Gowanda Small Town Times

The Gowanda Panthers Varsity basketball team hosted the Frewsburg Bears on February 6. It was Senior Night for Gowanda, but the Bears, who rolled over the Panthers 99-35 on January 10, made the occasion less joyful that it might have been.

Much like the previous encounter, Frewsburg got off to a fast start. Gowanda was down 11-0 when Quentin Centner scored the first points for the Panthers with 3:01 left in the 1st quarter. At the end of the period it was 23-9. Things got worse in the 2nd quarter. After scoring the 1st two points in that period, Gowanda went scoreless through the period on into halftime.

Gowanda started the 2nd half in an 11-40 hole and turned the 3rd quarter into their best effort of the game. The Panthers limited Frewsburg to twelve points in the period while adding twenty-one to their own tally. That brought to totals to 32-52.

Frewsburg answered with their best quarter of the game in the 4th. They outscored Gowanda in the final period 26-11 taking the final score to 78-43.

Leading Gowanda scoring was Quentin Centner with 14 points, including a pair of 3-pointers. Right behind, with 10 points each, were John Ondus and Tyler Smith. Also, scoring for Gowanda were Blake Herman (5 points), Alex Pachucinski (2 points) and Andrew Barlow (2 points). In addition to Centner, Ondus and Herman also had 3-point baskets.

Being Senior Night, the pre-game included the introduction of the Senior players on the team along with their parents. The families were given small gift baskets and ballons while the player’s accomplishments were revisited. The Senior cheerleaders and their parents were similarly noted.

The lengthy list of senior players includes Andrew Barlow, Edoardo Comenga, Cole Herman, John Ondus, Alex Pachucinski, Ruben Rivera IV, Victor Rivera and Tyler Smith. Senior cheerleaders include Cami Clark, Emma Cross, Kailyn Farner, Jada Geiger, Kaitlyn Hastie, Rosalee LeBeau, Hannah Szalay, Shelby Weston and Gabriella Whipple.