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Silver Creek/Forestville’s Leah Mays runs the course during CCAA cross country action at Point Gratiot Park in Dunkirk on Tuesday.
DUNKIRK — Silver Creek/Forestville’s Leah Mays won the girls race and Frewsburg’s Cody Kent won the boys race in Chautauqua-Cattaraugus Athletic Association cross country action at Point Gratiot Park.
Fredonia/Westfield won the girls team race with 24 points, followed by Mays’ Black Knights with 33 points. Frewsburg and Dunkirk were incomplete.
Fredonia/Westfield won the boys race with 20 points, followed by Silver Creek/Forestville with 41. Frewsburg and Dunkirk were also incomplete in the boys race.
Mays won the girls race in 21:31. Fredonia/Westfield’s top finisher was second-place Meredith Lendt (22:06), Frewsburg’s top finisher was fourth-place Grace Gilevski (23:21) and Dunkirk’s top finisher was sixth-place Hanan Mohamad Narvaez (23:47).
Kent won the boys race in 17:36. Fredonia/Westfield’s top finisher was second-place Trenton Krenzer (18:29), Silver Creek/Forestville’s top finisher was third-place Benjamin Bock (19:09) and Dunkirk’s top finisher was 13th-place Johnee Thomas (22:29).
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The Marauders’ Hanan Mohamad Narvaez competes.
GIRLS
1. Leah Mays (SC/F); 2. Meredith Lendt (F/W); 3. Izzie Czekanski (F/W); 4. Grace Gilevski (F); 5. Teghan Trocki (F); 6. Hanan Mohamad Narvaez (D); 7. Lilly Shaw (SC/F); 8. Rosemary Gugino (F/W); 9. Emily McCann (F/W); 10. Emily Bain (SC/F). T–21:31
BOYS
1. Cody Kent (F); 2. Trenton Krenzer (F/W); 3. Benjamin Bock (SC/F); 4. Daniel Peterson (F); 5. Braylon Swanson (F/W); 6. James Fagan (F/W); 7. Nolan LeBaron (F); 8. Chaos Hedges (F); 9. Alex Cramer (F/W); 10. Nathan Cross (SC/F). T–17:36
MAPLE GROVE BOYS, GIRLS WIN
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Fredonia/Westfield’s Trenton Krenzer tours the course at Point Gratiot Park on Tuesday.
PANAMA — Ethan Verbosky led Maple Grove’s boys to a team win and the Red Dragons girls also won, led by second-place Evalyn Fessel at Jack Keeney Community Field.
Verbosky finished in 17:39 as Maple Grove won the boys race with 23 points. Jamestown was second with 49 points, led by third-place Clevon Wofford in 18:35.
Clymer/Sherman/Panama was third with 59 points, paced by sixth-place Finn Fadale in 19:44. Salamanca was incomplete. The Warriors’ top finisher was 15th-place Aiden George in 20:55.
Jamestown’s London Hamilton won the girls race in 22:04 as the Red & Green finished third with 44 points. Maple Grove won with 36 points and Clymer/Sherman/Panama was second with 40 points, led by fourth-place Tess Flikkema. Salamanca was incomplete. Kaylin Lemon took 19th for the Warriors in 26:53.
GIRLS
1. London Hamilton (J); 2. Evalyn Fessel (MG); 3. Presley Haines (MG); 4. Tess Flikkema (C/S/P); 5. Grace Cooke (C/S/P); 6. Solki Martin-Lacayo (C/S/P); 7. Belle Johnson (J); 8. Lily Bohall (MG); 9. Julia Stormont (J); 10. Baya Oehlbeck (C/S/P). T–22:04
BOYS
1. Ethan Verbosky (MG); 2. Jacob Lewis (MG); 3. Clevon Wofford (J); 4. Ty Kraft (MG); 5. Wyatt Olmstead (J); 6. Finn Fadale (C/S/P); 7. Jack Sherry (MG); 8. Julian Himes (J); 9. Josh Ashbaugh (MG); 10. Liam Price (MG). T–17:39
BOLEN CLAIMS BOYS RACE
FRANKLINVILLE — Gowanda’s Chase Bolen finished first in the boys race to lead the Panthers to the team victory, while Allegany-Limestone’s Elexa Duggan won the girls individual race and Franklinville/Ellicottville won the team race.
Bolen finished in 17:01 as Gowana won with 20 points. Franklinville/Ellicottville was second with 43 points, led by second-place Grant Cornell (17:22) and Olean was third with 76 points, led by sixth-place Cruz Clark (20:14). Allegany-Limestone was incomplete, but the Gators’ Nolan Wilczewski took fourth in 18:35.
Franklinville/Ellicottville’s girls won with 48 points, led by third-place Eva Green (24:23). Gowanda was second with 51 points, paced by second-place Rhianna Woods (24:07). Allegany-Limestone was third with 59 points, led by Duggan, and Olean was fourth with 59 points, led by fifth-place Nora Boutillette (25:44).
GIRLS
1. Elexa Duggan (A-L); 2. Rhianna Woods (G); 3. Eva Green (F/E); 4. Trinity Herman (F/E); 5. Nora Boutillette (O); 6. Alyssa Karl (A-L); 7. Kaylee Fox (F/E); 8. Marrianna Young (O); 9. Lilly Pierce (G); 10. Lila Sheehy (A-L). T–20:43
BOYS
1. Chase Bolen (G); 2. Grant Cornell (F/E); 3. Cashis Montour (G); 4. Nolan Wilczewski (A-L); 5. Joseph Fernandes (G); 6. Marcus Gamble (G); 7. Cruz Clark (O); 8. Nathan Warrior (G); 9. Benjamin Wedvik (F/E); 10. Skye Wood (F/E). T–17:01
LEWIS LEADS SOUTHWESTERN GIRLS
WEST VALLEY — Emma Lewis led Southwestern’s girls to a team victory, while Falconer/Cassadaga Valley won the boys race, led by fourth-place Gabe Lundmark.
Lewis finished in 20:29 as the Trojans tallied 21 points to lead the girls. Falconer/Cassadaga Valley was second with 38 points, led by eighth-place Morgan Robbins. Randolph, led by third-place Gracyn Rowland, was incomplete, as were host West Valley, paced by second-place Olivia Harmony, and Cattaraugus-Little Valley.
For the boys, West Valley’s Jack Tharnish finished first in 18:37 to lead his team to a second-place finish with 46 points. Falconer/Cassadaga Valley won with 31 points, paced by Lundmark in 20:21. Southwestern was third with 51 points, led by third-place Donavin Brown in 20:09. Randolph, led by sixth-place Rhys Kelly in 21:39, was incomplete, as was Cattaraugus-Little Valley, led by ninth-place Alexander Pietras in 22:33.
GIRLS
1. Emma Lewis (S); 2. Olivia Harmony (WV); 3. Gracyn Rowland (R); 4. Tryniti Card (S); 5. Lillian Weikel (S); 6. Victoria Parish (WV); 7. Madison Lawrence (WV); 8. Morgan Robbins (F/CV); 9. Lucy Conley (S); 10. Kadence Durow (R). T–20:29
BOYS
1. Jack Tharnish (WV); 2. Noah Klahn (WV); 3. Donavin Brown (S); 4. Gabe Lundmark (F/CV); 5. Brent Troutman (F/CV); 6. Rhys Kelly (R); 7. Mitchner James (F/CV); 8. Seth Carr (F/CV); 9. Alexander Pietras (C-LV); 10. Nick Ashdown (R). T–18:37