Gowanda Small Town Times

Football 4-4, 1-4

Friday, October 20

Randolph at Gowanda/Pine Valley
- Senior Night -
Gowanda 26, Randolph 42

Girls Volleyball 14-4, 12-2

Tuesday, October 17

Gowanda at Cattaraugus-Little Valley
Gowanda 3, Catt.-L.V. 1
25-22/26-24/22-25/25-18

Thursday, October 19

Salamanca at Gowanda
Gowanda 3, Salamanca 0
25-20/25-18/25-10

Cross Country

Tuesday, October 17

Gowanda at Maple Grove
boys
1st Maple Grove 26
2nd Gowanda 38
3rd Franklinville/Ellicottville 88
4th Fredonia 95

girls
1st MapleGorove 25
2nd Fredonia 50
3rd Gowanda 69
Franklinville/Ellicottville incomplete

Friday, October 20

Lake Shore Stampede at Lakeview,NY
- 25 schools represented -
boys - 106 runners -
Gowanda Top 5 finishers
Jayson Twoguns (6th, 17:57.61)
Chase Bolen (9th, 18:17.22)
Dustin Mohawk (10th, 18:18.19)
Cashis Montour (11th, 18:19.35)
Joseph Fernandes (13th, 18:38.356)

girls - 63 runners -
Gowanda Top 5 finishers
Calie Hudson (7th, 20:52.66)
Autumn Pupo (13th, 21:38.89)
Jaylynn Elliott (45th, 26:220.37)
Alhanna Gabel (47th, 26:30.84)
Willow Mentley-Peters (50th, 26:38.30)

Boys Soccer 1-16, 1-9

Tuesday, October 17

Silver Creek at Pine Valley/Gowanda
- Class C pre-quarter finals -
Pine Valley 0, Silver Creek 3

Girls Soccer 3-12-2, 3-7-2

Wednesday, October 18

Pine Valley/Gowanda at Silver Creek
- Class B2 pre-quarter finals -
Pine Valley 0, Silver Creek 3

[photo] Senior Class members of the Gowanda Varsity girls volleyball team on Senior Night. In a mid-court photo op, pictured are (from left to right) Aubrie Heron, Madilyn Pawlak, Ella Luther and Chloe Luther.

On October 19 the Gowanda Varsity girls volleyball team closed out their regular season schedule at home hosting Salamanca. As is always the case for a team’s last regular home appearance the team celebrated Senior Night introducing the Senior Class members of the team and their parents before the game. Those Seniors were Aubrie Heron, Ella Luther, Madilyn Pawlak and Chloe Luther. Ten girls on Salamanca’s 14-player roster were also Seniors and they were recognized as a group. Although they had managed only a single win in the division during the season, Salamanca was not about to go down without a fight.

Gowanda grabbed the first point and held a lead through the first half of Game 1 that peaked at 6-3. It was a tight battle throughout with a tie score coming at 2, and again at 11. Salamanca took over the lead for most of the second half of the game. Gowanda stayed within three points as the game fell back into a tie at 14, 16 and 20. That 20-20 score came on an Ella Luther ace. Gowanda nailed down the next five points to take a 25-20 win.

Game 2 was even tighter in the early going with both teams having leads that did not exceed two points. The game saw ties at 1 through 4 and again at 8 and 10 through 14. From 14-all Gowanda moved into an 18-14 advantage then slid back into a tie at 18. After securing the next point, Holland Browning was up to serve. Gowanda went on a 6-point blitz that included 3 Browning aces. Gowanda’s 25-18 win had them fully in control up 2-0 in the match.

Game 3 was briefly close with ties at 1 through 3. Salamanca never had a lead in the game and Gowanda took off from the 3-3 tie while Salamanca faded. Gowanda steadily grew their lead. Madilyn Pawlak’s first ace of her Varsity career had Gowanda up 10-5. That advantage grew to 17-8 with Holland Browning coming up to serve again. Three more Browning aces fueled a Gowanda 5-point spurt to 22-8. Salamanca interrupted that surge scoring twice to bring their total to 10 before Gowanda locked down their final three points. The 25-10 win gave Gowanda a 3-0 match win.

The team is now waiting for news of their playoff seeding and to find out who the will be playing next. For now, the stats from this game are below.

Aubrie Heron 11 kills, 5 digs, 2 blocks
Elizabeth Green 7 kills, 2 digs
Holland Browning 4 kills, 7 aces, 13 digs
Addison Kota 3 kills, 3 assists, 3 aces, 8 digs, 1 block
Lauren Kelly 1 kill
Jillian Gernatt 22 assists, 3 digs
Madilyn Pawlak 1 ace, 4 digs (1st ace)
Ella Luther 3 aces, 14 digs
Corrina John 1 dig, 1 block
Tessa Kohn 1 dig

As the regular season for Fall Sports is winding down, October 17 was a very busy day. The Gowanda Varsity girls volleyball had a extremely important game against Cattaraugus-Little Valley. With C-LV just a half game behind Gowanda in CCAA East, Gowanda’s hold on 2nd Place in the division was on the line. Additionally, cross country was at Maple Grove and the soccer playoffs were getting started.

At Cattaraugus, Gowanda took the early lead in Game 1. It was a game that remained close throughout. The game ebbed and flowed with Gowanda building leads only to have Cattaraugus close the gap. Gowanda’s largest lead of the came at a score of 18-13 before Cattaraugus rallied back to within a point at 21-20. From there Gowanda cruised to a 25-22 win. Game 2 was much the same with Gowanda building leads only to fall back again. The hard fought battle saw a tie score at 2, 9, 17 and 24 before Gowanda secured a 26-24 win. Cattaraugus came out strong in Game 3 moving into a quick 3-1 advantage. The gap maxed out at 6 points at 10-4. Gowanda slowly clawed their way back, but could not do better than to close the margin to a single point at 16-15. Cattaraugus pushed back into a 20-15 lead that they rode to a 25-21 win. With Gowanda up 2-1 in the match, game 4 was very important to both teams. While the game remained close in the early going, another early 3-1 Cattaraugus lead would see the game tied at 7 as Gowanda pulled ahead. A 5-point run with Addison Kota serving would eventually give Gowanda an 18-12 lead. From there they were able to hold on for a 25-18 victory and a 3-1 match win.

As a side note, Sydney Smith got her first two varsity career aces in the game. Full game stats are below.
Aubrie Heron 13 kills, 1 ace, 3 digs, 2 blocks
Corrina John 8 kills, 2 digs, 11 blocks
Addison Kota 8 kills, 1 assist, 2 aces, 20 digs
Elizabeth Green 7 kills
Holland Browning 5 kills, 2 aces, 28 digs, 1 block
Jillian Gernatt 37 assists, 1 ace, 6 digs
Sydney Smith 2 aces, 5 digs
Tessa Kohn 1 ace, 3 digs
Ella Luther 34 digs

The boys and girls cross country were also in action in a meet at Maple Grove along with Franklinville/Ellicottville and Fredonia. The Gowanda boys took 2nd Place as a team with 38 points behind Maple Grove (26 points) with Franklinville/Ellicottville (88 points) and Fredonia (95 points) 3rd and 4th, respectively. Gowanda was led with strong efforts by Jayson Twoguns (4th), Chase Bolen (5th), Cashis Montour (7th) and Nathan Warrior (10th).

For the girls, it was Maple Grove (25 points) in 1st place followed by Fredonia (50 points) and Gowanda (69 points). Franklinville/Ellicottville was incomplete. Gowanda’s Autumn Pupo of took 1st Place with a time of 21:17.

Over in Pine Valley, the Pine Valley /Gowanda boys soccer team hosted Silver Creek in a Class C pre-quarter final game. In a 3-0 loss, the boys season came to an end.

There were a couple of competitions that took place on Saturday, October 14. The football team was at Panama to take on CSP that afternoon and the Gowanda cross country team was at the Alden Bulldogs Stampede. Additionally, the Gowanda Volunteer Fire Department ran their fishing derby all weekend.

At Panama, the Gowanda Varsity football team had a tough afternoon with CSP. The Gowanda run game was nearly shutdown. Six Gowanda players gained a total of 9 yards on 15 carries. Leading rusher for the team was Cameron Slade with 10 carries for 4 yards. Gowanda did have limited success through the air. Gowanda quarterback, Carter Capozzi, comleted 13 of 27 passes for 209 yard and a air of touchdowns. He was also intercepted 3 times. The bulk of the Gowanda catches were by Jon Sheldon (7 receptions, 69 yards, 1 TD) and Quentin Centner (4 receptions, 132 yards, 1 TD). With single 4-yard receptions each were Brayden Smith and Owen Pfaffenbach.

The lack of Gowanda offense found Gowanda in a 43-6 deficit at halftime with CSP points evenly split between the 1st and 2nd quarter. Adding 7 and 6 points, respectively, in the 3rd and 4th quarters, CSP closed out the game with 56 points. Gowanda had single touchdowns in the 2nd and 3rd quarters. After both scores, 2-point conversion passes failed.

Also on Saturday, the Gowanda boys and girls cross country teams were at the Alden Stampede along with 66 other schools groups, by school size into several divisions. Gowanda competed in the Blue (small schools) division.

For the boys, there were 170 runners representing 22 schools in the Blue division. Gowanda came in 3rd as a team with a score of 162. Alden (55) took 1st Place. City Honors’ Henry Peterson came in 1st with a time of 16:19.21. The top five Gowanda boys were Jayson Twoguns (18th, 17:53.73), Chase Bolen (23rd, 18:00.12), Joseph Fernandez (33rd, 18:32.74), Cashis Montour (42nd, 18:46.27) and Maddox Hudson (74th, 19:43.31).

For the girls, Blue division had 143 runners from 18 schools. With 1st Place as a team, CSP had a score of 63. Gowanda was 11th with 270. Emma Lewis (Southwestern) took 1st Place with a time of 19:15.69. The Gowanda girls did have one Top 10 overall finisher in Calie Hudson (9th, 20:33.32). Completing the Top 5 Gowanda finishes were Autumn Pupo (26th, 21:36.40), Alhanna Gabel (106th, 25:44.04), Willow Memtley-Peters (107th, 25:50.44) and Jaylynn Elliott (112th, 26:05.31).

In non-school sports news, the Gowanda Volunteer Fire Department held their Fishing Derby on Saturday and Sunday. There were reported to be 147 registered participants for the event. The GVFD also announced that 150 Tagged Trout were sponsored totaling $8,155 worth of either cash, gift certificate or merchandise. Ten tagged fish were caught. Winners in the Adult Division were Ben Blackhall (1st, 8.16 lbs., $500), Derek Miller (2nd, 7.42 lbs., $300) and Brian Homan (3rd, 7.40 lbs., $200). In the Youth Division the following winners were announced: Derrick Chmielewski (1st, 8.28 lbs., $500), Derrick Chmielewski (2nd, 7.28 lbs., $300) and Dino Delmonte (3rd, 6.16 lbs., $200). Other prizes were also announced including First fish weighed in (Brian Homan, $50), Last fish weighed in (Hayleigh Miller, $50) and Furthest traveled (Anthony from Geismarla, LA, 1,276 miles, $100). Winners of three random drawings for $100 each were Giovanni Gallo, Aidan Carroll and Frederick Ring. Mark H. was a 50/50 winner.

Football 4-3, 1-3

Saturday, October 14

Gowanda/Pine Valley at CSP
Gowanda 12, CSP 56

Girls Volleyball 12-4, 10-2

Tuesday, October 10

Gowanda at Silver Creek
Gowanda 3, Silver Creek 0
25-9/25-17/25-13

Wednesday, October 11

Gowanda at Eden
Gowanda 1, Eden 3
15-25/25-22/13-25/27-29

Thursday, October 12

Randolph at Gowanda
Gowanda 0, Randolph 3
21-25/19-25/15-25

Cross Country

Tuesday, October 10

Gowanda at Southwestern
boys
1st Southwestern 25 pts.
2nd Gowanda 39 pts.
3rd Olean 65 pts.
Dunkirk incomplete

girls
1st Southwestern 26 pts.
2nd Gowanda 52 pts.
3rd Olean 54 pts.
Dunkirk incomplete

Saturday, October 14

Alden Bulldogs Stampede [67 schools]

Blue (small schools) division

boys [22 schools/170 runners]
1st Alden 55
3rd Gowanda 162
22nd Dansville 548

girls [18 schools/143 runners]
1st CSP 63
11th Gowanda 270
18th Tonawanda 420

Boys Soccer 1-15, 1-9

Tuesday, October 10

Ellicottville at Pine Valley/Gowanda
- Senior Night -
Pine Valley 0, Ellicottville 11

Thursday, October 12

Pine Valley/Gowanda at Randolph
Pine Valley 0, Randolph 11

Girls Soccer 3-11-2, 3-7-2

Wednesday, October 11

Pine Valley/Gowanda at Portville
Pine Valley 0, Portville 9

Friday, October 13

Pine Valley/Gowanda at Silver Creek/Forestville
Pine Valley 0, Silver Creek 1