Gowanda Small Town Times

WNY P-TECH in Dunkirk and CAM P-TECH in Springville have announced their High Honor/Honor/Merit Roll lists for the third quarter of 2025. Several Gowanda students were among the honorees as lited below.

WNY P-TECH

HIGH HONOR ROLL

Seamus Matwijow

MERIT ROLL

Max Hansen-Ivett and Leona Henhawk

CAM P-TECH

HONOR ROLL

Cashis Montour

MERIT ROLL

Gregory Reid, Sullivan Griffith, Bentley Turner, Landyn Barrett

The Gowanda Varsity boys lacrosse team took on Salamanca at Hillis Field on April 30. After Salamanca landed the 1st goal, the score would be tied at 1-1 through 5-5 before Gowanda pulled into an 8-6 lead by halftime. Salamanca outscored Gowanda 4-1 in the 3rd quarter to move back in front 10-9. Each team would add a pair of goals in the final quarter with Gowanda’s final goal coming with 15 seconds left in the game. Gowanda, unable to control the final face-off, fell one goal short 11-12.

Ha’tsihgahdo:d Stevens (#88) lines up the shot that tied the score at 1-1.

Randall John (#14) sets up the shot that narrowed the Salamanca lead to 7-5 with 3:53 left in the 1st half.

Winter Rivera (#26) works his way around a Salamanca defender early in the 3rd quarter. Also seen is Jessup Stevens (#84).

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.