Gowanda Small Town Times

Friday, January 13, was the first day of the 2-day 22nd Annual Patrick J. Morales Memorial Wrestling Tournament at Falconer. The Gowanda wrestling team was in attendance along with Bradford [PA], Chautauqua Lake, Cheektowaga, Clarion [PA], Corry [PA], Coventry [OH], Dunkirk, Eisenhower [PA], Erie [PA], Falconer, Frewsburg, Hamburg, Iroquois, Jamestown, Kane [PA], Lake Shore, Maple Grove, Pioneer, Randolph, Seneca [PA], Southwestern, St. Joseph’s and Sweet Home. As of the end of the Friday session no results have been posted. Those will be passed along when available.

One other wrestling note- On Saturday, January 21, Gowanda will be hosting their own wrestling tournament. In addition to Gowanda, the following schools are expected to participate: Dunkirk, Falconer, Franklinville, Fredonia, Frewsburg, Lockport, Maple Grove, North Tonawanda, Olean, Randolph, Salamanca and St. Francis.

The Eden boys swimming team was also active on Friday the 13th hosting Lake Shore. Again, Gowanda swimmers, Hayden Kaus and Christian Merrill, were prominent in securing a 59-30 win for Eden.

Merrill was 3rd as an individual including a 1st Place finish in the 200M Freestyle (2:11.55). Kaus was 6th as an individual with 1st Place finishes on both the 100M Butterfly (1:09.94) and 100M Backstroke (1:17.63). The Gowanda swimmers were also busy swimming in relay events Kaus and Merrill teamed up with Brayden Timblin and Patrick Schmitz to take gold in the 200M Medley Relay (1:58.05) and the 200M Freestyle Relay (1:43.18). Additionally, Christian Merrill swam on the Eden 400M Freestyle Relay team for another 1st Place finish (4:20.36). This time he was teamed up with Logan Gemza, Will Depan and Jacob Zittel.