Gowanda Small Town Times

Several local students were named to SUNY Jamestown Community College’s part-time

student dean’s list during the 2022-23 academic year. To be eligible, students must

achieve a grade point average of 3.50 or better while enrolled in six to 11 degree

credits.

FALL 2022

Collins: Ethan Bachek, Hailey Christopher, Josalyn Degenfelder, Kailyn Farner,

Alexander Pachucinski, Autumn Pupo, Christina Wilder

Gowanda: Aiden Ackley, Malarie Carroll, Jada Geiger, Alaina Kaczmarczyk, Hayden

Kaus, Makayla Kuras, Madison Luder, Chloe Luther, John Ondus, Madilyn Pawlak

Perrysburg: Alhanna Gabel, Aubrie Heron, Benjamin Krajewski, Samuel Latimore, Darwin

Westlund

SPRING 2023

Collins: Lani Farley

[photo] Pine Valley/Gowanda’s Jack Sheldon, right, and Salamanca/Cattaraugus-Little Valley’s Grant Gillman race to the ball in Thursday’s Chautauqua-Cattaraugus Athletic Association East Division contest at Veteran’s Park. Photo courtesy of Salamanca Athletics

The Pine Valley/Gowanda Varsity boys soccer team came up with their best effort this season on September 14 at Salamanca. The game against Salamanca/Cattaraugus-Little Valley resulted in a 2-2 tie in regulation competition. The game went into double overtime before Salamanca squeeked out a 3-2 win. Scoring for Pine Valley were Jack Sheldon (30:15, assist Sawyer Bradigan) and Jarrett Meyers (33:00, assist Sheldon).

It has not been a good season for the Pine Valley/Gowanda Varsity girls soccer team up to this point. Through four games, the team had been outscored 18-3 with Sarah Kruszka scoring all three of those goals. September 13 was a different story.

The girls soccer team was at Cattaraugus-Little Valley for a game on the 13th. Despite their ongoing ball control issues, the Pine Valley Lady Panthers battled on. Cattaraugus took a 1-0 lead 12 minutes and 43 seconds into the 1st half. With 5 minutes left before halftime, Gowanda’s Samantha Collins scored to tie the game. For the first time this season, Pine Valley was not down by two or more goals at halftime. Seven minutes into the second half it was Pine Valley’s Rayne Bruyer scoring to give the team their first lead of the season. The 2-1 advantage for the Lady Panthers held until there was just under 4 minutes left in the 2nd half when Cattaraugus tied the game at 2-2. With no overtime goals scored, the game ended in a tie.

Sarah Kruszka was credited with assists on both Pine Valley goals. While the Lady Panther had managed to score twice with only eight shots on goal, their goalkeeper, Destiny Lindquist again had faced a barrage of scoring attempts. Lindquist made 23 stops on 25 Cattaraugus shots to keep Pine Valley in the game.

[photo] Senior Class members of the Gowanda Cross Country team got together for a photo on September 12 after their only home meet of the season. Pictured, from left to right, are Alhanna Gabel, Calie Hudson, Autumn Pupo, Layla Gamble, Nikolas Ondus, Jayson Twoguns, Riley Olsen and Willow Mentley-Peters.

On September 12, the Gowanda boys and girls cross country teams hosted Jamestown for Gowanda’s only home meet of the season. Also represented with partial teams were Randolph and West Valley. The site for the meet was the Gowanda Conservation Club providing a unique coarse that winds 3.1 miles through forest trails. As it was the only home competition for the Gowanda teams, the seniors on both teams were acknowledged, along with their parents, post-race. That was followed by a dinner in honor of the seniors.

Taking 1st Place for the boys was Jamestown with a score of 11. The Gowanda boys were 2nd with 48 points. Randolph (2 runners) and West Valley (3 runners) were not included in the scoring as they did not have at least five runners in the race. Scoring for the Gowanda boys were Chase Bolen (6th, 17:40), Dustin Mohawk (7th, 17:43), Jayson Twoguns (9th, 17:50), Cashis Montour (10th, 18:08) and Nathan Warrior (16th, 19:25).

The girls race was a bit closer. Again, 1st Place went to Jamestown (22) with Gowanda (33) taking 2nd Place. With incomplete team representation were Randolph (4 runners) and West Valley (3 runners). Scoring for the Gowanda girls were Calie Hudson (3rd, 20:17), Autumn Pupo (4th, 21:20), Karice John (7th, 24:40), Alhanna Gabel (9th, 26:49) and Willow Mentley-Peters (10th, 27:40).

Also in action on Tuesday the 12th was the Pine Valley/Gowanda Varsity boys soccer team. They hosted Cassadaga Valley-Falconer. As has been the case, problems with ball control led to a lopsided loss. A 4-goal Cassadaga 1st quarter set the pace for them to grab a 6-0 lead by halftime. Cassadaga added a 7th goal in the 4th quarter after a scoreless 3rd. Pine Valley/Gowanda only managed to get one shot on goal in the game.

The Pine Valley/Gowanda Varsity girls soccer team were at Randolph on September 11 for a non-league game. The team’s ball control issues continued limiting Pine Valley/Gowanda’s ability to get shots on goal while their goaltender has more than her share of shots to defend.

By halftime, Randolph had gained a 4-0 lead. That continued to an eventual 7-1 loss for Pine Valley/Gowanda. The bright light on the team was Sarah Kruszka who scored Pine Valley’s only goal. While the Randolph goaltender faced only 7 shots in the game, Pine Valley’s Destiny Lindquist made 23 saves on 30 shots on goal.