Gowanda Small Town Times

The Gowanda Varsity girls lacrosse team hosted North Tonawanda on April 28. Gowanda got off to a rough start unable to move play out of their own end for the first several minutes of the opening quarter. With 3:42 left in the period, Lily Scanlan finally got Gowanda on the board. She added the tying goal a minute later. Cadence Luther added the go ahead goal just 16 seconds later giving Gowanda a 3-2 advantage as the quarter ended. Gowanda went on a 5-goal tear in the 2nd quarter taking their lead to 10-2 at halftime. The Gowanda lead was 14-5 going into the final quarter. With 3:38 left in the game, Felicia Scanlan score the final Gowanda goal in the game. The last 4 minutes saw North Tonawanda add a final 3 goals to their tally, the last of those coming with 4 seconds left. That made the final score 17-8.

Cadence Luther (#33) scores late in the 1st quarter to give Gowanda a 3-2 lead.

Felicia Scanlan (#6) scores on a free shot early in the 3rd quarter. Also seen are Ainsley Horth (#17), Cadence Luther (#33) and Envy Cross (#8).

In the 3rd quarter, Lily Scanlan (#4) scores to put Gowanda ahead 13-4. Assist on the goal from Felicia Scanlan (#6).

baseball 6-2
softball 5-2
boys lacrosse 7-1
girls lacrosse 6-1

Tuesday, April 22

softball at Silver Creek
Gowanda 3, Silver Creek 4

track vs. Randolph
boys
Gowanda 50, Randolph 85
girls
Gowanda 61, Randolph 76
Top Gowanda results
boys
Chase Bolen 1st(1600m, 800m; 2:12.3 & 3200m; 11:35.0)
Damien Cedri 1st(100m; 11.5), 2nd(200m)
Maddox Hudson 1st(long jump; 16-10), 2nd high jump)
Reginald Irion 1st(200m; 24.1)
Jeff Whipple 2nd(triple jump, 3rd(long jump)
Cree Vogtli 2nd(400m)
Zachary Hojnacki 2nd(400m hurdles)
Owen Farner 3rd(1600m, 800m & 3200m)
Jackson Cook 3rd(400m)
girls
Octavia Williams 1st(200m; 31.3), 2nd(100m)
Leona Henhawk 1st(800m), 2nd(discus)
Molly Bettker 1st(triple jump; 26-11), 2nd(long jump)
Elizabeth Malek 1st(100m hurdles; 18.2), 3rd(200m)
Raelin Smith 1st(400m hurdles; 1:25.8), 3rd(100m hurdles)
Isabella Degolier 1st(high jump; 4-10), 3rd(400m)
Sydney Smith 1st(shot put; 30-7)
Alyssa Ruzycki 2nd(triple jump), 3rd(long jump)
Degaswined John 3rd(1500m)
Jaylynn Eliott 3rd(400m hurdles)
Malana Pawlak 3rd(800m)
Isabelle Graham 3rd(3000m)
1st - 400m team (Alyssa Ruzycki, Isabella Degolier, Octavia Williams, Elizabeth Malek; 58.4)

Wednesday, April 23

baseball vs. Franklinville
Gowanda 4, Franklinville 1
Franklinville 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 1
Gowanda 0 0 4 0 0 0 x | 4

softball vs. Pine Valley
Gowanda 12, Pine Valley 0
Pine Valley 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0
Gowanda 2 3 1 5 0 1 x | 12

boys lacrosse at Niagara Wheatfield
Gowanda 12, Niagara Wheatfield 14
Gowanda 6 6 | 12
Niagara Wheatfield 6 8 | 14

Thursday, April 24

baseball at Franklinville
Gowanda 3 0 3 1 0 1 0 | 8
Franklinville 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0

girls lacrosse vs. Amherst
Gowanda 8, Amherst 12
Amherst 2 2 5 3 | 12
Gowanda 3 1 1 3 | 8
Envy Cross 2 goals
Lillianna Pierce 2 goals
Karice John 2 goals
Felicia Scanlan 1 goal, 4 assists
Cadence Luther 1 goal
Zoe Bartlett 1 assist

Goaltending
Nina Coulon 5/17

Friday, April 25

softball vs. Brocton
Gowanda 17, Brocton 8
Brocton 0 0 3 0 4 1 0 | 8
Gowanda 2 4 1 4 5 0 1 | 17

track at Dunkirk Invitational
- 21 teams -
boys
1st place Jamestown 94
17th Gowanda 17
20th Fredonia 2
girls
1st East Aurora 188
16th Gowanda 6
18th City Honors 3
Top Gowanda performances
boys
Chase Bolen 1st (1600m, 4:38.18) 5th (3200m 10:32.03)
Owen Farner 6th (3000m steeplechase, 11:37.02)
Maddox Hudson 11th (high jump, 5-4)
girls
Leona Henhawk 6th (discus, 84-0)
Rhianna Woods 7th (100m dash, 13.57) 8th (200m dash, 28.07)
Isabella DegGolier 9th (high jump, 4-6)

Saturday, April 26

boys lacrosse vs. West Seneca West
- cancelled -

The Gowanda Varsity girls lacrosse team hosted Amherst on April 24. Gowanda started out strong taking a 2-0 lead. They finished the 1st quarter up 3-2 with Envy Cross breaking a 2-2 tie with 2:32 left in the period. By halftime, the game was tied 4-4. A strong Amherst 3rd quarter saw them open up a 9-5 advantage over Gowanda. After a questionable Amherst goal to open the final quarter, Gowanda came back strong, but not enough to avoid their first loss, 12-8.

Felicia Scanlan (#6) opens the scoring putting Gowanda up 1-0.

Envy Cross (#8) breaks a 2-2 tie to put Gowanda up 3-2.

In the 2nd quarter, Hannah Valentine (#7) and Malayna Pawlak (#9) chase down an Amherst player. In the background is #23, Zoe Bartlett.

On Wednesday, April 23, the Gowanda Varsity softball team hosted Pine Valley. Gowanda started out fast with Addison Kota (#2) connecting on her first of 3 home runs in the game. That hit also scored Corrina John (#22) as seen below. Kota also pitched a shutout, 12-0.

baseball 4-2
softball 3-1
boys lacrosse 7-0
girls lacrosse 6-0

Monday, April 14

baseball at Maryvale
Gowanda 3, Maryvale 4
Gowanda 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 | 3
Maryvale 0 0 3 1 0 0 x | 4

softball vs. Chautauqua Lake
- cancelled -

Tuesday, April 15

baseball vs. Royalton-Hartland
- no results -

Thursday, April 17

baseball vs. Brocton
Gowanda 9, Brocton 1
Brocton 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 | 1
Gowanda 0 0 6 1 1 1 x | 9

Saturday, April 19

track
Charger Challenge at Cheektowaga [15 teams + Gowanda]
Gowanda Highlight athletes
boys
Damien Cedri 10th 100M Dash 12.34
Winter Mentley-Peters 11th 100M Dash 12.47
4×800M Relay team 3rd 10:03.72
girls
Isabella DeGolier 1st High Jump 4-11
Rhianna Woods 4th 100M dash 13.99
4×100M Shuttle Hurdle Relay team 4th 1:29.69
4×200M Relay team 5th 2:05.72
4×800M Relay team 4th 13:58.51

trap team Week 1
This week, despite uncooperative weather, the Gowanda High School Trap Team achieved some notable results. Here are the top five performances for the week, as well as one personal best
Maddison Smith 24
Zayne Laskey 24
Zach Stark 24
Tessa Bylbie 22
Gavin Whitcher 22
Chris Hojnacki shot a personal best of a 21 out of 25.