Gowanda Small Town Times

On September 22 the Gowanda Varsity volleyball team was at Sherman for a game against CSP. Game 1 started out close and was tied at 2 and 3. While Gowanda held a temporary lead at 6-3, it was short lived. CSP worked their way back into a tie at 10 and didn’t look back taking the margin to 13-10. The CSP lead peaked at 21-12. Gowanda made a late run, but only got as close as 21-24 before taking a 25-21 loss.

Things tightened up in Game 2. Starting out tied at 1, 3 and 4, CSP held a slight advantage until Gowanda turned a 6-9 deficit into a 12-9 lead. CSP tightened things to 12-11 before a Gowanda went on a 9-2 spurt pushing the lead out to 21-13 they were able to ride that to a 25-16 win tying the match at one game each.

Gowanda opened Game 3 strong taking the first two points. CSP rallied to tie the game at 2, but failed to capture the lead. Gowanda was in control of the game from that point on. The Gowanda advantage maxed out at 17-9. CSP worked back into the game and managing to pull into a tie again at 22 before Gowanda locked down a 25-23 win.

Game 4 continued to be much like the previous one with the exception that now the pressure was on CSP needing the game to tie the match. After an early 2-1 CSP lead on a errant serve, Gowanda held a lead for the rest of he game with two exceptions. CSP was briefly up 11-10 and later at 18-15. After Gowanda pulled back into a tie at 18 they were in front for good. From a tie at 19, Gowanda made a 6-3 push to nail down a 25-22 win in the game for a 3-1 match victory.

Gowanda game stats are as follows:

* Aubrie Heron 9 kills. 2 aces, 3 digs, 3 blocks

* Corrina John 8 kills

* Elizabeth Green 8 kills, 4 aces, 2 digs

* Holland Browning 5 kills, 3 aces, 14 digs, 1 block

* Addison Kota 5 kills, 3 aces, 13 digs, 2 blocks

* Lauren Kelly 3 kills

* Jillian Gernatt 38 assists, 3 digs

* Ella Luther 2 aces, 21 digs

* Sydney Smith 3 digs

* Tessa Kohn 3 digs

In other sports news, the Pine Valley/Gowanda girls soccer team hosted Portville on the 22nd. It was a another shut out loss for the team. They were down 0-3 at halftime. Portville padded their total with another 5 goals in the 2nd half for a 8-0 final score. It was a game in which Pine Valley only managed one shot on goal. No Pine Valley goaltender stats were available.