Gowanda Small Town Times

The arrival of September signaled “Back to School” and the start of the Fall Sports season. The Gowanda Varsity volleyball team had the honors of being the first team to see action. They opened their season at home facing off against Cassadaga Valley on September 4. It was all Gowanda in the first set. The home team landed the first three points in the game. That quickly grew to a 7-1 advantage. Making steady progress, they took a 25-8 win to go up 1-0 in the match. The next two game were much closer. In the end, Gowanda won the next two sets by scores of 25-18 and 24-17, respectively. The JVs also won, in a very tight match, by scores of 25-23/25-15/28-26

Leading Gowanda were Lauren Kelly (7 kills, 1 dig, 14 aces), Elizabeth Green (5 kills, 3 digs, 1 ace), Holland Browning (4 kills, 8 digs, 2 aces), Addison Kota (3 kills, 1 assist, 4 digs, 2 aces) and Cadence Luther (3 kills, 1 block). In support were Jillian Gernatt (1 kill, 15 assists, 3 digs, 4 aces), Bella Maines (1 assist), Tessa Kohn (9 digs), Sydney Smith (5 digs, 2 aces) and Maleina Moses (1dig).

The team was off to West Valley/Franklinville on September 5 for a match that was originally scheduled as a JV only affair. Lacking a JV team, West Valley opted to make it Varsity instead. It was a relatively easy outing for Gowanda. The locked down the match 3-0 with set scores of 25-7/25-7/25-9. It was a chance for some of the new members of the team to get more game experience.

Gowanda statistics for the game are as follows:
Cadence Luther 5 kills
Jillian Gernatt 13 assists
Bella Maines 4 assists, 2 digs
Holland Browning 3 kills, 4 digs, 3 aces
Sydney Smith 2 aces
Addison Kota 2 kills, 2 assists, 4 aces
Tessa Kohn 9 digs, 4 aces
Aubrey Smuda 1 ace
Elizabeth Green 4 kills, 8 aces
Lauren Kelly 4 kills, 2 aces, 1 block

The volleyball team closed out their week on Saturday, September 7, at Falconer for a tournament along with 8 other schools. In the opening rounds, Gowanda swept both Clymer and North Collins in straight sets, 2-0. In the Top Bracket, they faced Fort LeBoeuf first. After losing 13-25 in the first set, Gowanda battled through a second set with single-point margins up to a 20-20 tie. From there, LeBoeuf pulled away for a 22-25 win.

That took the team to a meeting with Southwestern in for a single set to 30 points. Gowanda was close in the early going up to an eleven-all tie. After that, Southwestern went on a 9-point run that Gowanda never recovered from. Gowanda ended up taking a 17-30 loss

No statistics were available from the tournament.

The Gowanda/Pine Valley Varsity football team opened their season on Thursday, September 5 in a non-league game at Portville. It was a contest highlighted by a few big plays, but also hampered by numerous penalties. Motion penalties were drive killers for Gowanda with some coming back to back.
Gowanda/Pine Valley found themselves behind early with Portville scoring to go ahead 7-0. Gowanda finally got the ball with 8:31 left in the 1st quarter after a Portville onside kick. Despite being flagged on their first play, Gowanda/Pine Valley managed one first down and progressed as far as the Portville 47 before punting. Portville had built a 21-0 lead when Gowanda/Pine Valley finally got on the board with 4:02 left in the half. A failed 2-point conversion took the score to 21-6. That margin grew to 27-6 by halftime. A more closely contested 3rd quarter saw both teams add 6 points to their tally. Portville added 13 points in the final quarter. Gowanda answered late in the period starting with a 66-yard kickoff return with 2:42 left in the game. Gowanda/Pine/Valley finally reached the end zone with just 33 seconds left. A successful conversion pass brought the score to 46-20. Portville just needed one kneel-down to finalize the game.
No Gowanda stats were reported from the game. Reported Gowanda/Pine Valley highlights start with a 59-yard pass from Carter Capozzi to Reginald Irion for the first half touchdown. Winter Mentley-Peters had a 42-yard touchdown reception in the 3rd quarter. Gowanda-Pine Valley’s final touchdown came on a 5-yard run by Zane Rogers.

Wednesday, September 4

Varsity Volleyball vs. Cassadaga Valley
Gowanda 3, Cassadaga Valley 0
25-8/25-18/25-17

Thursday, September 5

Varsity Volleyball at West Valley
Gowanda 3, West Valley 0

Varsity Football at Portville
Gowanda/Pine Valley 20, Portville 46

Varsity Girls Soccer
Pine Valley/Gowanda 1, Silver Creek/Forestville 7

Saturday, September 7

Varsity Volleyball at Falconer 10 teams
Bolivar-Richburg, Catt.-LV, Clymer, Fort LeBoeuf, North Collins, Panama,

Randolph, Salamanca, Sherman and Southwestern.

Preliminaries
Gowanda 2, Clymer 0
Gowanda 2, North Collins 0
Finals
Gowanda 0, LeBoeuf 2
13-25/22-25
Gowanda 17, Southwestern 30

Knox Invitational 2024 [35 schools]
Knox Farm State Park
East Aurora, NY

Boys
1st Maple Grove 46
3rd Gowanda 119
17th Maryvale 489

Gowanda Boys 5000M run [143 runners]

Chase Bolen (8th, 18:10:84)
Dustin Mohawk (14th, 18:38:07)
Cashis Montour (18th, 18:53:56)
Joseph Fernandes (48th, 20:29:47)
Maddox Hudson (56th, 21:03:43)
Brendin Diebel (61st, 21:13:39)
Owen Farner (63rd, 21:15:76)
Nathan Warrior (83rd, 22:03:81)
Marcus Gamble (94th, 22:34:84

Girls
1st CSP 64
13th Olean 278
14th Gowanda 306

Gowanda Girls 5000M run [119 runners]

Degaswined John (57th, 25:41:52)
Karice John (82nd, 27:35:75)
Helena Wallschlaeger (88th, 28:01:22)
Lillianna Pierce (92nd, 28:46:33)
Isabelle Graham (97th, 29:29:35)
Jaylynn Elliott (100th, 30:20:46)
Kiernan Quinn (104th, 31:11:42)
Norah Tadt (109th, 32:28:75)
Sophia Birtchnall (116th, 35:22:77)

Gowanda’s annual Harvest Heritage Fall Festival, generally referred to as FallFest, is coming up the weekend of September 28 and 29. Along with the annual Scarecrow Contest, the Hollywood Theater will be busy all weekend. Saturday afternoon, September 28 will be a Paracon (paranormal convention) event hosted by Jamestown Paranormal Investigators. On Sunday, the 29th, the Hollywood Theater will have Mike Randall’s “Mark Twain Alive” show.
The most current FallFest information can be found at: http://gowanda-ny.com/fallfest/2024

For 2024, Alumni Weekend in Gowanda will be September 20 to September 22. The full schedule for that weekend can be found at: https://docs.google … n0L7-ICs/mobilebasic

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Senior Winter Rivera plays for the Snake Island Muskees in the Three Nations Senior Lacrosse League. Winter earned MVP of the semifinal game of the Presidents Cup. He scored the team’s last 3 goals including one with 2.9 seconds left to send it to overtime. The Muskees lost in OT. Winter and his teammates play for bronze today.