Gowanda Small Town Times

The Pine Valley/Gowanda girls soccer team ended their season last week with a playoff loss. For all the rest of the Gowanda-connected Fall sports teams the last week in October 2024 is playoffs week.

The Gowanda Varsity girls volleyball team was at Chautauqua Lake for a Pre-Quarter Final playoff game on Monday, October 28. Despite having several long hard fought volleys scattered throughout the match, Chautauqua Lake proved to be more that Gowanda could handle.

After taking the first point of the 1st set on a Gowanda block that went out of bounds, Chautauqua Lake built a quick 4-0 lead. Gowanda’s first point came on a Holland Browning kill shot from the right corner. That proved to the only positive offensive play of the set for Gowanda leaving them dependent on Chautauqua Lake mistakes for points. In a near perfect set, Chautauqua Lake only made 5 more errors in the set giving them a 25-6 win.

Things got better for Gowanda in the 2nd set with Gowanda showing more positive offense while Chautauqua Lake was making more errors. Again Chautauqua Lake moved into an early lead, this time peaking at 6-2. Gowanda came back to tie the set at 8-8. Things remained tight from there through a 19-all tie before Gowanda moved into a 23-20 lead. Chautauqua Lake pulled back into a tie at 23. The teams traded points taking it to 24-24. Chautauqua Lake took the next point. A Gowanda kill shot followed that seemed to land in bounds watching live, but was called out giving Chautauqua Lake a set win and 2-0 lead in the match. Re-watching that the final play later, it was a closer call that it originally seemed. It was actually too close to call from replay being less than an inch either way. It was also a set where service errors were costly for Gowanda. Of a total of 8 in the match, 5 of those came in the 2nd set.

Moving on to a third must-win set for Gowanda. It was similar to the previous set with the difference being that the Chautauqua Lake offense ramped up. After a 2nd set with no kills that landed for points, Chautauqua Lake piled up 9 of those in set 3. Before that barrage set in, Gowanda had been able to mount a 8-5 lead. Gowanda still held on with the set tied six more times starting at 8-8 and ending at 20-20. Chautauqua Lake closed out a 25-23 win winning the match 3-0.

A particularly bright light for Gowanda was Envy Cross, a 9th grader pulled up from JV for the playoff game. She contributed 5 kills, 7 blocks and 4 digs to the Gowanda effort and should prove to be a valuable asset in the coming years.

The rest of the Gowanda stats are as follows:
Holland Browning 6 kills, 19 digs, 1 block
Lauren Kelly 1 kill, 2 digs, 5 blocks
Jillian Gernatt 7 assists, 2 digs
Addison Kota 1 assist, 5 digs, 2 aces
Cadence Luther 1 block
Elizabeth Green 1 kill, 5 digs
Bella Maines 1 assist, 4 digs
Tessa Kohn 3 digs
Sydney Smith 4 digs

Monday, October 21

Volleyball vs. Randoplh

Cross Country at Silver Creek [non-league]
Boys
1st Gowanda 27
2nd Catt.-L.V./Dunkirk/Randolph 51*
3rd Silver Creek/Forestville 52
* Catt.-L.V., Dunkirk and Randolph were all incomplete. Scored as if they were all one team
1st Chase Bolen
2nd Cashis Montour
Girls
1st Silver Creek 19
2nd Gowanda 37

Wednesday, October 23

Volleyball at Lake Shore
Gowanda 3, Lake Shore 2
25-18/20-25/25-21/21-25/15-7
Jillian Gernatt 1 kill, 27 assists, 5 digs, 2 aces
Elizabeth Green 13 kills, 16 digs, 1 block, 8 aces
Lauren Kelly 10 kills, 3 digs, 3 blocks
Holland Browning 10 kills, 11 digs, 1 ace
Cadence Luther 2 kills, 2 digs, 6 blocks
Addison Kota 3 kills, 12 digs, 2 blocks, 1 ace
Maleina Moses 2 kills, 1 assist, 6 digs, 2 aces
Bella Maines 5 assist, 2 digs
Sydney Smith 4 digs, 2 aces
Tessa Kohn 7 digs

Pine Valley/Gowanda at Falconer/CV/MG
Class B Pre-Quarter Finals
Pine Valley 0, Falconer 10

Friday, October 25

Gowanda/Pine Valley Football at Randolph
Gowanda 18, Randolph 20
Carter Capozzi
21/35 for 282 yards; 2 TD; 1 Int.
2 carries for 16 yards; 1 TD
Camryn Slade
4 carries for 99 yards
1 catch for 18 yards
Winter Mentley-Peters
1 carries for 2 yards
8 catches for 148; 1 TD
Brayden Smith
6 catches for 84; 1 TD
Trelin Warrior
3 catches for 15 yards
1 interception
Kyan Austin
2 catches for 20 yards

Cross Country at Bemus Point
Boys
1st Maple Grove 57
2nd Jamestown 60
3rd Fredonia/Westfield 114
4th Gowanda 129
5th Clymer/Sherman/Panama 140
6th Falconer/Cassadaga Valley 169
7th Franklinville/Ellicottville 179
8th West Valley 189
9th Southestern 190
10th Silver Creek/Forestville 251
11th Olean 254
Individual
6th Chase Bolen16th Cashis Montour
Girls
1st Clymer/Sherman/Panama 58
2nd Jamestown 72
3rd Southwestern 88
4th Maple Grove 93
5th Fredonia/Westfield 140
6th Silver Creek/Forestville 157
7th Olean 172
8th Gowanda 194
9th Falconer/Cassadaga Valley 205
Individual
18th Rhianna Woods

Monday, October 14

Columbus Day

Tuesday, October 15

Cross Country at Jamestown
Boys
1st Jamestown 39
2nd Gowanda 56
3rd West Balley 86
Frewsburg incomplete
4th Chase Bolen (17:27)
5th Cashis Montour
Girls
1st Jamestown 25
2nd Gowanda 70
Frewsburg & West Valley were incomplete

Pine Valley/Gowanda Girls Soccer at Salamanca
Pine Valley 0, Salamanca 4
Destiny Lindquist 14 saves on 18 shots

Eden(/Gowanda) Girls swimming at Cleveland Hill
Eden 100, Cleveland Hill 44
1st Mia Scott 4 gold 12 points
Gold
100 Breaststroke 1:28.97
1M Diving 157.80
200 Medley Relay (A) team
200 Freestyle Relay team
2nd Kay Lindstrom 3 gold, 1 silver 12 points
Gold
50 Freestyle 30.80
100 Freestyle 1:06.56
200 Freestyle Relay team
Silver
200 Medley Relay (B) team
3rd Grace Ritz 3 golds, 1 silver 10 points
Gold
100 Backstroke 1:25.22
200 Medley Relay (A) team
200 Freestyle Relay team
Silver
4th Sienna Miller 3 gold, 1 silver 10 points
Gold
100 Butterfly 1:23.83
200 Medley Relay (A) team
200 Freestyle Relay team
Silver
50 Freestyle 31.70
5th Brynn Mikac 3 gold, 1 silver 10 points
Gold
200 Freestyle 2:39.99
200 Medley Relay (A) team
400 Freestyle Relay team
Silver
100 Breaststroke 1:30.94
6th Kaevii Yasurek 2 gold, 2 silver
Gold
500 Freestyle 7:33.31
400 Freestyle Relay team
Silver
200 Freestyle 2:48.23
200 Medley Relay (B) team
11th Danielle Krajewski 1 gold, 2 silver 4 points
Gold
400 Freestyle Relay team
Silver
100 Freestyle 1:20.13
200 Medley Relay (B) team
12th Lila Jankowski 2 silver 4 points
Silver
100 Backstroke 1:34.78
200 Medley Relay (B) team
15th Tessa Dzubella 1 gold 0 points
Gold
400 Freestyle Relay team

Wednesday, October 16

Volleyball at Allegany-Limestone
Gowanda 3, Allegany-Limestone 1
25-18/17-25/25-22/25-9
Jillian Gernatt 1 kill, 3 assists, 10 digs
Corrina John 17 kills, 2 digs, 5 blocks
Lauren Kelly 6 kills, 1 dig, 6 blocks, 2 aces
Holland Browning 7 kills, 7 digs, 2 aces
Elizabeth Green 6 kills, 8 digs, 1 block, 1 ace
Addison Kota 4 kills, 1 assist, 26 digs, 3 aces
Tessa Kohn 10 digs
Aubrey Smuda 2 digs
Sydney Smith 7 digs

Pine Valley/Gowanda Boys Soccer at Cassadaga Valley
Pine Valley 0, Cassadaga Valley 4

Thursday, October 17

Pine Valley/Gowanda Girls Soccer vs. Randolph
Pine Valley 0, Randolph 5
Destiny Lindquist 16 saves on 21 shots

Friday, October 18

Football vs. Chautauqua Lake
Gowanda 28, Chautauqua Lake 29
Carter Capozzi
16/27 passes for 282 yards; 4 TD
3 carries for 26 yards
Camryn Slade
11 carries for 22 yards
Winter Mentley-Peters
7 carries for 16 yards
5 receptions for 56 yards; 1 TD
Brayden Smith
2 carries for 0 yards
6 receptions for 135 yards; 2 TD
Trelin Warrior
4 receptions for 91 yards; 1 TD
Owen Pfaffenbach 1 interception

Cross Country at Sunset Stampede
Evangola State Park Irving, NY

Girls 3.1 mile run Division 2 93 runners
1st Southwestern 53
7th Gowanda 170
10th Buffalo Seminary 287

12th Rhianna Woods 21:49.97
43rd Degaswined John 24:20.55
55th Helena Wallschlaeger 25:19.24
56th Lilliana Pierce 25:21.55
58th Jaylynn Elliott 25:25.25
65th Isabelle Graham 26:25.42
82nd Norah Tadt 29:19.86
84th Sophia Birtchnall 30:35.06

Boys 3.1 mile run Division 2 129 runners
1st Gowanda 64
2nd Fredonia 69
12th Cleveland Hill 309

3rd Chase Bolen 16:50.70
4th Cashis Montour 16:57.93
21st Maddox Hudson 18:51.01
25th Brendin Diebel 19:07.30
30th Owen Farner 19:15.05
46th Marcus Gamble 20:05.38
64th Jeffrey Whipple 20:52.00
82nd Kory Degenfelder 21:42.75

Saturday, October 19

Volleyball at Chautauqua Lake Tournament
Pool A Games
Gowanda 0, Chautauqua Lake 2
20-25/12-25

Gowanda 2, Eden 0
- Set scores not available -

Gowanda 1, Southwestern 1
25-20, 20-25

Thursday October 17 - Saturday, October 19

ECIC Girls Division 3 Girls Swim Championship
1st East Aurora 546.5
4th Eden 240
8th Cleveland Hill

Monday, October 7

Volleyball vs. Catt.-L.V.
Gowanda 1, Cattaraugus-L.V. 3
25-17/16-25/13-25/21-25
Jillian Gernatt 1 Kill, 26 assists, 7 digs
Corrina John 12 kills, 2 blocks
Holland Browning 7 kills, 5 digs, 1 ace
Lauren Kelly 4 kills, 1 dig, 3 blocks
Addison Kota 3 kills, 2 assists, 9 digs
Elizabeth Green 3 kills, 2 digs
Maleina Moses 2 digs, 1 ace
Sydney Smith 2 digs, 1 ace
Tessa Kohn 7 digs
Aubrey Smuda 2 digs

Pine Valley/Gowanda Boys Soccer vs. Portville
Pine Valley 0, Portville 8

Tuesday, October 8

Cross Country at Silver Creek
Boys
1st Clymer/Sherman/Panama 28
2nd Gowanda 31
3rd Silver Creek/Forestville 64
Randolph and Catt.-L.V. incomplete
1st Cashis Montour (17:38)
2nd Chase Bolen
10th Joseph Fernandes
Girls
1st Clymer/Sherman/Panama 24
2nd Silver Creek/Forestville 52
3rd Gowanda 60
Randolph and Catt.-L.V. incomplete
6th Rhianna Woods

Pine Valley/Gowanda Girls Soccer vs. Catt.-L.V.
Pine Valley 2, Cattaraugus 1
16:00 1st half Sarah Kruszka assist Julianna Yasurek
12:00 2nd half Sarah Kruszka assist Samantha Collins
Destiny Lindquist 6 saves on 7 shots

Eden(/Gowanda) Girls Swimming at Alden
Eden 51, Alden 128
4th Mia Scott 1 gold, 3 Silver 10 points
Gold
1M Diving (186.02)
Silver
50 Freestyle (27.29)
200 Medley Relay team
400 Freestyle Relay team
5th Brynn Mikac 1 gold, 3 silver 10 points
Gold
200 Individual Medley (2:56.19)
Silver
500 Freestyle (7:05.96)
200 Medley Relay team
400 Freestyle Relay team
10th Kay Lindstrom 3 silver 6 points
Silver
100 Freestyle (1:05.21)
200 Medley Relay team
400 Freestyle Relay team
4th 50 Freestyle (30.16)
13th Kaevii Yasurek 3 bronze 6 points
Bronze
200 Freestyle (2:45.49)
500 Freestyle (7:41.51)
200 Freestyle Relay team
15th Grace Ritz 2 silver, 1 bronze 4 points
Silver
200 Medley Relay team
400 Freestyle Relay team
Bronze
1M Diving (154.95)
5th 100 Freestyle (110.77)
21st Lilaeve Jankowski 1 bronze 2 points
Bronze
200 Freestyle Relay team
4th 100 Backstroke (1:41.43)
22nd Danielle Krajewski 2 bronze 2 points
Bronze
200 Freestyle Relay team
4th 100 Breaststroke (1:47.46)
23rd Tessa Dzubella 1 bronze 1 point
Bronze
200 Freestyle Relay team
5th 100 Backstroke (1:52.22)

Wednesday, October 9

Volleyball at Eden [non-league]
Gowanda 3, Eden 1
25-15/15-25/25-21/25-17
Jillian Gernatt 31 assists, 11 digs, 1 ace
Corrina John 11 kills, 2 digs, 5 blocks
Holland Browning 13 kills, 16 digs, 2 aces
Lauren Kelly 10 kills, 1 dig, 2 blocks, 1 ace
Elizabeth Green 8 kills, 7 digs, 1 ace
Addison Kota 3 kills, 2 assists, 15 digs, 2 blocks, 2 aces
Sydney Smith 176 digs, 2 aces
Bella Maines 2 assists, 2 digs
Tessa Kohn 1 kills, 12 digs
Maleina Moses 1 dig

Pine Valley/Gowanda Boys Soccer vs. Randolph
Pine Valley 0, Randolph 7

Thursday, October 10

Pine Valley/Gowanda Girls Soccer vs. Portville
Pine Valley 0, Portville 10
Destiny Lindquist 23 saves on 33 shots

Friday, October 11

Football at Franklinville/Ellicottville
Gowanda 18, Franklinville 27
Carter Capozzi
21/31 passes for 290 yards; 1 TD
2 carries for 9 yards
Camryn Slade
10 carries for 41 yards
Winter Mentley-Peters
4 carries for 17 yards
3 catches for 36 yards
Brayden Smith
1 carry for 2 yards
10 catches for 112 yards
Kyan Austin
4 catches for 108 yards
Reginald Irion
3 catches for 29 yards
Trelin Warrior
1 catch for 5 yards
1 interception

Volleyball at Salamanca
Gowanda 3, Salamanca 0
25-19/25-10/25-11
Jillian Gernatt 18 assists, 4 digs
Corrina John 8 kills, 3 blocks
Lauren Kelly 4 kills, 2 blocks, 2 aces
Holland Browning 4 kills, 4 digs, 1 block, 2 aces
Bella Maines 8 assists, 2 digs
Addison Kota 3 kills, 4 digs, 3 aces
Elizabeth Green 5 kills
Cadence Luther 2 kills, 1 block
Aubrey Smuda 2 digs, 2 aces
Tessa Kohn 2 digs, 1 ace
Sydney Smith 4 digs

Cross Country at Alden Bulldogs Stampede
Boys
5000M Run
Boys 5k Run Blue Varsity [117 runners]
9th Cashis Montour (17:20.22)
39th Brendin Diebel (19:20.88)
88th Jeffrey Whipple (21:19.76)
2000 Meter Run
Boys 2k Run Middle School 7/8 [152 runners]
55th Gabe Snyder (13:41.52)
99th MADEX SEELEY (15:10.94)
110th ROWEN LISKOW (15:57.00)
130th TYLER BETTKER (17:26.33)
141st MAYSON CHMIELEWSKI (19:58.13)
Girls
5000 Meter Run
Girls 5k Run Blue Varsity [85 runners]
5000 Meter Run
22nd Rhianna Woods (22:13.64)
74th Jaylynn Elliott (27:07.04)
Girls 5k Run Blue Schools JV [31 runners]
19th Norah Tadt (29:17.88)
20th Sophia Birtchnall (29:18.96)
2000 Meter Run
Girls 2k Run Middle School 7/8 [132 runners]
42nd ALIVIA RICHTER (15:40.14)
50th Katalina Soska (16:13.62)
73rd KAYELLA SMOKE (17:02.96)
80th TOBIE SMIGIEL (17:20.40)
87th LILLY PENVOSE (17:29.99)
131st CLARAE BEAVER (23:14.91)

Pine Valley/Gowanda Boys Soccer vs. North Collins [non-league]
Pine Valley 0, North Collins 4

Monday, September 30

Volleyball vs. Ellicottville
Gowanda 3, Ellicottville 2
25-7/14-25/14-25/25-17/19-17
Jillian Gernatt 29 assists, 8 digs
Addison Kota 9 kills, 5 assists, 11 digs
Elizabeth Green 12 kills, 4 digs
Holland Browning 8 kills, 5 digs, 3 aces
Corrina John 8 kills, 1 assist, 2 blocks
Lauren Kelly 4 kills, 3 blocks, 1 ace
Bella Maines 3 assists, 1 dig
Tessa Kohn 3 digs, 1 ace
Aubrey Smuda 11 digs, 1 ace
Maleina Moses 3 digs

Pine Valley/Gowanda Boys Soccer at Ellicottville
Pine Valley 0, Ellicottville 5

Tuesday, October 1

Volleyball vs. West Valley/Franklinville
Gowanda 3, West Valley 0
25-8/25-3/25-5
Holland Browning 13 kills, 2 digs, 1 ace
Jillian Gernatt 13 assist, 4 digs, 1 ace
Maleina Moses 9 aces
Bella Maines 1 kill, 7 assists
Corrina John 5 kills, 1 assist
Tessa Kohn 1 kill, 3 aces
Aubrey Smuda 2 digs, 4 aces
Lauren Kelly 4 aces
Cadence Luther 3 kills
Elizabeth Green 2 kills, 1 dig
Addison Kota 2 assists, 4 digs

Pine Valley/Gowanda Girls Soccer vs. Ellicottville
Pine Valley 0, Ellicottville 3
Sandy Ivett 47 saves on 50 shots

Wednesday, October 2

Pine Valley/Gowanda Boys Soccer vs. Salamanca-Catt./L.V.
Pine Valley 3, Salamanca 0
10:00 Noah Frontuto assist Sawyer Bradigan
26:00 Aiden Bell assist Jarrrett Myers
48:00 Jarrett Meyers assist Noah Frontuto

Eden(/Gowanda) Girls Swimming at Tonawanda
Eden 68, Tonawanda 33
1st Mia Scott 3 gold, 1 silver 8 pts.
Gold
50 Freestyle 29.10
1M Diving 175.57
200 Freestyle Relay team
Silver
200 Medley relay team

2nd Brynn Mikac 2 gold, 2 silver 8 pts.
Gold
100 Butterfly 1:32.89
100 Breaststroke 1:33.21
Silver
200 Medley Relay team
400 Freestyle relay team

3rd Kay Lindstrom 3 gold, 1 silver 7 pts.
Gold
100 Freestyle 1:06.65
200 Medley Relay team
200 Freestyle Relay team
Silver
100 Backstroke 1:27.99

4th Grace Ritz 2 gold, 2 silver 7 pts.
Gold
100 Backstroke 1:22.53
200 Freestyle Relay team
Silver
1M Diving 148.12
200 Medley relay team

5th Abby Laverdi 2 gold, 2 silver 7 pts.
Gold
500 Freestyle 6:36.17
200 Freestyle Relay team
Silver
50 Freestyle 30.41
200 Medley relay team

6th Sienna Miller 2 gold, 2 silver 7 pts.
Gold
200 Individual Medley 3:07.15
200 Medley relay team
Silver
100 freestyle 1:08.63
400 Freestyle relay team

8th Danielle Krajewski 1 gold, 2 silver 1 bronze 4 pts.
Gold
200 Medley relay team
Silver
200 Freestyle 2:55.65
400 Freestyle relay team
Bronze
100 Breaststroke 1:49.92

12th Kaevii Yasurek 1 gold, 1 silver, 2 bronze 2 pts.
Gold
200 Medley relay team
Silver
400 Freestyle relay team
Bronze
200 Freestyle 2:56.29
500 Freestyle 7:44.73

Thursday, October 3

Pine Valley/Gowanda Girls Soccer at Franklinville
Pine Valley 2, Franklinville 1
6:00 Ashley Irwin assist Sarah Kruszka
38:00 Sarah Kruszka assist Samantha Collins

Friday, October 4

Gowanda/Pine Valley Football vs. Cardinal O’Hara
Gowanda 51, Cardinal O’Hara 0
Carter Capozzi
9/14 passes for 130 yards; 3 TD
Jayden Fish
3/8 passes for 43 yards; 1 TD
3 carries for 4 yards
Zane Rogers
5 carries for 29 yards; 1 TD
Greg Reid
3 carries for 9 yards
Winter Mentley-Peters
3 carries for 67 yards; 1 TD
Camryn Slade
3 carries for 13 yards; 1 TD
Damien Cedri
2 carries 0 yards
1 catches for 10 yards
Brayden Smith
1 carry for 22 yards
1 catch for 16 yards
Winter Rivera
3 catches for 64 yards
Reginald Irion
2 catches for 35 yards
Trelin Warrior
2 catches for 31 yards
Zane Rogers
1 catch for 15 yards; 1 interception
Kyan Austin
1 catch for 8 yards; 1 interception
Owen Pfaffenbach 1 interception

Pine Valley/Gowanda Boys Soccer vs. Silver Creek-Forestville [non-league]
Pine Valley 2, Silver Creek 5
37:00 Noah Frontuto assist Sawyer Bradigan
66:00 Sawyer Bradigan assist Jarrett Meyers