Gowanda Small Town Times

Photo: Ella Luther (#3) beats the throw to 1st base in the 1st inning against Brocton. The Brocton player at 1st base mishandled the ball allowing Luther to go on to 2nd base.

On Wednesday, April 19, the Gowanda Varsity Softball team hosted Brocton. The team was in top form stealing 12 bases four innings. Gowanda pitcher, Lily Bobseine, threw 10 strikeouts in a shutout.

After an initial Brocton base hit to start out the 1st inning, Gowanda took out the next three batters in order. In the bottom of the inning, Gowanda’s Gao:Wisa:s “Wassy” Stevens and Addison Kota both scored putting the early score to 2-0. Bobseine recorded three straight strikeouts in the 2nd inning to put Gowanda back on offense. After the first two batters had recorded outs, Gowanda went on a major run. Lilly Bobseine was walked to start thingsout. Then, Emily Pound smashed a triple to score Bobseine. Stevens followed with a single to bring Pound home. After managing to steal both 2nd and 3rd base, Stevens scored on a Holland Browning single. The rally continued as Addison Kota, Jada Geiger and Ella Luther (pictured above) all singled. An Aubrie Heron double scored Luther taking the Gowanda lead to 9-0. After a scoreless 3rd inning, Gowanda was back at it again, adding another five runs to their total. Brocton came to bat in the 5th inning needing five runs to avoid having the game called by the 10-run rule. Only one Brocton batter of four managed to get as far as 1st base on a Gowanda err. The final tally was 14-0 without Gowanda needing to bat in the 5th inning.

Leading the Gowanda offense were Addison Kota (3 hits [including a double and a triple], 3 runs and 2 stolen bases), “Wassy” Stevens (2 hits, 2 runs, 4 RBIs and 4 stolen bases) and Holland Browning (3 hits, 2 runs, 1 RBI ans 2 stolen bases). Six other players scored single runs for Gowanda. They were Jada Geiger, Aubrie Heron, Ella Luther, Kailyn Farner, Hailey Christopher, Lily Bobseine and Emily Pound.
Christopher and Pound both had triples in the game.

The Gowanda Varsity baseball team hosted Olean to complete the home/away series. They had just drubbed Olean 22-5 two days earlier and were looking to keep that going. Just as the softball team had done just across the way, it was an easy win, 14-4. Gowanda pitcher, Alex Pachucinski, put in four innings tossing 8 strikeouts. He also had two hits and two RBIs. Also noteworthy in the Gowanda attack were John Ondus (3 hits, including a double, and 2 RBIs), Tyler Smith (2 two hits, 4 RBIs), Blake Herman (2 hits) and Cole Herman (2 RBIs).

Out of town on April 19, the Gowanda Varsity boys lacrosse team was at Akron. With a 1st half blitz, Akron built up a 14-2 lead by halftime. From there Akron coasted to a 17-5 win. No individual stats were available from the game.