Forestville and Cattaraugus-Little Valley went late into the season before determining a Chautauqua-Cattaraugus Athletic Association Division 4 boys basketball champion.

The Hornets ultimately came out on top with a 9-1 record while the Timberwolves settled at 7-3 – their best season in years.

Forestville junior William Duliba ended up as the league’s Player of the Year while Cattaraugus-Little Valley’s Josh Forster was named the league’s Coach of the Year.

Duliba averaged 17.6 points, 3.8 assists, 3.0 rebounds and 2.5 steals per game while he was joined on the First Team by junior teammate Jacob Anders, who averaged 12.9 points, 2.0 steals, 1.5 assists and 1.4 rebounds per game.

Cattaraugus-Little Valley also had two players named to the First Team. Senior Owen Wright averaged 13.7 points, 5.7 rebounds, 1.6 steals and 1.5 assists per game, while junior Tucker Barrick averaged 14.2 points, 5.5 rebounds, 3.4 steals and 2.7 assists per game.

Ellicottville junior Blake Smith and freshman AJ Myers rounded out the First Team. Smith averaged 13.3 points, 6.0 rebounds, 4.1 assists and 2.0 steals per game, while Myers averaged 12.2 points, 3.3 assists, 2.7 rebounds and 2.7 steals per game.

Forestville’s Patrick Reilly and Blake Waterman were named to the Second Team. Reilly, a sophomore, averaged 13.8 points, 4.0 rebounds, 2.2 assists and 1.9 steals per game, while Waterman, a senior, averaged 8.0 points, 10.9 rebounds, 1.6 assists and 1.4 steals per game.

Cattaraugus-Little Valley senior Grady Merrill averaged 8.4 points, 8.8 rebounds, 1.8 steals and 1.1 assists per game; Franklinville junior Mason Blecha averaged 15.7 points and 6.8 rebounds per game; and North Collins senior Walter Ebersole averaged 19.0 points, 7.5 rebounds, 1.4 steals and 1.3 assists per game to round out the Second Team.

See CCAA D4, Page E2

Franklinville earned the Team Sportsmanship Award with senior Trevin Lane the Panthers’ Individual Sportsmanship Award honoree.

FIRST TEAM

William Duliba Junior Forestville

Blake Smith Junior Ellicottville

Owen Wright Senior Cattaraugus-Little Valley

Jacob Anders Junior Forestville

Tucker Barrick Junior Cattaraugus-Little Valley

AJ Myers Freshman Ellicottville

SECOND TEAM

Mason Blecha Junior Franklinville

Patrick Reilly Sophomore Forestville

Grady Merrill Senior Cattaraugus-Little Valley

Walter Ebersole Senior North Collins

Blake Waterman Senior Forestville

HONORABLE MENTION

Cattaraugus-Little Valley: Nyquon Boswell (Jr.)

Ellicottville: Rylan Benjamin (Jr.), Dominic Polino (Jr.)

Forestville: Manny Sanchez (Jr.), Dominick Anders (Jr.), Jack Spengler (Sr.)

Franklinville: Ollie Shenk (Fresh.), Eli Shenk (Sr.), Grant Cornell (Sr.)

North Collins: Eli Hoffman (Jr.), Michael Keen (Jr.)

Pine Valley: James Greene (Jr.)