Gowanda Small Town Times

On Friday, December 14, the Gowanda wrestling team and the Varsity boys basketball team were the only two Varsity teams in action. Basketball was at Cassadaga Valley and wrestling was at Maple Grove.

In basketball, Gowanda got off to a slow start with Cassadaga Valley grabbing an early 7-0 lead. The last three points of that run came from 3-point range before Logan Ruff answered with a 3-pointer to open the scoring for Gowanda. Cassadaga Valley landed three more shots from long distance in the period as they secured a 22-14 advantage by the end of the opening quarter. Gowanda reversed that in the 2nd quarter. A 15-point Gowanda run sparked by a Blake Herman 3-pointer saw Gowanda go ahead 29-24. The game continued on in a very tight battle and Gowanda was up by just two points, 36-34 at halftime.

From that point, Gowanda was able to gradually expand their lead. A score by Ruff with 3 seconds left in the 3rd quarter put Gowanda up 50-42. That momentum continued into the final quarter. The Gowanda lead grew to 68-50 with 1:39 left to play. At that point, Gowanda swapped out all five players for the duration of the game. Gowanda’s total reached 70 by the end of the game while Cassadaga Valley closed out their scoring with a 3-pointer for a final score of 70-53.

Leading Gowanda were Quentin Centner (two 3-pointers; 20 points), Blake Herman (two 3-pointers; 13 points) and Trelin Warrior (one 3-pointer; 13 points). Also making single 3-pointers were Logan Ruff 7 points and Seth Geiger (5 points). Additional help came from Troy Jimerson (8 points). Everett Stevens (2 points) and Dominick Whalen (2 points).

Also on the 14th, the Gowanda wrestling was at Maple Grove. It turn out to a very tight meet with Gowanda winning 30-34. Forfeit wins at 116 and 124 turned out to be the difference in the meet. Gowanda also gave up a forfeit loss at 145. Four Gowanda wrestler earned wins by pin on the night. They were Kaleb Smith (152, 1:36) over Will Benson, Maddox Hudson (160, 0:26) over Matthew Ashbaugh, Michael (170, 1:00) over Logan Quattrone and Brody Mescall (190, 0:21) over Ezekiel Padd. Gowanda’s Nathan Warrior (138) won a 9-2 decision over Jaxon Kraft.