 0 1.51 ERA 46 K

P Kyler Majka, 12, Chautauqua Lake, 3 – 2 0.95 ERA 80 K

P Mitchell Pascarella, 11, Southwestern, 4 – 2 1.34 ERA 63 K

C Philip Messina, 10, Dunkirk, .349 BA

C Nate Abbey,12, Falconer, .317 BA

INF Bobby Samuelson, 12, Falconer, .436 BA

INF Adam Goot, 12, Cassadaga, .320 BA

INF Jared Glowniak, 12, Dunkirk, .366 BA

INF Ben Schrader, 12, Falconer, .415 BA

OF Spencer Harford, 11, Silver Creek, .312 BA

OF Michael Norton, 10, Dunkirk, .400 BA

OF Jeremy Wilcox, 11, Silver Creek, .395 BA

Util. Alec Schrader, 11, Fredonia, .419 BA

Second Team

P Nick Whitfield, 9, Fredonia, 2 – 1 1.67 ERA 36 K

P Peyton Ahlstrom, 11, Dunkirk, 2 – 2 2.27 ERA 53 K

P Anthony Gullo, 11, Fredonia, 3 – 0 2.13 ERA 17 K

C Chris VanCheri, 11, Silver Creek, .225 BA

INF Mark Wilcox, 11, Falconer, .289 BA

INF Zach Fischer, 12, Chautauqua Lake, .348 BA

INF Nate Johnson, 10, Southwestern, .282 BA

INF Gabe Schrader, 9, Fredonia, .280 BA

INF Aiden Kennedy, 9, Southwestern, .316 BA

OF Travis Drozdziel, 12 Silver Creek, .292 BA

OF Jacob Payne, 11, Falconer, .289 BA

OF Dominic Gullo, 10, Fredonia, .280 BA

OF Braden LeBaron, 8, Cassadaga, .300 BA

Util. Nate Engdahl, 10, Chautauqua Lake, .294 BA

Honorable Mention

Cassadaga: David Peterson – 12, Brandon Rodriguez – 12

Chautauqua Lake: Luke Waters – 10

Dunkirk: Tristan Skelly – 12, Lucas Porpiglia – 12

Falconer: Ryan Stimson – 12, Matt Gullotti – 11

Fredonia: Will Schmitt – 12, Troy Lanski – 11

Southwestern: Aiden Melquist – 10

Silver Creek: Nik Dawley – 12, Jack Brennan – 12

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