Gowanda Small Town Times

In June, WNY P-TECH held their Senior Advancement ceremony at Dunkirk Senior High School. Two GCS Seniors were recognized:

*Seamus Matwijow, who is pursuing an associate’s degree in Mechanical Technology – Design

* Max Hansen-Ivett, who is continuing work as a welder at Dunkirk Metal Products

Additionally, Ivett was one of two students to be awarded a Wyatt Butcher Memorial Scholarships. That award is given out in memory of a former WNY P-TECH student.

Gowanda High school has now released the Honor Roll lists for their final quarter of the recently finished school year. This included both on-site students and those at P-Tech.

High Honor Roll (average of 95 and higher)

Grade 9: Sophia Birtchnall, Jackson Cook, Serena Darling, Colton Davis, Isabella Gill, Alexander Hammond, Bella Maines, Tauni Ondus, Jocelyn Schuster, Taylor Tussing, Gavin Whitcher, Rylee Yasurek.

Grade 10: Mallory Berndt, Corrine Burch, Isabella DeGolier, Zachary Hojnacki, Aliza Jimerson, Drew Kota, Richard Kuras, McKoy Luce, Malayna Pawlak, Savannah Smith, Cree Vogtli, Jeffrey Whipple Jr.

Grade 11: Isabelle Graham, Patricia Griffith, Santino Jefferlone, Corrina John, Darcy Kennedy, Addison Kota, Noah Lauer, Maddison Smith, Helena Wallschlaeger.

Grade 12: Chase Bolen, Molly Bowers, Holland Browning, Gracie Eddy, Natalia Elliott, Caitlyn Gangi, Jillian Gernatt, Devan Giambrone, Kayte Harrington, Lauren Kelly, Tessa Kohn, Lily Nuwer, Alyssa Ruzycki, Brayden Smith, Sydney Smith, Demetra Spire, Charlynn Ulmer, Hannah Valentine.

Honor Roll (average of 90-94)

Grade 9: Zoe Bartlett, Grant Berry, Sophia Bobseine, Envy Cross, Sierra Darling, Daniel Hawley Jr., Tristin Luther, Addisyn Phair, Norah Tadt.

Grade 10: Kyan Austin, Molly Bettker, Robert Dalimonte, Jayden Fish, Emmarie Gillen, Jenna Luther, Eliza Pound, Aubrey Smuda, Nicholas Smuda, Ava-Carmella Valone, Tayleigh Williams.

Grade 11: Brendin Diebel, Lexi Farley, Marcus Gamble, Seth Geiger, Benjamin Goller, Hayleigh Hooper, Danielle Miller, Presten Shultz, Alanson Stafford, Lucas Washy.

Grade 12: Marissa Beaver, Jaylynn Elliott, Cole Gabel, Alyssa Golden, Blake Herman, Danielle Krajewski, Mia Maines, Cheyanna Pasternack, Connor Ribblett, Logan Ruff, Ty Van Wey, Olivia Wampler, Landon White, Conner Wilson.

Merit Roll (average of 85-89)

Grade 9: Mackenzie Breedlove, Brielle Crowell, Harley Emery, Ainsley Horth, Jarek Howard, Cora Luther, Caroline Schindler, Kaela VanNote.

Grade 10: Jaycee Bailey, Caden Dean, Nathan Hooper, Kyra-mae Hurley, Simone Kramer, Sonny Kramer, Alana Muenzer, Alexander Pire, Kiernan Quinn, William Tighe.

Grade 11: Colin Barnes, Lukas Barrett, Brair Bartlett, Aiden Carroll, Benjamin Davis, Jules Hageman,Makayla Kraft, Savayah Long, Elizabeth Malek, Winter Mentley-Peters, Isabella Pingitore, Lilah Smith, Christopher Timm, KaeVii Yasurek.

Grade 12: Molly Booth, Lexie Fort, Zayne Laskey, Kierra Moses, Owen Pfaffenbach, Keaton Seneca, Mason Wilson.

WNY P-TECH in Dunkirk

High Honor Roll: Seamus Matwijow.

Merit Roll: Leona Henhawk.

CAM P-TECH in Springville

Honor Roll: Cashis Montour.

Merit Roll: Gregory Reid and Bentley Turner.

The Gowanda Middle School has released the Honor Roll lists for the 4th quarter of the recently completed school year. Those names are as follows:

High Honor Roll (average of 95-100)

Grade 5: Madison Booth, Carter Collins, Addison Gleason, Carter Nobles, Bryson Olszewski, Aidrick Pagan, Adam Ruzycki, Hector Vargas-Khawam, Milo Williams, Patrick Yohe.

Grade 6: Mason Gernatt and Alexis Hojnacki.

Grade 7: Delilah Goodemote, Dominik Griffo, Scarlett John, Anyistin MacLeod, Zayley Nephew, Arian Rice, Harmony Spielman, MacKenzie York.

Grade 8: Alexandra Barnes, Madison Bortel, Memphis Clark, Alayna Fish, Colton Gernatt, Kaitlyn Kelly, Casen Lemke, Memphis Stevens.

Honor Roll (average of 90-94.99)

Grade 5: Liam Boyd, Lacey Davis, Kiley Denea, Michael Freeman, Jr., John Frantz, IV, Tessa Gagliardo,Chase Gallivan, Everett Gernatt, LeRoy Henhawk II, Jackson Hirschman, Eleanor John, Cole Jurgielewicz, Kambria Kennedy, Kiera LeBeau, Brayden Marsh, Odin McMahon, Anamaii Miller, Alyna Neamon, Henry Patterson, Layla Pingitore, Brynn Renowden, Jace Sanchez, Emma Schuster, Addison Schwerk, Michaela Sprague, Aaliyah Sundown.

Grade 6: Avery Birtchnall, Rinoa Bolen, Avi Braley, Alessandra Castellano, Izabella Dubiel, Onnah Galati, Lyncoln Gier, Jag Gill, Aubrey Hedges, Ross Hider, JoRiah John, Ryland Lemke, Savannah Maloney, Lucas Moritz, Malachai Olrogg,Lilah Reid, Stella Reid, LilliAunna Reiller, Sophia Reska, Loki Satterfield, Jackson Shaw, Colton Shull,Sadie Stevens, Raelynn Taber, Kendra Tomczak, Jeremiah Weber.

Grade 7: Cael Austin, Tyler Bettker, Grace Carson, Rowen Liskow, Lyla Plandowski, Sophee Seneca, Chloe Shull, Kayella Smoke.

Grade 8: KC Blasdell, Lilly Gaskins, Elliott Graham, Patrick Kennedy, Aiden Ovitt, Isabella Reese, Noella Reska, Gabriel Snyder, Dane Taber, Madden Wallschlaeger, Jonah Wampler.

Merit Roll (average of 85-89.99)

Grade 5: Carson Barrett, Blake Booth, Hunter Burdic,Charlotte Cook, Lola Cook, Nolan Cook, Gary Edmunds, Elvira Faraci, Kierra Gier, Nathaniel Grekulak Jr., Realynn Harvey, Ariah Isaac, Christopher Jones, Lillian Kehr, Kaiden McLaughlin, Xylinia Mitchell, Emma Mohawk, Kendall Morrison, Audrey Mullins, Tristen Namlik, Amelia Ovitt, Sopheyah Pfaffenbach, Brianna Pope, Arraya Rice Renaldo, Zachary Salzman, Oakley Snyder, Leilene Stevens, Lyla Stevens, Trevor Tripi, Xander Zybert.

Grade 6: Serenity Davis, Aubrie Eddy, Tenley Howard, Simon Huff, Luke Jones, Riley Kysor, Kingsley Lone, Piper Murdoch, Ashlyn Ortel, Payton Rindfleisch, Halia Rivera, Anna Schindler, Emmett Schindler, Averi Thompson, Alayna Tussing, Daphne Towguns, Liam VanAernam, Andrew Wheat, Madelyn Wurst.

Grade 7: EmmaMarie Barrett, Clarae Beaver, Sophia Blasak, Mayson Chmielewski, Gabriel Cortes, Wyatt Dean, Sophia DeGolier, Adrianna Green, Evelyn John, Noah Mullen, Elise Stevens, Jaeleigh Warrior, Isaiah Weber.

Grade 8: Kalie Bellinger, Tessa Bylbie, Kayla Carr, Raelyn Diebel, Thomas Douglas III, Christopher Hojnacki, Kara Laskey, Steven Melodayo, Alivia Richter, Morgan Ruff, Carter Scott, Bailey Shields, Katerina Teachman, Chenyu Zhou.

On Friday, June 13, the Gowanda Varsity baseball team was at Union-Endicott High School for a Class C Semi-Final game against Deposit-Hancock. D-H came into the game ranked 1st in the state and this always figured to be a very low scoring game. As it happened, the D-H pitcher tossed a 3-hit, 5-strikeout game that allowed just one Gowanda run. Gowanda would have needed a shutout to win. They came close to achieving that with just one 2 RBI single making the difference in the game. During the game D-H had 12 runners on base at one time or another and it took a lot of Gowanda heroics to keep the game close.

Gowanda initially got off to a fast start. Leadoff batter, Blake Herman pounded a shot that hit the pitcher’s leg and bounced all the way back across the 3rd base line into foul territory. Three straight outs followed stranding Herman on the basepath.

Defense prevailed on both sides through four quick innings. In the 3rd inning, D-H opened with a walk and a single. After one out, they had runners on 2nd and 3rd. The runner on 3rd base started for home as the pitch was delivered. The batter took a swing and missed trapping the runner between 3rd and home. That led to a second out. An intentional walk put runners on 1st and 2nd. That set up a third out as the runner on 2nd attempted, and failed, to steal 3rd.

The big inning of the game was the 5th. Jayden Fish opened the inning for Gowanda with a walk. After one out, Seth Geiger added a single to right field that got Fish to 3rd base. Madden Lay followed with an RBI while being thrown out at 1st. That put Gowanda up 1-0 going to the bottom of the inning. The Gowanda momentum was short lived.

Deposit-Hancock answered with a big inning of their own. With two runners on base by a single and a walk, and with one out, a hit to left center field got past two Gowanda players for a 2-RBI single. Gowanda finally closed out the inning with a fly out to center, two intentional walks and a final strikeout.

The one-run deficit would stick as Gowanda was unable to answer. They managed only a Carter Capozzi double in the 6th inning. While Drew Kota was walked in the 7th inning, that only set up a double play that ended the game.

While Gowanda made many impressive plays throughout the game, the fell just short of the flawless game they needed, 2-1

The Gowanda Varsity baseball team will be at Binghamton on Saturday, June 14 for a 7:00 pm semi-finals game. Digital tickets are available for in-person attendance and the game will be streamed on NFHS Network. The school has announced plans for related local pre-game celebration including the Send-Off parade as the team leaves Gowanda just after 4pm on Thursday.