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No, Ash goes to Sinoh with just Pikachu and Aipom then he runs into Brock and eventually meets Hikaru(Dawn). May goes to another region but I don't remeber if she goes with Max...
May had matured enough as a coordinator to travel on her own in Johto and Max served little purpose in the group so he went back to Hoenn (good thing too - 2 sagas featuring him was more than enough).
May left for more contests and probally would meet up with the Sinnoh group for one contest while Max will probally become a trainer and maybe battle Ash one day thats my theory