Gowanda Small Town Times

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

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[photo: Gowanda quarterback Carter Capozzi (#2) takes off running with the ball accompanied by Camryn Slade (#33) during a Friday 13th home game against Cattaraugus-Little Valley]

The Gowanda Varsity football team celebrated the 2024 home opener on September 13 with a “Blackout Game” theme night. The Gowanda fans were asked to wear black on that Friday the 13th night. In the end Gowanda came out on top 46-6. Before the game Cattaraugus coach, and Gowanda graduate, Mark Benton was acknowledged and some of his high school achievements were recounted.

The first quarter of the game was indeed a Friday the 13th horror show for Cattaraugus. Everything that could go wrong did go wrong. In their first series, the Cattaraugus quarterback was rolling out to his left on a 4th and 3 on their 33 with a pair of Gowanda defenders in hot pursuit. Without being touched, the quarterback dropped the ball, which was recovered by Gowanda on the Cattaraugus 21.

The next Cattaraugus drive ended with a 4th and 19 punt that Gowanda returned for a touchdown. Early in the 2nd quarter, after a Gowanda score that boosted their total to 34-0, a low Gowanda kickoff hit a Cattaraugus lineman directly in the chest sending it straight back at the Gowanda kicker for an easy recovery. The Cattaraugus team had issues all through the 1st half with the Gowanda defense constantly in their backfield. At halftime, Gowanda held a comfortable 34-6 lead with the only Cattaraugus points in the game coming with 26 seconds left in the half.

It was mostly a matter of coasting from there while taking advantage of opportunities that came along. Gowanda’s last drive ended on a 4th and goal play on the Cattaraugus 18. The Gowanda fake field goal/run turned the ball back over to Cattaraugus on the 6. They were only as far as the 9 as time ran out in the game with 46-6 showing on the scoreboard.

Gowanda quarterback, Carter Capozzi (pictured above) completed 11 of 20 passes for 176 yards and 4 touchdowns. He also carried the ball twice, once for 8 yards and a second time for 56 yards.

The rest of the Gowanda rushing stats include:
Camryn Slade - 7 Carries, 52 Yards, Longest 31 yards
Zane Rogers - 7 Carries, 73 Yards, Longest 65 yards
Greg Reid - 6 Carries, 23 Yards, Longest 12 yards
Brayden Smith - 3 Carries, 82 Yards, Longest 36 yards,1 TD
Jayden Fish - 2 Carries, 10 Yards, Longest 12 yards
Damien Cedri - 1 Carries, 8 Yards, Longest 8 yards, 1 TD
Mason Wilson - 1 Carries, 3 Yards, Longest 3 yards, 1 TD
Winter Mentley-Peters - 1 Carries, 15 Yards, Longest 15 yards

Gowanda receiving stats include:
Brayden Smith - 3 Receptions, 35 Yards, Longest 14 yards, 2 TDs
Reginald Irion - 3 Carries, 36 Yards
Winter Rivera - 2 Carries, 17 Yards, Longest 9 yards, 1 TD
Kyan Austin - 2 Carries, 19 Yards, Longest 10 yards
Winter Mentley-Peters - 1 Carry 69 Yards 1 TD

The Gowanda boys and girls Cross Country teams were at Fredonia on Tuesday, September 10. Both groups finished in 1st Place as a team. The boys had a team score of 28 followed by Fredonia (44), Falconer/Cassadaga Valley (68) and Salamanca (90). Individually, five Gowanda boys finished in the Top 10. They were Chase Bolen (1st,17:37), Cashis Montour (3rd), Dustin Mohawk (5th), Joseph Fernandes (7th) and Aiden George (10th).
The Gowanda girls had a team score of 25 followed by Fredonia (44) and Falcomer/Cassadaga Valley (59). Salamanca was incomplete. Individually, Gowanda placed four girls in the Top 10. They were Rhianna Woods (3rd), Gus John (4th), Karice John (5th) and Lilly Pierce (9th).

The Pine Valley/Gowanda Varsity girls soccer team was at Ellicottville on Tuesday, September 10. The team took an 8-0 loss giving up four goals in each half of play. In goal for Pine Valley/Gowanda for 75 of 80 minutes, Destiny Lindquist stopped 26 of the 32 Ellicottville shots on goal. Taylor Yoder was in goal for the remaining five minutes shopping 4 of 6 shots. The Ellicottville goal tender had an easy day facing only two shots all game.

The girls team hosted Franklinville on Thursday, September 12. A 1st half goal by Sarah Kruszka gave Pine Valley/Gowanda a 1-0 early lead. Julianna Yasurek was credited with an assist on the score.
Destiny Lindquist in goal for Pine Valley stopped all 11 shots on goal she faced to secure the shutout win.

The Pine Valley/Gowanda Varsity boys soccer team hosted Ellicottville on Wednesday, September 11. Hayden Chase scored Pine Valley/Gowanda’s only goal with a minute left in the 1st half. Andres Morillas was credited with an assist on the goal. The goal made the score 1-6 at the half. Three additional 2nd half Ellicottville goals took the final score to 1-9.

After a year without Gowanda girls participating in swim competition, Gowanda girls are back swimming with the Eden Varsity swimming team. The following Gowanda girls are reportedly included: Lilaeve Jankowski (Freshman), Danielle Krajewski (Senior) and Kaevil Yasurek (Junior). The Eden swim team hosted Maryvale on Thursday, September 12, coing away with a 86-46 victory.

Individual Eden results
1st Mia Scott - 4 gold (50 Freestyle/27.94, 1M diving/170.80 pts., 200 Medley Relay team and 200 Freestyle Relay team) for 12 pts.
3rd Brynn Mikac - 3 gold (500 Freestyle/7:21.77, 200 Medley Relay team and 200 Freestyle Relay team) and 1 silver(100 Breaststroke/1:33.26) for 10 points
4th Abby Laverdi - 2 gold (200 Freestyle/2:33.58 & 200 Medley Relay team) and 1 silver (50 Freestyle/30.26) for 10 points
6th Kay Lindstrom - 3 gold (100 Freestyle/1:07.61, 200 & 400 Freestyle Relay teams) for 8 points
7th Lilaeve Jankowski - 2 gold (100 Backstroke/1:39.28 & 400 Freestyle relay team) for 8 points; She also was 4th in the100 Freestyle with a time of 1:20.24, just 0:01.26 off the 3rd Place time.
9th Kaevil Yasurek - 1 gold (400 Freestyle relay team) and 2 bronze (200 Freestyle/3:05.02 & 100 Breaststroke/1:43.09) for 6 points
10th Sienna Miller - 2 gold (200 Medley & 200 Freestyle Relay teams) and 1 silver (100 Freestyle/1:10.58) for 4 points
11th Tessa Dzubella - 1 gold (400 Freestyle Relay team) and 1 silver (100 Backstroke/1:49.75) for 4 points