David Barczak '26 of Orchard Park was named the Player of the Year and Josh Kandefer '26 of Lancaster was named the Pitcher of the Year of the Monsignor Martin High School Athletic Association. 

Barczak finished the season with a 0.366 Batting Average, a 0.483 On Base Percentage, and led the league in Runs with 20. 

Kandefer finished the season with 55 Strikeouts, 4 Wins, and led the league in ERA with 0.63 

Nicholas Scime '26 of East Amherst was also named to the All-Catholic First Team. 

Scime finished the season with a 0.391 Batting Average, 0.529 On base Percentage, and 9 Stolen Bases. 

Max Bahr '27 of Orchard Park and Justin Ostempowski '26 of Orchard Park were named to the All-Catholic Second Team. 

Bahr finished the season with a 3.05 ERA and 4 Doubles. 

Ostempowski finished the season with a 0.930 Fielding Percentage and a Triple. 

The Crusaders won the Monsignor Martin High School Athletic Association Regular Season Championship for the third straight season after going 9-1 in conference play. 

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