Gowanda Small Town Times

Saturday, December 27

Boys Wrestling at Grand Island

Boys went 5-1 at the Grand Island Dual tournament
53-30 win vs Olean
45-35 Loss to Jamestown
36-33 win vs Grand Island
59-28 win vs Springville
42-35 Win vs Portville
60-11 Win vs Tonawanda
All tournament team (6-0 recrod )
Dane M 103
Nate W 144/50
Jayden F 165

Girls Wrestling at Eden

1st Fredonia 160.5
8th Gowanda 62.5
18th Springville 0.0

Hayleigh Miller [105] 20 points 2nd Place
Brandi Washington [187] 20 points 3rd Place
Raelyn Diebel [109] 12.5 points 4th Place
Sophia Birtchnall [147] 4 points
Kiernan Quinn [167] 3.5 points 4th Place
Alayna Fish [122] 2.5 points

Boys Basketball 2-2

Monday, December 15
at Cattaraugus-Little Valley
Gowanda 47, Cattaraugus-Little Valley 52
Lukas Barrett 3-1-0 9 points
Seth Geiger 4-0-0 8 points
Trelin Warrior 0-2-2/6 8 points
Dalen Stevens 4-0-0 8 points
Aiden Geiger 2-0-½ 5 points
Joseph Fernandes 1-1-0 5 points
Cashis Montour 2-0-0 4 points

Thursday, December 18
vs. Cattaraugus-Little Valley
Gowanda 58, Cattaraugus-Little Valley 49
Seth Geiger 5-2-1/3 17 points
Trelin Warrior 4-2-0 14 points
Cashis Montour 0-2-2/2 8 points
Dalen Stevens 3-0-0 6 points
Lukas Barrett 1-1-0- 5 points
Aiden Geiger 2-0-0 4 points
Joseph Fernandes 1-0-0 2 points

Girls Basketball 0-4

Tuesday, December 16
vs. Ellicottville
Gowanda 35, Ellicottville 67
- no stats available -

Thursday, December 18
at Cattaraugus-Little Valley
- canceled -

Bowling Boys 1-0; girls 1-0

Tuesday, December 16
at Hinsdale
boys
Gowanda 4, Hinsdale 0
825-516/928-579/1002-503|2755-1598
Nicholas Smuda 183-168-195/546
Zachary Hojnacki 140-177-225/542
Gavin Whitcher 154-169-165/488
Morgan Ruff 1125-173-180/478
Rowen Liskow 143-114-135/392
Jackson Cook x-127-102/229
Gabriel Snyder 80-x-x/80

girls
Gowanda 3, Hinsdale 1
658-717/701-621/778-585|2137-1923
Aubrey Smuda 133-143-174/450
Bailey Shields 124-153-161/438
Lyla Plandowski 132-117-127/376
Lila Pfaffenbach 88-106-105/299
Ryland Lemke x/110-84/194
Layla Weiskerger 89-x-127/216
Sophee Seneca 92-72-x/164

Wednesday, December 17
at Franklinville
- moved to January 12 -

Wrestling

Friday/Saturday, December 19/20
Linda C. Knuutila Memorial Wrestling Tournament
at SUNY Niagara Sanborn, NY
Boys
1st Chautauqua Lake/Westfield/Panama 233
13th Gowanda 84
41st Warsaw 0
Scoring points for Gowanda boys
Nathan Warrior [150] 24.5
Jayden John [285] 15.0
Jayden Fish [165] 14.5
Winter Mentley-Peters [175] 11.0
Dane McNaughton [103] 7.0
Cayden Redford [157] 6.0
Maddox Hudson [190] 6.0
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Girls
1st Chautauqua Lake 210.5
16th Gowanda 48.0
30th St. Mary’s 0.0
Scoring points for Gowanda girls
Kiernan Quinn [165] 24.0 points
Raelyn Diebel [107] 8.5 points
Sophia Birtchnall [145] 7.0 points
Leona Henhawk [138] 6.0 points
Hayleigh Miller [107] 2.5 points

Boys Basketball 0-1

Friday, December 5
at Springville
Gowanda 64, Spingville 66
- stats not available -

Girls Basketball 0-2

Tuesday, December 2
at Westfield
Gowanda 40, Westfield 57
- no stats reported -

Thursday, December 4
at Franklinville
Gowanda 53, Franklinville 64
- no stats reported -

Saturday, December 6
at Dunkirk
- no report -

Wrestling

Friday/Saturday, December 5&6
St. Francis Duals
1st St. Francis ‘A’
5th Gowanda
9th St. Francis ‘B’

Match #1 Round 1

Gowanda defeated Lackawanna 52-26

103 - Dane McNaughton (Gowanda) over Waseem Alomari (Lackawanna) Fall 1:53
110 - Dominik Griffo (Gowanda) over Yahya Mohsen (Lackawanna) Maj 20-11
118 - Hayleigh Miller (Gowanda) over Unknown (Unattached) Forf
126 - Raydon Abdallah (Lackawanna) over Aiden Ovitt (Gowanda) Fall 0:36
132 - Rashed Ahmed (Lackawanna) over Roberto Martinez (Gowanda) TF 16-1
138 - Mostafa Tawoza (Lackawanna) over Brendin Diebel (Gowanda) Dec 10-8
144 - Abdulhamid Albaneh (Lackawanna) over Unknown (Unattached) Forf
150 - Nathan Warrior (Gowanda) over Sincere Turner (Lackawanna) Fall 0:21
157 - Cayden Redford (Gowanda) over Musa Ahmed (Lackawanna) Fall 1:25
165 - Abdelraheem Alajji (Lackawanna) over Elliott Graham (Gowanda) Fall 1:56
175 - Winter Mentley-Peters (Gowanda) over Khalid Alkadi (Lackawanna) Fall 0:30
190 - Cameron Howard (Gowanda) over Unknown (Unattached) Forf
215 - Isaiah Washington (Gowanda) over Aboubaka Balde (Lackawanna) Fall 2:37
285 - Jayden John (Gowanda) over Josiah Rosado Roman (Lackawanna) Fall 0:36

Match #2 Round 2

Eden defeated Gowanda 42-36

110 - Mason DellaPenta (Eden) over Dominik Griffo (Gowanda) Fall 0:57
118 - Jamie Green (Eden) over Hayleigh Miller (Gowanda) Fall 1:42
126 - Troy DellaPenta (Eden) over Aiden Ovitt (Gowanda) Fall 0:35
132 - Vincent Colantino (Eden) over Roberto Martinez (Gowanda) Fall 1:20
138 - Ruger Pastwik (Eden) over Brendin Diebel (Gowanda) Fall 0:27
144 - Nathan Warrior (Gowanda) over Mason Pastwik (Eden) Fall 1:07
150 - Double Forfeit
157 - Trevor DellaPenta (Eden) over Cayden Redford (Gowanda) Fall 1:15
165 - Bryce DellaPenta (Eden) over Elliott Graham (Gowanda) Fall 0:50
175 - Winter Mentley-Peters (Gowanda) over Garrett Schmitt (Eden) Fall 4:07
190 - Cameron Howard (Gowanda) over Unknown (Unattached) Forf
215 - Isaiah Washington (Gowanda) over Unknown (Unattached) Forf
285 - Jayden John (Gowanda) over Trent Moesch-Marciniak (Eden) Fall 0:54
103 - Dane McNaughton (Gowanda) over Tyler DellaPenta (Eden) Fall 2:30

Match #3 Round 3

Gowanda defeated St. Francis B 56-18

118 - Ali Hamideh (St. Francis B) over Dominik Griffo (Gowanda) Fall 0:31
126 - Cameron Wiepert (St. Francis B) over Aiden Ovitt (Gowanda) Fall 0:32
132 - Roberto Martinez (Gowanda) over Chris Michalek (St. Francis B) Fall 0:31
138 - Brendin Diebel (Gowanda) over Jack Hannon (St. Francis B) Fall 1:01
144 - Nathan Warrior (Gowanda) over Oskar Doerflein (St. Francis B) Fall 1:07
150 - Sonny Martinez (St. Francis B) over Unknown (Unattached) Forf
157 - Cayden Redford (Gowanda) over Brandon Wiepert (St. Francis B) Fall 1:20
165 - Elliott Graham (Gowanda) over Owen Miller (St. Francis B) Maj 10-2
175 - Winter Mentley-Peters (Gowanda) over Samuel Glauser (St. Francis B) Dec 8-5
190 - Cameron Howard (Gowanda) over Dimitrus Jovic (St. Francis B) Dec 7-4
215 - Isaiah Washington (Gowanda) over Unknown (Unattached) Forf
285 - Jayden John (Gowanda) over Unknown (Unattached) Forf
103 - Dane McNaughton (Gowanda) over Brayden Ibowicz (St. Francis B) Maj 14-3
110 - Hayleigh Miller (Gowanda) over Unknown (Unattached) Forf

Match #4 Round 4

Pioneer defeated Gowanda 39-38

126 - Aiden Ovitt (Gowanda) over Unknown (Unattached) Forf
132 - Evan Wright (Pioneer) over Roberto Martinez (Gowanda) Fall 1:07
138 - Brendin Diebel (Gowanda) over Gioni Stampone (Pioneer) Fall 2:40
144 - Nathan Warrior (Gowanda) over Dominic Lavery (Pioneer) Fall 1:43
150 - Levi Eastman (Pioneer) over Unknown (Unattached) Forf
157 - Cayden Redford (Gowanda) over Bostyn Hacket (Pioneer) Dec 5-3
165 - Elliott Graham (Gowanda) over Jacob Smith (Pioneer) Fall 2:56
175 - Winter Mentley-Peters (Gowanda) over Hunter Allen (Pioneer) Fall 4:13
190 - Lukas Boyd (Pioneer) over Cameron Howard (Gowanda) Fall 5:18
215 - Tristan McKerrow (Pioneer) over Isaiah Washington (Gowanda) Fall 2:13
285 - Takota Smith (Pioneer) over Jayden John (Gowanda) Fall 1:48
103 - Dane McNaughton (Gowanda) over Brayden Smith (Pioneer) TF 21-3
110 - Owen Bliss (Pioneer) over Hayleigh Miller (Gowanda) Fall 0:25
118 - Trey Smith (Pioneer) over Dominik Griffo (Gowanda) Dec 15-10

Match #5 Round 5

Gowanda defeated West Seneca W/E 49-29

132 - Jackson Dove (West Seneca W/E) over Roberto Martinez (Gowanda) Fall 4:15
138 - Ty Talty-Reese (West Seneca W/E) over Brendin Diebel (Gowanda) TF 15-0
144 - Sebastian Amoia (West Seneca W/E) over Unknown (Unattached) Forf
150 - Nathan Warrior (Gowanda) over Mykolas Matyjakowski (West Seneca W/E) Maj 13-4
157 - Cayden Redford (Gowanda) over Aiden Lyman (West Seneca W/E) TF 18-3
165 - Elliott Graham (Gowanda) over Jack Bagley (West Seneca W/E) TF 17-0
175 - Winter Mentley-Peters (Gowanda) over Brady Dipalma (West Seneca W/E) TF 15-0
190 - Nicholas Lazaros (West Seneca W/E) over Cameron Howard (Gowanda) Fall 3:18
215 - Isaiah Washington (Gowanda) over Dion Patrick (West Seneca W/E) Fall 0:30
285 - Jayden John (Gowanda) over Lucas King (West Seneca W/E) Fall 0:52
103 - Dane McNaughton (Gowanda) over Brayden Michalski (West Seneca W/E) Fall 2:30
110 - Tyler Bettker (Gowanda) over Unknown (Unattached) Forf
118 - Dominik Griffo (Gowanda) over Unknown (Unattached) Forf
126 - Aaron Lazaros (West Seneca W/E) over Aiden Ovitt (Gowanda) Fall 0:30

Match #6 Round 6

Gowanda received a Bye

Match #7 Round 7

St. Francis A defeated Gowanda 81-0

144 - Kole Haseley (St. Francis A) over Nathan Warrior (Gowanda) Dec 9-7
150 - Joseph Colantino (St. Francis A) over Unknown (Unattached) Forf
157 - Max McCarthy (St. Francis A) over Cayden Redford (Gowanda) Fall 1:05
165 - Griffin LaPlante (St. Francis A) over Elliott Graham (Gowanda) Fall 1:13
175 - Rory White (St. Francis A) over Winter Mentley-Peters (Gowanda) Fall 1:10
190 - Tavio Hoose (St. Francis A) over Cameron Howard (Gowanda) Fall 1:33
215 - Zachary Caldwell (St. Francis A) over Isaiah Washington (Gowanda) Fall 0:59
285 - Dominic Darch (St. Francis A) over Jayden John (Gowanda) Fall 1:29
103 - Jaxson Tocco (St. Francis A) over Dane McNaughton (Gowanda) Fall 1:51
110 - Patrick Winseman (St. Francis A) over Dominik Griffo (Gowanda) Fall 0:47
118 - Tanner Catrabone (St. Francis A) over Unknown (Unattached) Forf
126 - John Winseman (St. Francis A) over Aiden Ovitt (Gowanda) Fall 1:04
132 - Cullen Edwards (St. Francis A) over Roberto Martinez (Gowanda) Fall 1:33
138 - Zakary Massaro (St. Francis A) over Brendin Diebel (Gowanda) Fall 0:50

Match #8 Round 8

Orchard Park defeated Gowanda 48-35

150 - Logan Dauenhauer (Orchard Park) over Unknown (Unattached) Forf
157 - Cayden Redford (Gowanda) over Michael Newson (Orchard Park) Fall 1:18
165 - Landon Shevlin (Orchard Park) over Elliott Graham (Gowanda) Fall 0:31
175 - Winter Mentley-Peters (Gowanda) over Jayden Holliday (Orchard Park) Fall 1:50
190 - Hayden Fox (Orchard Park) over Cameron Howard (Gowanda) Fall 0:34
215 - Isaiah Washington (Gowanda) over Ismail Hamideh (Orchard Park) Fall 1:12
285 - Jayden John (Gowanda) over Grayson Meyers (Orchard Park) Fall 0:43
103 - Michael Ferullo (Orchard Park) over Dane McNaughton (Gowanda) Fall 1:53
110 - Nicolaus Schaller (Orchard Park) over Dominik Griffo (Gowanda) Fall 2:40
118 - Raymond Glinsky (Orchard Park) over Unknown (Unattached) Forf
126 - Jason Facer (Orchard Park) over Aiden Ovitt (Gowanda) Fall 1:19
132 - Jake Gocella (Orchard Park) over Roberto Martinez (Gowanda) Fall 1:09
138 - Brendin Diebel (Gowanda) over Alex Walker (Orchard Park) TF 16-0
144 - Nathan Warrior (Gowanda) over Jacob Herbst (Orchard Park) Fall 2:25

Match #9 Round 9

Gowanda defeated Attica-Batavia 46-30

157 - Memphis McFollins (Attica-Batavia) over Cayden Redford (Gowanda) Fall 5:39
165 - Elliott Graham (Gowanda) over Garrett Pleace (Attica-Batavia) Maj 15-4
175 - Winter Mentley-Peters (Gowanda) over Robert Manko (Attica-Batavia) Fall 1:16
190 - Isaiah Washington (Gowanda) over Shawn Williams (Attica-Batavia) Fall 0:35
215 - Double Forfeit
285 - Jayden John (Gowanda) over Branden Flanagan (Attica-Batavia) Fall 1:09
103 - Dane McNaughton (Gowanda) over Unknown (Unattached) Forf
110 - Tyler Bettker (Gowanda) over Unknown (Unattached) Forf
118 - Dominik Griffo (Gowanda) over Unknown (Unattached) Forf
126 - Blake Donohue (Attica-Batavia) over Aiden Ovitt (Gowanda) Fall 0:17
132 - Preston Bannister (Attica-Batavia) over Roberto Martinez (Gowanda) Fall 0:57
138 - Michael Minter (Attica-Batavia) over Brendin Diebel (Gowanda) Fall 5:07
144 - Nathan Warrior (Gowanda) over Luke Gutman (Attica-Batavia) Fall 0:58
150 - Devre Sanders (Attica-Batavia) over Unknown (Unattached) Forf

Gowanda Middle School has announced the Honor Roll lists for the 1st quarter 2025-26 academic year.

HIGH HONOR ROLL

(average of 95-100)

Grade 5: Wolf Birdtail, Toby Bylbie, Riley Gleason, Kinley McMahon, Brooke Silleman, Kade Taber, Christopher Yohe.

Grade 6: Madison Booth, Chase Gallivan, Addison Gleason, Odin McMahon, Carter Nobles, Bryson Olszewski, Adam Ruzycki, Addison Schwerk, Hector Vargas Khawam, Patrick Yohe.

Grade 7: Aubrie Eddy, Valentia Efler, Mason Gernatt, Aubrey Hedges, Ross Hider, Alexis Hojnacki, Tenley Howard, Sophia Reska, Halia Rivera, Colton Shull.

Grade 8: Delilah Goodemote, Dominik Griffo, Scralett John, Anyistin MacLeod, Arian Rice, Harmony (Mio) Spielman.

HONOR ROLL

(average of 90-94.99)

Grade 5: Emberly Abrams, Malanie Bowles, A’mora Brooks, Jase Bylbie, Sophia Dolina, Jassidy Eddy, Isabella Frantz, Faith Graham, Richard Hosack III, Jayce Hubbard, Lukas Liskow, Blake McIntire, Jeremy Neu Jr., Hunter Pope, Sofia Scott, Caleb Seeley, Gaia Stafford, Amara Storm, Lucia Van Aernam.

Grade 6: Blake Booth, Liam Boyd, Charlotte Cook, Lola Cook, Lacey Davis, Kiley Denea, Ruslin Doxtator, John Frantz IV, Tessa Gagliardo, Everett Gernatt, Nathaniel Grekulak Jr., Lucas Hale Jr., Raelynn Harvey, LeRoy Henhawk II, Jackson Hirschman, Eleanor John, Cole Jurgielewicz, Kaiden McLaughlin, Xylinia Mitchell, Tristen Namlik, Amelia Ovitt, Aidrick Pagan, Brianna Pope, Jace Sanchez, Emma Schuster, Oakley Snyder, Michaela Sprague, Aaliyah Sundown.

Grade 7: Avi Braley, Alessandra Castellano, Serenity Davis, Izabella Dubiel, Onnah Galati, Lyncoln Gier, Jag Gill, Ryland Lemke, Savannah Maloney, Lucas Moritz, Piper Murdoch, Ashlyn Ortel, Lilah Reid, Stella Reid, LilliAunna Reiller, Loki Satterfield, Anna Schindler, Timothy Stafford, Raelynn Taber, Kendra Tomczak,Alayna Tussing, Liam Van Aernam, Jeremiah Weber, Madelyn Wurst.

Grade 8: Tyler Bettker, Grace Carson, Gabriel Cortes, Evelyn John, Rowen Liskow, Zayley Nephew, Sophee Seneca, Zen Spielman, MacKenzie York.

MERIT ROLL

(average of 85-89.99)

Grade 5: Korbin Alexander, Shiloh Elliott, Melvin Escribano, Liyanna Henhawk, Grady Jimerson, Ella Jones, Khloe Kramer, Isaiah McDermott, Jordan Pereira, Justine Printup, Braiden Quinn, Addilynn Rindfleisch, Ezequiel Rodriguez-Cruz, Stephen Spicola, Sydney Stark, Sage Staufenberger, Liam Stetz, Liam Tullos, Jaiden Wampler.

Grade 6: Hunter Burdic, Nolan Cook, Gary Edmunds, Elvira Faraci, Kierra Gier, Ariah Isaac, Christopher Jones,Lillian Kehr, Kambria Kennedy, Kiera LeBeau, Christine Lyons, Daniel Mallaber, Anamaii Miller, Emma Mohawk, Khloe Morrison, Audrey Mullins, Alyna Neamon, Layla Pingitore, Seriyah Reese, Carter Reiller, Zachary Salzman, Colt Scanlan, Nevaeh Schinaman, Leilen Stevens, Lyla Stevens, Trevor Tripi, Milo Williams, Xander Zybert.

Grade 7: Avery Birtchnall, Nathan Carr, Beau Emery, Jaxon Gernatt, Simon Huff, Luke Jones, Kingsley Lone, Dane McNaughton, Malachai Olrogg, Emmett Schindler, Holden Steeprock, Averi Thompson, Liam Tonello, Raven Young.

Grade 8: Cael Austin, Mayson Chmielewski, Noah Mullen, Lyla Plandowski, Chloe Shull, Brycen Warrior, Jaeleigh Warrior, Isaiah Weber.

The Varsity Fall Sports season ended for Gowanda on November 7 at Wilson as the football team took a loss in the Sectional Semi-Finals. An overall strong Gowanda effort was doomed by repeated mistakes at critical times. It was a game that started with Wilson having to kickoff 3 times before the ball landed in bounds. Gowanda then fumbled away the snap on their 1st play of the game. Past that point, Gowanda was stingy on defense most of the time including stopping Wilson on a 4th and goal on the 1. That effort was undercut by occasional missed tackles that turned potential Wilson lost yardage into huge breakaway runs. Similarly, the Gowanda offense was able to move the ball well most of the time only to be set back by drive-ending penalties.

Friday, November 7

Gowanda/Pine Valley Football 7-3

at Wilson
Class D semi-Final
Gowanda 8, Wilson 35
Gowanda 00 0 0 0 | 08
Wilson 13 8 7 7 | 35
Carter Capozzi
3 carries for 48 yards
1 catch for 24 yards
11/25 passing for 106 yards

Winter Mentley-Peters
10 carries for 25 yards; 1 TD
2 catches for 14 yards

Zane Rogers
2 carries for 12 yards

Lukas Barrett
1 carry for 3 yards
0 catches for 19 yards *
1/1 passing for 24 yards [misdirection pass to Carter Capozzi]

Trelin Warrior
4 catches for 51 yards

Reginald Irion
2 catches for 11 yards

Kyan Austin
1 catch for 11 yards

* This is the way the stat is reported on the official [highschoolsports.org] website. No idea what it means.