CCAA East 1 All-Stars revealed
Photo: Gowanda’s Miya Scanlan is pictured scoring her 1,000th career point during a game at Salamanca earlier this season. Scanlan was named a CCAA East 1 Division First Team All-Star. (Photo by Tami Watt)
Silver Creek’s Abby Rice and Gowanda’s Miya Scanlan have had quite a few battles over the years as division rivals. As the top scorer for their respective teams, Rice and Scanlan often are compared against each other’s successes. This year, in the league’s offseason awards, the two both ended up at the same place — as First Team All-Stars.
Abby Rice represented Silver Creek on the First Team All-Stars in CCAA Division 1 East, while Miya Scanlan represented Gowanda. They were joined on the First Team by Franklinville’s Abby McCoy, Randolph’s Sydney Hvizdzak, and sisters Karly and Mallory Welty of Portville.
Abby Rice was one of three 20 points per game scorers listed in the division, with an average of 20 points per game, 7.9 rebounds per game, 5.3 assists per game and 2.1 steals per game. Randolph’s Hvizdzak was second in the league in scoring at 23 points per game, along with 8 rebounds per game, four assists per game and two steals per game. Gowanda did not provide statistics.
Silver Creek was selected as the Team Sportsmanship Award winner, while Abby Rice earned the Individual Sportsmanship Award from Silver Creek. Nicole Whalen was Gowanda’s Individual Sportsmanship Award winner, while Megan Jackson (Franklinville), Mallory Welty (Portville), Allison Ames (Randolph) and Rachael Harper (Falconer) also took home Individual Sportsmanship Awards.
Co-Coaches of the Year were Franklinville’s Allan Dunlap and Portville’s Inga Welty. Franklinville went 10-0 in league play this season, while Portville went 7-3, with two losses to Franklinville and a buzzer-beating loss to Silver Creek.
Haskell’s senior teammate, Abby Burrell, earned Second Team honors, along with Portville’s Shayla Wilhelm, Randolph’s Kyra Pence, Falconer’s Sarah Disbro and Ava Fenton, and Silver Creek’s Kiera Brennan. As a senior co-captain for Silver Creek, Brennan averaged 10.6 points per game this season.
Receiving Honorable Mention in CCAA Division 1 East were Silver Creek’s Jade Bouvier, Gowanda’s Nicole Whalen, Franklinville’s Gabby Milligan, Portville’s Lilly Bentley, Randolph’s Peyton Morrison and Tyra Clark, and Falconer’s Grace Lundmark and Rachael Harper.
