Gowanda Small Town Times

On Saturday, September 6, Gowanda’s Cross Country team was at Bemus Point for the Red Dragon Invitational. Gowanda was one of 27 large and small schools attending the event.

Among the 10 small schools, the Gowanda girls finished 7th with a score of 138. The top team was Maple Grove with 43, CLV was in 10th place with 266. Among 91 runners, Gowanda had three girls in the top 25. They were Hayleigh Miller (15th), Raelyn Diebel (21st) and Alivia Richter (23rd).

The Gowanda boys competed as an incomplete team of only four runners, one short of the five needed to figure into the scoring. In a field of 67 runners in the boys race, Gowanda had one, Brendin Diebel, who made the Top 25 at 22nd Place. Gowanda’s Gabe Snyder finished in the top half in 31st Place.

Monday, September 1 - Labor day

Gowanda/Pine Valley Football 1-0

Friday, September 5
at Akron
Gowanda 33, Akron 20
Akron 14/ 0/ 0/ 6 | 20
Gowanda 6/ 8/ 6/13 | 33
Winter Mentley-Peters
19 carries for 142 yards / 2 TD
5 catches for 10 yards

Cayden Redford
5 carries for 23 yards

Zane Rogers
4 carries for 10 yards
1 catch for 6 yards

Kyan Austin
11 catches for 133 yards / 2 TD

Lukas Barrett
2 catches for 35 yards / 1 TD

Carter Capozzi
21/33 completions for 201 yards / 3 TD

Gowanda Volleyball 2-0

Wednesday, September 3
at West Valley/Franklinville
Gowanda 3, West Valley 0
25-18/25-12/25-7
Corrina John 10 kills, 1 block
Addison Kota 7 kills, 3 digs, 4 aces
Envy Cross 4 kills, 1 block, 1 ace
Maleina Moses 3 kills, 2 digs, 8 aces
Bella Maines 2 kills, 19 assists, 3 digs, 2 aces
Lilliana Pierce 2 kills, 1 assist, 2 blocks
Evalene John 1 kill, 1 ace
Molly Bettker 1 dig, 2 aces
Lily Bailey 2 assists
Ainsley Horth 2 digs
Aubrey Smuda 3 digs

Friday, September 5
vs. North Collins [non-league]
Gowanda 3, North Collins 0
25-6/25-12/25-22
Maleina Moses 7 kills, 2 aces
Corrina John 6 kills, 1block, 4 aces
Lilliana Pierce 6 kills, 1 dig, 1 ace
Envy Cross 4 kills, 1 block, 2 aces
Addison Kota 4 kills, 12 assists, 2 digs, 1 ace
Bella Maines 23 assists, 2 digs
Molly Bettker 4 aces
Ainsley Horth 2 digs
Evalene John 6 digs
Aubrey Smuda 3 digs

Pine Valley/Gowanda Boys Soccer 0-2

Wednesday, September 3
vs. Maple Grove [non-league]
Pine Valley 0, Maple Grove 8

Friday, September 5
vs. North Collins [non-league]
Pine Valley 0, North Collins 3

Pine Valley/Gowanda Girls Soccer 0-2

Tuesday, September 2
vs. Dunkirk
Pine Valley 0, Dunkirk 6

While we haven’t quite made it to Labor Day, the first preliminary contests for the high school Fall sports season are on the horizon. Leading the way will be the Pine Valley/Gowanda Varsity girls soccer team who will face Silver Creek at 10 am on Friday, August 29. This first action of the Fall season will take place on the team’s home field at Pine Valley.

The next day, Saturday, August 30, Gowanda’s Varsity volleyball and football teams will both see their first pre-season action. Volleyball will be at Falconer at 8 am and football will be at Springville for a 5:30 pm game.

None of the Gowanda Fall Varsity sports teams will see any home action in Gowanda until Friday, September 5, when the Gowanda Varsity volleyball team will host North Collins at 6:30 pm.

Jamestown Community College recently announced Dean’s List honors for full-time high school students enrolled part-time in college courses for the 2024/25 Fall and Spring terms. To be eligible, students must achieve a minimum GPA of 3.50 or better while enrolled in at least 12 degree credits.

One recent GCS graduate, Jillian Gernatt, was named to the list for the Fall 2024 term. Gernatt was also the Gowanda Class of 2025 Valedictorian.

CAM P-TECH (Springville) and WNY P-TECH (Dunkirk) 4th quarter Honor Roll lists have been released for the recently completed school year. The P-TECH centers are both part of Erie 2-Chautauqua-Cattaraugus BOCES. Several Gowanda students were included on those lists.

They include:

* Cashis Montour [CAM P-TECH Honor Roll]

* Gregory Reid [CAM P-TECH Merit Roll]

* Bentley Turner [CAM P-TECH Merit Roll]

* Seamus Matwijow [WNY P-TECH High Honor Roll]

* Leona Henhawk [WNY P-TECH Merit Roll]