Gowanda Small Town Times

On Saturday, January 21, the Gowanda wrestling team held their annual Round Robin Wrestling Tournament. This competition was the last for the team prior to the Sectionals. Schools in attendance included Dunkirk, Falconer-Cassadaga Valley, Franklinville, Fredonia, Frewsburg, Gowanda, Maple Grove, North Tonawanda, Olean-Alleghany Limestone, Portville, Randolph, Salamanca, St. Francis and Warsaw.

As a team, Falconer-Cassadaga Valley came out on top with a score of 396.5
Gowanda finished 3rd with 218 points. Individually, Gowanda had two boys with 2nd Place finishes. They were Nathan Warrior (138) and Michael Horth (145). Gowanda’s Owen Pfaffenbach had a 3rd Place finish.

In the early rounds, Gowanda’s Nathan Warrior had a pin over Harion Frazier (Dunkirk) in 2:52, a technical fall over Maysen Jimerson (Salamanca) 16-0 and two wins by decision over Mason Kraft (Maple Grove, 6-4) and teammate, Kaleb Smith, 8-5. In the Championship round Warrior lost a 5-3 decision to Maxximus DeVoe (Portville).

Michael Horth piled up a sting of four pins on the way to the championship round. Those came against Adrienne Degrasse (North Tonawanda, 0:46), Jeremy Danielson (Maple Grove, 1:01), Dakota Miller (Franklinville, 1:14) and Charlie Reichenbach (Falconer-Cassadaga Valley, 4:00). Horth finally lost an 11-3 major decision to Austin Chase (Falconer-Cassadaga Valley in the finals.

Owen Pfaffenbach scored a 6-0 decision over Nathan Tomlinson (Maple Grove) and pinned Jayden Bartolomei (North Tonawanda, 1:49) before losing a third round match to Karsen Lundgren (Falconer-Cassadaga Valley). In the Consolation round, he won a 10-0 major decision over Hannah McCauley (North Tonawanda) to earn 3rd Place

There were only ten entries on the girls side of the tournament, three of those from Gowanda. In the girls 126 Class, Emma Schindler took 1st Place pinning Juliana Syracuse (Randolph) twice (1:20 and 0:58). Gowanda’s Ke`ya Stevens took 1st Place in the girls 138 Class pinning Zalisa Rivera (Dunkirk, 1:23) and teammate, Kiernan Quinn (3:43). Quinn, who had previously also pinned Rivera (3:28), took 2nd Place.

A complete list of the Top 3 wrestlers in each class follows:

102 (11 wrestlers)
1st Place - Dylan Newman of Falconer-Cassadaga Valley
2nd Place - Evan Newman of Falconer-Cassadaga Valley
3rd Place - Logan Fuller of Frewsburg
110 (8 wrestlers)
1st Place - Karsen Lundgren of Falconer-Cassadaga Valley
2nd Place - Issiah Ruiz of Dunkirk HS
3rd Place - Owen Pfaffenbach of Gowanda
118 (13 wrestlers)
1st Place - Lucas Hoffman of Fredonia HS
2nd Place - Sean Gordon of St Francis
3rd Place - Mekhi Muhyee of Portville Sr HS
126 (13 wrestlers)
1st Place - Konner Spring of Salamanca HS
2nd Place - Hunter Paulisick of Falconer-Cassadaga Valley
3rd Place - Jaxon Kraft of Maple Grove Sr HS
132 (7 wrestlers)
1st Place - Ty Kraft of Maple Grove Sr HS
2nd Place - Parker Dornan of Portville Sr HS
3rd Place - Jimmy Gordon of St Francis
138 (9 wrestlers)
1st Place - Maxximus DeYoe of Portville Sr HS
2nd Place - Nathan Warrior of Gowanda
3rd Place - Mason Kraft of Maple Grove Sr HS
145 (16 wrestlers)
1st Place - Austin Chase of Falconer-Cassadaga Valley
2nd Place - Michael Horth of Gowanda
3rd Place - Rory White of St Francis
152 (12 wrestlers)
1st Place - Jacob Clark of Falconer-Cassadaga Valley
2nd Place - Dylan Gagnon of North Tonawanda Sr HS
3rd Place - Mason Kilmer of Falconer-Cassadaga Valley
160 (12 wrestlers)
1st Place - Evan Leonard of Franklinville Sr HS
2nd Place - Brodie Little of Falconer-Cassadaga Valley
3rd Place - Joseph Littlejohn of St Francis
172 (14 wrestlers)
1st Place - Dalton Caldwell of Falconer-Cassadaga Valley
2nd Place - Brandon Drummond of St Francis
3rd Place - Hayden Emley of Portville Sr HS
189 (12 wrestlers)
1st Place - Matthew Trim of Maple Grove Sr HS
2nd Place - Dawson Russo of Fredonia HS
3rd Place - Chris Bargy of Olean-Alleghany Limestone
215 (13 wrestlers)
1st Place - Christian Hernandez of Dunkirk HS
2nd Place - Henry Chamberlain of Portville Sr HS
3rd Place - Jamison Caldwell of Frewsburg
285 (11 wrestlers)
1st Place - Ian Breazeale of Salamanca HS
2nd Place - Tim McCann of St Francis
3rd Place - Noah Stephan of Franklinville Sr HS

Girls Division
G107
1st Place - Brenna McCarley of North Tonawanda Sr HS
2nd Place - Brooklyn Pryll of Falconer-Cassadaga Valley
G126
1st Place - Emma Schindler of Gowanda
2nd Place - Juliana Syracuse of Randolph HS
G138
1st Place - Ke`ya Stevens of Gowanda
2nd Place - Kiernan Quinn of Gowanda
3rd Place - Zalisa Rivera of Dunkirk HS
G152
1st Place - Eva Colon-DeJesus of Dunkirk HS
G185
1st Place - Doris Baker of North Tonawanda Sr HS
2nd Place - Haley Feneran of Olean-Alleghany Limestone

Wrestling wasn’t the only competition Gowanda was involved in on January 21. The Gowanda cheerleaders were at a completion at Fredonia State as well. The Varsity squad won 1st Place in D2 Small Varsity. They also were selected as overall Grand Champions. Varsity Captain and Gowanda Senior Class member, Jada Geiger won the jump competition. The Gowanda Jr. Varsity squad took 2nd Place for D2 Large JV and best jumps.