Gowanda Small Town Times

[photo] Lauren Kelly (#17) goes up for the ball during the September 23 home meeting with Ellicottville. Also seen is (#4) Holland Browning.

Saturday September 23 was an unusually busy day for Gowanda. Three separate Gowanda connected Varsity teams saw action that day.

The only action actually taking place in Gowanda was a meeting of the Gowanda Varsity girls volleyball team and Ellicottville. The event found Gowanda alumni, Andrew Kruszka, assisting with the coaching duties on the Ellicottville bench.

Gowanda opened up Game 1 taking the first two points. The game was tied eight times with both teams having a slight advantage at times. Ellicott gradually pulled ahead to take a lead that peaked at 5 points, 24-19. An exchange of points brought the final to 25-20.

Gowanda roared back in Game 2. They grabbed the first two points of the game and stretched that to an early 7-1 advantage. The Gowanda lead maxed out at 16-8. Ellicottville was able to only make a minor recovery as Gowanda tied the match at 1-1 with a 25-19 win.

In Game 3, again Gowanda took the first two points as they moved into a 7-4 advantage. Ellicottville was unable to capture a lead in the game despite managing to pull into a tie at 9. With the score 17-10 and with Ella Luther serving, Gowanda went on a 6-point run taking the total to 23-10. From there, Gowanda held on for a 25-12 win.

Game 3 was much the same with a tie score at 2, 3, 4,13, 17 and 21 with Gowanda holding a lead that far. After sliding to that 21-all score, Gowanda took a time out to refocus. They won four of the next five points to take the game 25-21 and win the match 3-1.

Once again, the Gowanda statistics list is long and follows below.

* Addison Kota 9 kills, 3 assists, 4 aces, 13 digs

* Holland Browning 8 kills, 3 aces, 12 digs, 1 block

* Corrina John 5 kills, 1 assist

* Aubrie Heron 4 kills, 1 ace, 3 digs, 2 blocks

* Elizabeth Green 3 kills, 8 aces, 3 digs

* Lauren Kelly 3 kills, 2 digs, 2 blocks

* Jillian Gernatt 28 assists, 4 aces, 6 digs

* Ella Luther 1 ace, 29 digs

* Tessa Kohn 10 digs

In other sports news, the Gowanda/Pine Valley Varsity football team was at Cardinal O’Hara high school on Saturday the 23rd for an afternoon game. Cardinal O’Hara is a member of the Monsignor Martin Athletic Association. It appears that this may have been on the order of a scrimmage game as there has been no information as to the score of the game and it isn’t even listed on the Gowanda schedule on the Section 6 website.

Meanwhile, the Pine Valley/Gowanda boys soccer team hosted Dunkirk for a non-league game. It was more of the same for the Pine Valley/Gowanda boys. They lost by an 8-1 final score. No Pine Valley stats were available for the game including who may have scored that one goal or when.