By BILL COLLMER, Hornell Sun Senior Sports Writer, photos by CHRIS BROOKS
The New York State Sportswriters Association released the 2025 boys Small School All-State Teams on Monday April 21, 2025. Several area players were recognized for their successful 2024-2025 Basketball seasons.
Fillmore Super Sophomores Campbell “Cam” Mucher (19.2 PPG,6.1 RPG, 2.9 SPG, 2.9 APG) was named First Team Class D. His teammate Sophomore Jonah Bialek (18.0 PPG, 4.3 RPG, 3.5 APG, 2.1 SPG) was named second team All-State.
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Fillmore won the Section Five Class D Sectional Championship this past season and fell to eventual state Champion Panama 86-69 in the far Western Regional. Fillmore finished 20-4 and will move back to class C next season but with both Mucher and Bialek back next season will still be a Sectional title contender.
Avoca-Prattsburgh Sophomore J.J Crowder was named third team All-State in Class D for the second straight season; Crowder averaged 26.0 PPG, 6.4 RPG, 5.3 APG, & 6.7 SPG this past season and led the Titans to the Sectional Semifinals where they fell to eventual Champions Fillmore. Crowder was named a first team Steuben County first team for the second consecutive season.
Jasper-Troupsburg Junior Jim Ainsworth was named Sixth team All-State in Class D after averaging 13.8 PPG, 5.3 RPG, 2.0 APG & 2.0 SPG and leading the Wildcats to the Class D Sectional Championship game where they fell to Fillmore. Ainsworth was selected a Second Team Steuben County All-Star.
Class D Honorable Mention: Colton Calladine (17.7 PPG Andover-Whitesville Jr.), Henry Morrison (21,1 PPG Hammondsport Jr.), Brody Vance (22.4 PPG, Andover-Whitesville, Soph.) Landon Zver (Jasper-Troupsburg, Jr 13.0 PPG, 4.8 RPG, 4.0 APG, 2.0 SPG) Zver was a first Team Steuben County All-Star.
In Class C Arkport-Canaseraga Sophomore Caden Carey was named ninth team All-State after averaging 24.1 PPG, Carey was named a first Team Steuben County All-Star for the second year in a row. Bolivar-Richburg Senior Landon Barkley was named to the tenth team after averaging 21.5 PPG and leading B-R to the Class C2 Sectional Championship game where they fell to York 64-56.
Bolivar-Richburg Junior Kingston Loucks (18.8 PPG) was named Honorable Mention.
In Class B Bath Senior Jake Hagadone (21.1 PPG, 14.0 RPG, 3.0 BPG) was named ninth team, Canisteo-Greenwood Junior Carson Chaffee (23.0 PPG) who was named Steuben County League MVP was named tenth team All-State.
Honorable Mention: P.J Picco (Sr. Hornell 19.2 PPG) Tyler Vogel (Sr. Wellsville 14.4 PPG)
Canisteo-Greenwood Coach Brandon Beers said, “I am so excited for Carson Chaffee. Day in and day out for the last year he has shown up all year long ready to work. He doesn’t just show up to play basketball. He shows up ready to work his hardest no matter what is asked of him. I wish I could say it surprises me but from the first day I met Carson Chaffee I knew he was special. He has amazing athleticism. At 6’3″ he can shoot and handle the ball. He defends the other team’s best players. He is a special talent, and I feel so lucky to get the opportunity to coach him! Knowing Carson I am sure 10th team is not enough. I am sure he is ready to work to become first team next year. I am super proud of you Carson.”
Despite losing talented seniors like Hagadone, Picco, Barkley and Vogel the area is blessed with a ton of underclassmen, and it has coaches and local basketball fans excited for the next couple of years. Avoca-Prattsburgh will return four other starters along with Crowder.
While Fillmore will return four of their five starters. Andover-Whitesville will return their three leading scorers from this past season. Jasper-Troupsburg will return their two leading scorers from a Class D Finalist team. Cuba-Rushford will return several players from this past season.
Canisteo-Greenwood will not only bring back Chaffee but three other starters and their sixth man, Thomas Sirianni, Kevin Sirianni, James Smith & Jackson O’Brien. Thomas Sirianni was selected a Second Team Steuben County All-Star this past season.
“I am very excited to return 6 of our top 7 guys from last year. I don’t think that any of us feel like we reached our goals or what we set out to accomplish last year. We plan on working all off-season to get better. As excited as I am for the season to start, I am also sad. Thomas Sirianni, Kevin Sirianni, Jackson O’Brien, Colton Coates, and Carson Chaffee have represented Canisteo basketball for so long. I really don’t want to have to coach without those guys. They have become family over the last year. I am hoping we get to spend a lot of time together this off-season working to accomplish what we set out to a year ago,” Beers said.
