EAST AURORA — Maple Grove’s runners were pushed harder than ever during the regular season.

On Friday, with trips to the New York State Public High School Athletic Association cross country championships on the line, the Red Dragons runners came up huge.

Maple Grove’s finished with 46 points while Frewsburg was just behind with 51 points in the boys race while the Red Dragons girls finished with 36, just five ahead of Clymer/Sherman/Panama’s 41 points in the girls race as both Maple Grove teams won Section VI titles at Knox Farm State Park.

Southwestern’s boys also claimed a Class C title with 49 points as Alden was second with 61 points, sending the Trojans to next Saturday’s state meet at Chenango Valley State Park.

Maple Grove’s Lukas Baer won the boys Class D individual title with a first-place time of 17:04.90. Red Dragons teammates Ben Cornell, third place; Sean Verbosky, eighth place; Jacob Lewis, 16th place; and Luke Tomlinson, 17th place, figured into the winning score. Also advancing to the state meet were: Randolph’s Roan Kelly, second place; Barker’s Mason Allee-Castro, fourth place; Franklinville/Ellicottville’s Maddox Bush, fifth place; Clymer/Sherman/Panama’s Michael Raven, sixth place; and Frewsburg’s Micah Barber, seventh place.

“A big congratulations goes out to Lukas Baer for being the individual Class D champion for the second year in a row,” Maple Grove coach Bella Zuroski said. “He’s such a hard-working kid and I was so happy for him to see it pay off with a sectional victory.”

Other local top-20 finishers were: Frewsburg’s Xander Pitts, ninth place; Frewsburg’s Juvenal Diaz, 10th place; Frewsburg’s Toby Gifford, 11th place; Franklinville/Ellicottville’s Grant Cornell, 12th place; Gowanda’s Drew Shull, 13th place; Frewsburg’s Cody Kent, 14th place; and Frewsburg’s Noah Collins, 19th place.

“That Frewsburg team runs in a tough pack and they ran a great race today,” Zuroski said. “I was really proud of my boys today for gutting that one out.”

The Red Dragons’ Abby Brunenavs won the girls Class D individual title with a time of 20:25.21. Her teammates Allison Bohall, second place; Hannah Tarbrake, ninth place; Lily Bohall, 10th place; and Lizzie Lai, 15th place, figured into the winning team score. Also qualifying for the state meet were: Clymer/Sherman/Panama’s Solki Martin-Lacayo, third place; Barker’s Mikala Woock, fourth place; Randolph’s Sydney Smith, fifth place; Gowanda’s Calie Hudson, sixth place; and Clymer/Sherman/Panama’s Hannah Schauman, seventh place.

“We went into today knowing this race was going to be a battle until the end,” Zuroski said. “C/S/P’s girls run with grit and their pack makes for tough competition. … Our girls team suffered some tough losses to C/S/P earlier in the season and I know that movitated them to run hungry like they did today.”

Other local top-20 finishers were: C/S/P’s Tayden Persons, eight place; C/S/P’s Leighanne Swan, 11th place; C/S/P’s Brooke Warner, 12th place; C/S/P’s Caitlyn Kriner, 13th place; Frewsburg’s Rylee Gore, 14th place; Maple Grove’s Presley Haines, 16th place; Randolph’s Gracyn Rowland, 17th place; Gowanda’s Autumn Pupo, 18th place; and C/S/P’s Deidre Cavness, 20th place.

In the Class C boys race, the Trojans finished with 49 points thanks to Ethan Luce, fifth place; Nate Lewis, sixth place; Trenton Shutters, ninth place; Trey Faulk, 14th place; and Donavin Brown, 15th place. Additional qualifiers for the state meet were: Allegany-Limestone’s Jacob Brink, first place (16:27.62); Alden’s Kyle Urban, second place; Allegany-Limestone’s Daniel Casey, third place; Falconer/Cassadaga Valley’s Joe Krenzer, fourth place; and Akron’s Will Chubb, seventh place.

Fredonia’s Ledreth Velez-Olmo was 22nd and Falconer/Cassadaga Valley’s Jase Smith was 24th.

Newfane won the Class C girls crown with 37 points and Allegany-Limestone’s Angelina Napoleon was the individual winner in 18:31.73. Falconer/Cassadaga Valley’s Hannah Madonia finished in 11th place, Silver Creek/Forestville’s Ava Emke was 15th, Southwestern’s Gabby Wigren was 16th, Silver Creek/Forestville’s Melanie Wilson was 18th and Salamanca’s Ryanna Brady was 19th.

Fredonia’s Ashlyn Ambrose was 28th and Falconer/Cassadaga Valley’s Sarah Elder was 30th.

Jamestown’s boys finished fourth in the Class A race with 133 points. Mason McVinney was 17th, Maxwell Knight was 19th, Colton Cappalino was 20th, Tyler Zwald was 38th and Jaymin Morano was 39th. The Red Raiders girls were 10th with 229 points led by 12th-place Belle Johnson, 48th-place Myah Crossley and 49th-place Addison Zahn.

Dunkirk’s Lucas Lawrie was 69th in the boys Class B race and the Marauders’ Siera Porpiglia was 26th in the girls Class B race.

BOYS

CLASS A

1. Zack Winnicki (La); 2. Aidan Kincaid (OP); 3. Joseph Bertola (OP); 4. Cameron Bogdan (F); 5. William Reid (C); 6. Thomas Reid (La); 7. Jeff Zhang (C); 8. Ryan Elibol (C); 9. Noah Holden (C); 10. Kenny Currie (Lo); 11. Joe Ranalletta (C); 12. Josh Trometer (La); 13. Ryan Vanderlip (WSW); 14. Elijah Vitorino (WN); 15. Andrew Core (HT); 16. Colin Maddigan (WN); 17. Mason McVinney (J); 18. Will Wisnoski (C); 19. Maxwell Knight (J); 20. Colton Cappalino (J). T–16:26.45

CLASS B

1. Evan Castlevetere (I); 2. Brody Jones (P); 3. Ryan Zaff (EA); 4. Nate Adams (S); 5. Evan Owens (EA); 6. Owen Rung (EA); 7. Braden Tent (EA); 8. Nolan Axford (EA); 9. Pierce Ticen (EA); 10. Blayze Becker (LS); 11. Ryan King (WS); 12. Ryan Defries (EA); 13. Sidney Morrison (KE); 14. Tyler Schott (LS); 15. Peyton Spatorico (S); 16. Aiden Bieron (KW); 17. Getty Testa (I); 18. Leo Clark (L-P); 19. Gabriel Christopher (NT); 20. John Manke (KW). T–16:50.23

CLASS C

1. Jacob Brink (A-L); 2. Kyle Urban (Ald); 3. Daniel Casey (A-L); 4. Joe Krenzer (F/CV); 5. Ethan Luce (S); 6. Nate Lewis (S); 7. Will Chubb (Ak); 8. Arian Cayea (M); 9. Trenton Shutters (S); 10. Andrew Cuzzacrea (N); 11. Connor Cuzzacrea (N); 12. Mark Stoldt (Ald); 13. Matt Strasser (Ald); 14. Trey Faulk (S); 15. Donavin Brown (S); 16. Matt Cole (Ald); 17. Jay Heideman (R-H); 18. Anthony Kudla (Ald); 19. Gage Feider (Ald); 20. Reuben Rivers (Alb). T–16:27.62

CLASS D

1. Lukas Baer (MG); 2. Roan Kelly (R); 3. Ben Cornell (MG); 4. Mason Allee-Castro (B); 5. Maddox Bush (F/E); 6. Michael Raven (C/S/P); 7. Micah Barber (F); 8. Sean Verbosky (MG); 9. Xander Pitts (F); 10. Juvenal Diaz (F); 11. Toby Gifford (F); 12. Grant Cornell (F/E); 13. Drew Shull (G); 14. Cody Kent (F); 15. Nathanel Hess (B); 16. Jacob Lewis (MG); 17. Luke Tomlinson (MG); 18. Jack Tharnish (WV); 19. Noah Collins (F); 20. Aidan Voss (B). T–17:04.90

GIRLS

CLASS A

1. Noel Barlette (OP); 2. Lillie Bogdan (F); 3. Hannah Wierer (OP); 4. Jillian O’Rourke (OP); 5. Charlotte Costich (C); 6. Miranda Gatto (NW); 7. Brier Amerlinck (WN); 8. Lily Wolfley (C); 9. Chloe Fisher (F); 10. Lauren Dunn (C); 11. Mara Mariani (WSW); 12. Belle Johnson (J); 13. Anna Ridge (C); 14. Madison McMahon (WSW); 15. Aurora Smith (H); 16. Brooke Podgorski (C); 17. Kinleigh Alnutt (WN); 18. Ella Herman (H); 19. Kasia Lawrence (L); 20. Emma Eisenhauer (OP). T–18:28.31

CLASS B

1. Emilia O’Leary (EA); 2. Shannon Zugelder (S); 3. Mallory Grubb (A); 4. Kailyn Houghton (EA); 5. Faith Caldwell (GI); 6. Megan McLaughlin (EA); 7. Nicole Kuehner (I); 8. Marisa Swiatek (WE); 9. Abby Lamb (A); 10. Catherine Schoeneman (EA); 11. Hailey Kliszak (LS); 12. Kristina Valnarov (S); 13. Lilly Ascone (WE); 14. Riley Hulme (EA); 15. Brooklyn Lazarz (P); 16. Kevina Drennan (P); 17. Bella Ascone (WE); 18. Aarow Hess (EA); 19. Hope Owens (EA); 20. Talia Christopher (A). T–19:10.62

CLASS C

1. Angelina Napoleon (A-L); 2. Hannah Goetz (Sp); 3. Kylie Bowman (N); 4. Kirsten Melnik (Sp); 5. Lauren Wagner (Ak); 6. Catalena Ersing (N); 7. Leah Siegmann (N); 8. Gia Lenz (E); 9. Kaitlin Whalen (D); 10. Maggie Quattrini (N); 11. Hannah Madonia (F/CV); 12. Lilianna Peters (A-L); 13. Shelby Nerber (N); 14. Isabella Pasquale (N); 15. Ava Emke (SC/F); 16. Gabby Wigren (So); 17. Kaila Szczgielski (Ak); 18. Melanie Wilson (SC/F); 19. Ryanna Brady (Sa); 20. Mya Schrecengost (E). T–18:31.73

CLASS D

1. Abby Brunenavs (MG); 2. Allison Bohall (MG); 3. Solki Martin-Lacayo (C/S/P); 4. Mikala Woock (B); 5. Sydney Smith (R); 6. Calie Hudson (G); 7. Hannah Schauman (C/S/P); 8. Tayden Persons (C/S/P); 9. Hannah Tarbrake (MG); 10. Lily Bohall (MG); 11. Leighanne Swan (C/S/P); 12. Brooke Warner (C/S/P); 13. Caitlyn Kriner (C/S/P); 14. Rylee Gore (F); 15. Lizzie Lai (MG); 16. Presley Haines (MG); 17. Gracyn Rowland (R); 18. Autumn Pupo (G); 19. Lydia Samson (B); 20. Deidre Cavness (C/S/P). T–20:25.21