Gowanda Small Town Times

[photo] Gowanda’s Addison Kota (#12) goes up to tip the ball over a defender during the Quarter-Final home game against Tapestry on October 26.

The wind down week of the Fall Sports season has been very good to Gowanda teams. On Monday, October 23, the Gowanda Cross Country teams closed out their regular season with a non-league meet at Silver Creek. Also represented were Falconer/Cassadaga, Dunkirk and Olean. The Gowanda boys finished in 1st Place with a score of 17 with Silver Creek-Forestville(69) and Falconer/Cassadaga (74) coming in 2nd and 3rd, respectively. Other teams were incomplete. Leading the Gowanda boys was Jason Twoguns who finished in 3rd Place. Also finishing in the Top 10 and scoring for Gowanda were Cashis Montour, Dustin Mohawk, Joseph Fernandes and Nathan Warrior. Gowanda was the only team present with a full team of at least 5 girls and won the girls race by default with a score of 15. Led by Seniors Calie Hudson and Autumn Pupo, the Gowanda girls also had strong efforts from Jaylynn Elliott, Marissa Beaver, and Alhanna Gabel who also scored for the team.

On October 26 the Gowanda Varsity girls volleyball team hosted Tapestry for a Section 6 Class C2 Quarter-Final game. Gowanda got off to a slow start in Game 1. After taking the first two points, Gowanda slid into an early 5-4 deficient. That would prove to be Tapestry’s only lead of the night. Gowanda tied things at 5 and went on a 15-point rampage with Aubrie Heron serving. The run stalled at 20-5. Gowanda went on to close out a win at 25-8. Game 2 was similar. Gowanda slowly built a 9-5 lead. Jillian Gernatt added 8 service points taking the Gowanda advantage to 17-5. Gowanda grew the gap to 15 points with a 25-10 win. Game 3 was much the same story and Gowanda was able to easily take a 3-0 match win with a 25-11 Game 3 win.

The less competitive that usual game left Gowanda with less impressive stat than usual as follows:

Corrina John 8 kills
Elizabeth Green 8 kills, 1 dig
Holland Browning 5 kills, 3 aces, 12 digs
Addison Kota 4 kills, 4 aces, 4 digs
Aubrie Heron 3 kills, 3 aces, 2 digs, 2 blocks
Lauren Kelly 3 kills
Jillian Gernatt 1 kill, 2 aces, 1 dig
Ella Luther 1 assist, 5 digs
Tessa Kohn 3 digs

Gowanda, as the #4 seed, got a big break as #8 Cassadaga Valley knocked of #1 seeded MST by a 3-2 score, also on the 26th. That gave Gowanda one more playoff home game for the Semi-Finals. During the regular season Cassadaga Valley lost both games they played against Pine Valley, a team Gowanda swept. That should make Gowanda a huge favorite to make it to the finals.