Gowanda Small Town Times

The Gowanda Panthers Varsity boys basketball team was at Frewsburg on January 10 for a game that was never competitive. The game was scoreless for just short of two minutes before Frewsburg landed the first two points in the game. It was all downhill from there. Gowanda was down 6-17 when Frewsburg went on a 12-point streak to close the 1st quarter up 29-6. The 2nd quarter was almost as bad with Frewsburg dominating the scoring 28-9. Down 15-57 going into the 3rd quarter Gowanda had their most competitive period in the game scoring 15 points to 22 for Frewsburg. Gowanda closed out the 99-35 loss with a 5-point final quarter. Frewsburg racked up ten 3-pointers in the game. Gowanda’s Quentin Centner connected on three 3-point shots on the way to lead the Panthers scoring with 15 points. Also scoring in double-digits for Gowanda was John Ondus with 10 points. Tyler Smith, Ben VanNote and Cole Herman combined for the other ten Gowanda points.

On a happier sports note, the Eden swimming team, led by Gowanda’s Hayden Kaus and Christian Merrill, was at Cheektowaga. The meet was an easy win for Eden 119-31. Along with teammate Patrick Schmitz, Kaus an Merrill tied for the individual 1st Place honors with 2 golds for 20 points each. Kaus’ wins came in the 200M Freestyle (2:08.03) and 500M Freestyle (5:55.26). For Merrill it was the 200M Individual Medley (2:31.02) and 100M Backstroke (1:06.72).