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PLATTSBURGH – The Champlain Valley Athletic Conference has announced its 2022-23 wrestling all-stars and Saranac is once again the big winner.

The Chiefs, who won the CVAC and Section VII team titles this season, had five wrestlers selected for the First Team.

Major awards for Saranac included Ryan Devins as Wrestler of the Year and Landen Smith as both Sportsman of the Year and Champion of Champions awards.

Ausable Valley won two major awards—Dakota Inman for Coach of the Year and also the Ray Holmes Sportsmanship Award.

Bill Manor was selected as the official wrestling coach of the year.

North Adirondack had four wrestlers on the First Team and Beekmantown followed with three. Ausable Valley had one selection in the team at round 13 matmen.

Among the sectional champions for 2022-23, Beekmantown’s Connors Bushey finished sixth at 285 pounds in the Division II state championship, Saranac’s Alex Clancy seventh at 132 pounds, and Saranac Smith eighth at 172.

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CVAC 2023 wrestling All-Stars

first pain

102- Jackson Labarge, North Adirondack seventh grader, 8-0 CVAC record, 28-8 season record, 28-8 career record, sectional champion at 102.

110- Owen Stiles, Saranac sophomore, 6-1 CVAC record, 19-16 season record, 37-21 career record.

118- Ryan Devins, Saranac senior, 7-0 CVAC record, 28-10 season record, 128-35 career record, sectional champion at 118.

126- Ashton Seymour, Saranac senior, 8-0 CVAC record, 31-7 season record, 104-35 career record, sectional champion at 126.

132- Alex Clancy, Saranac junior, 8-0 CVAC record, 34-7 season record, 110-29 career record, sectional champion at 132.

138- Sawyer Bell, Beekmantown junior, 6-2 CVAC record, 38-4 season record, 103-43 career record, sectional champion at 138.

145- Jack Brown, Beekmantown sophomore, 7-1 CVAC record, 23-13 season record, 36-27 career record, sectional champion at 145.

152- Kyle Reif, Northern Adirondack sophomore, 6-1 CVAC record, 21-11 season record, 34-27 career record.

160- Dominic LaPier, AuSable Valley junior, 8-0 CVAC record, 34-6 season record, 60-13 career record, sectional champion at 160.

172- Landen Smith, Saranac senior, 8-0 CVAC record, 38-6 season record, 140-38 career record, sectional champion at 172.

189- Trent Snide-Haselton, Adirondack Northern junior, 7-1 CVAC record, 25-8 season record, 59-25 career record, sectional champion at 189.

215- Trey McGee, Adirondack Northern junior, 7-1 CVAC record, 32-7 season record, 74-20 career record, sectional champion at 215.

285- Connor Bushey, Beekmantown junior, 7-0 CVAC record, 26-6 season record, 106-24 career record, sectional champion at 285.

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the second pain

102- Colby Roesler, Saranac eighth-grader, 5-2 CVAC record, 18-16 season record, 18-16 career record.

110- Caleb Starke, Peru seventh-grader, 5-2 CVAC record, 18-12 season record, 18-14 career record, sectional champion at 110.

118- Gavin Blaise, AuSable Valley freshman, 6-2 CVAC record, 24-11 season record, 24-11 career record.

126- Jacob LaGree, Beekmantown sophomore, 6-2 CVAC record, 19-18 season record, 33-34 career record.

132- Jacob Magiera, Beekmantown sophomore, 6-2 CVAC record, 27-9 season record, 39-26 career record.

138- Cayden Bouvia, Saranac junior, 4-1 CVAC record, 18-12 season record, 45-22 career record.

145- Landen Gadway, Saranac freshman, 5-2 CVAC record, 18-16 season record, 18-18 career record.

152- Kaiden Breyette, Saranac senior, 6-2 CVAC record, 24-15 season record, 45-45 career record, sectional champion at 152.

160- Kannon Kriplin, Saranac sophomore, 5-1 CVAC record, 10-13 season record, 10-13 career record.

172- Tristan Manney, Beekmantown freshman, 4-4 CVAC record, 11-25 season record, 11-25 career record.

189- Warren Pray, Ausable Valley freshman, 6-2 CVAC record, 23-13 season record, 29-32 career record.

215- Dylan Cogswell, Saranac junior, 6-1 CVAC record, 23-5 season record, 48-15 career record.

285- Xavier Manalang, Saranac senior, 7-1 CVAC record, 20-11 season record, 20-11 career record.

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Special awards

Coach of the Year- Dakota Inman, AuSable Valley (nominated by competing coaches).

Wrestler of the Year- Ryan Devins, Saranac (nominated by wrestling coaches).

Sportsman of the Year- Landen Smith, Saranac (nominated by competing coaches)

Wrestling Official of the Year- Billy Manor (nominated by wrestling coaches).

Champion of Champions Award- Landen Smith, Saranac (decided by all section finalists from each school.

Ray Holmes Sportsmanship Award- Ausable Valley.