Gowanda Small Town Times

The first game of the 2023 sports season took place on Tuesday, August 29. With the Pine Valley/Gowanda Varsity boys soccer team game at Dunkirk that day postponed, it was up the Pine Valley/Gowanda Varsity girls to start things out. The girls soccer team hosted Silver Creek/Forestville for the first game of the season. After being shutout 3-0 in the first half, the Pine Valley/Gowanda girls picked up the pace in the second half with both teams picking up a pair of goals. While taking a 5-2 loss, that second half effort left them something to build on going forward. As of this writing, no scoring stats were available.

8/31 Update: It has now been reported that both of the Pine Valley/Gowanda 2nd half goals were scored by Sarah Kruszka closing the gap to 2-3. Those goals were later answered by Silver Creek/Forestville taking the margin back to three goals. It has also been reported that Pine Valley/Gowanda goaltender, Destiny Lindquist, made 24 saves in the game keeping her team close. In contrast, Silver Creek/Forestville goaltender, Kimberly Bauer only faced a total of eight shots making two saves.