Gowanda Small Town Times

baseball 20-3
softball 9-8
boys lacrosse 12-3
girls lacrosse 13-4

Tuesday, May 27

baseball vs. Chautauqua Lake
- Sectional Quarter-Finals -
Chautauqua Lake 0 0 0 1 0 | 1
Gowanda 2 5 0 1 3 | 11

Thursday, May 29

baseball vs. Portville
- Sectional Semi-Finals -
Portville 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 | 1
Gowanda 0 0 3 0 2 3 x | 8

track at Section 6 Class D Championship
- at Randolph -
boys
1 st Maple Grove 94
9th Gowanda 27
13th Middle early College
girls
1st C/S/P 155.5
9th Gowanda 25
13th Research Lab 3

Gowanda Top 10 Finishers
boys
Reginald Irion 4th(200m dash, 24.04), 9th(100m dash, 12.04)
Chase Bolen 3rd(1600m run, 4:41.5; 3200m run, 10:30.23)
Maddox Hudson 4th(110m hurdles; long jump, 19-7.25), 5th(high jump, 5-6)
Owen Farner 6th(3000m steeplechase, 11:15.93), 10th(400m hurdles)

girls
Isabella DeGolier 2nd(high jump, 4-11
Rhianna Woods 3rd(100m dash, 13.21), 4th(200m dash, 27.26)
Elizabeth Malek 3rd(100m hurdles, 17.81)
Isabelle Graham 7th(high jump, 4-2
Leona Henhawk 9th(discus, 81-9
Jaylynn Elliott 10th(2000m steeplechase, 9:35.59)
relays
4×100m relay team 6th, 54.99
4×400m relay team 9th, 5:07.32

Saturday, May 31

baseball vs. Frewsburg
- at Hamburg - Sectional Class C Semi-Final -
Gowanda 3, Frewsburg 0
Gowanda 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 | 3
Frewsburg 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0

The Section 6 Class C Final was held on May 31, 2025. Rainy weather in the 50s caused the game to be moved from Diethrick Park to Hamburg High School which had an artificial surface on their field. Despite the weather, the game started, on schedule, at 11 a.m. Gowanda, as #2 seed, played the visitors role against #1 Frewsburg.

After securing an initial out, the Frewburg pitcher walked the next four Gowanda batters. That scored Kyan Austin and gave Jaden Fish a walk-in RBI for Gowanda. A meeting on the mound followed. At the conclusion of that, the officials sent the game into rain delay.

It was an hour later, just after noon, when the game resumed. With the bases still loaded from previous play, Gowanda’s Drew Kota brought Carter Capozzi home while being thrown out at 1st base. A third out followed and Gowanda had a 2-1 lead that lasted through the 3rd inning.

Gowanda’s lead-off batter in the 4th inning was Jaden Fish. He smashed the ball down the 3rd base line just over the 3rd baseman’s reach for a single. A Madden Lay ground ball into center field eventually brought Fish home. That would be the last run scored in the game.

Pitching for Gowanda was Blake Herman who had a nearly flawless day. He gave up no walks on the day while retiring Frewburg batters 1-2-3 in order in every inning except for the 4th, giving up a double to Frewsburg’s second batter in the inning.

When it was all over, Gowanda had a 3-0 win and a Section 6, Class C Championship. Next up for Gowanda is the Far West Regional game at 11 a.m. on June 7 against the Section V champion at Dwyer Stadium in Batavia.