Gowanda Small Town Times

girls lacrosse vs. Depew
Gowanda 29, Depew 1
Depew 1 0 0 0 | 29
Gowanda 13 4 5 7 | 1

Lily Scanlan 5 goals, 12 assists
Felicia Scanlan 5 goals, 4 assists
Cadence Luther 4 goals, 2 assists
Isabella Gill 3 goals
Karice John 3 goals
Envy Cross 3 goals
Ainsley Horth 2 goals
Hannah Valentine 1 goal
Kiona Isaac 1 goal
Cora Luther 1 goal
Lilliana Pierce 1 goal

photo - In the closing seconds of the December 17 boys basketball game hosting Cleveland Hill Gowanda’s Seth Geiger scored to break a 58-all tie. The photo above is the fouls shot that followed putting Gowanda up 61-58.

Monday, December 16

Girls Basketball vs. Frewsburg
Gowanda 29, Frewsburg 87
Lauren Kelly 11 points
Corrina John 7 points, 2-3pt
Karice John 4 points 1-3pt
Shia Lindgren 3 points, 1-3pt
Addison Kota 2 points
Lily Scanlan 2 points

Bowling vs. Cattaraugus-Little Valley
Boys
Gowanda 4, Cattaraugus 0
1023-741/1067-671/898-658|2988-2070
Drezden Spire 215-233-180|628
Morgan Ruff 151-247-158/556
Gavin Whitcher 180-156-151|487
Rowen Liskow 157-165-142|464
Nicholas Smuda 163-145-136/444
Zachary Hojnacki 157-121-X
Aiden Grey X-X-131
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Girls
Gowanda 4, Cattaraugus 0
697-675/755-633/760-601|2212-1909
Bailey Shields 139-150-155/444
Aubrey Smuda 118-136-184/438
Lila Pfaffenbach 118-153-124/395
Tayleigh Williams 126-132-117/375
Natalia Elliott X-98-84
Sophee Seneca 98-X-96
Emma Golden 98-86-X

Tuesday, December 17

Boys Basketball vs. Cleveland Hill
Gowanda 61, Cleveland Hill 58
Logan Ruff 22 points, 2-3pt
Trelin Warrior 16 points, 2-3pt
Winter Rivera 10 points
Seth Geiger 6 points
Blake Herman 5 points
Cashis Montour 2 points

Wednesday, December 18

Girls Basketball at Westfield
Gowanda 24, Westfield 53
Corina John 7 points; 2-3pt
Lauren Kelly 7 points
Jules Hageman 4 points
Addison Kota 3 points; 1-3pt
Isabelle Graham 2 points
Karice John 1 point

Wrestling vs. Maple Grove
Gowanda 53, Maple Grove 21
131: Greg Reid (G) pinned Maddox Lombardo, 1:41.
138: Cayden Redford (G) pinned Alex Caldwell, 3:31.
145: Jaxon Kraft (MG) over Nathan Warrior, 15-9.
152: Jayden Fish (G) pinned Matthew Ashbaugh, 3:01.
160: Nate Tomlinson (MG) pinned Winter Mentley-Peters, 4:37.
170: Maddox Hudson (G) pinned Nick Tomlinson, 1:21.
190: Isaiah Washington (G) pinned Ezekiel Padd, 2:51.
215: Brody Mescall (G) by forfeit.
285: Alanson Stafford (G) pinned Simon Dominick, :28.
101: Dominik Griffo (G) by forfeit.
108: Mason Samuelson (MG) pinned Raelyn Diebel, 3:47.
116: Dominic Danielson (MG) pinned Zach Stark, 2:41.
124: Owen Pfaffenbach (G) over Lulus Andriaccio, 17-0 technical fall (1:27)

Thursday, December 19

Boys Basketball vs. Springville
Gowanda 67, Springville 53
Logan Ruff 26 points; 2-3pt
Trelin Warrior 23 points; 2-3pt
Blake Herman 5 points
Winter Rivera 4 points
Lukas Barrett 3 points; 1-3pt
Cashis Montour 3 points; 1-3pt
Seth Geiger 3 points

Saturday, December 21

Girls Basketball vs Franklinville
Gowanda 29, Franklinville 45
Corrina John 11 points; 1-3pt
Addison Kota 9 points; 1-3pt
Lauren Kelly 4 points
Karice John 3 points; 1-3pt
Jules Hageman 2 points

Monday, December 9

Boys Basketball vs. Eden [non-league]
Gowanda 66, Eden 77
Seth Geiger 17 points
Logan Ruff 16 points
Trelin Warrior 15 points

Girls Basketball West Valley
Gowanda 59, West Valley 7
Corrina John 27 points
Karice John 9 points
Addison Kota 5 points [1-3pt]
Lily Scanlan 5 points
Lauren Kelly 5 points
Shia Lindgren 3 points [1-3pt]
Marissa 2 points
Isabel Graham 2 points
Nina Coulon 2 points

Tuesday, December 10

Bowling vs. Salamanca
Boys
Gowanda 4, Salamanca 0
799-694/1005-749/944-772|2748-2215
Nicholas Smuda 158-200-198/556
Drezden Spire 145-225-145/515
Gavin Whitcher 134-159-170/463
Morgan Ruff 157-151-143/451
Zachary Hojnacki 94-158-153/405
Aiden Gray 111-x-135
Rowen Liskow x-112-x
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Girls
Gowanda 4, Salmanca 0
773-964/827-700/759-697|2359-2091
Aubrey Smuda 159-170-179/508
Bailey Shields 162-173-145/480
Lila Pfaffenbach 134-138-114/386
Sophee Seneca 95-149-115/359
Natalia Elliott 111-109-89/308

Boys Wrestling at Salamanca
- changed to 12/12 at Gowanda -

Thursday, December 12 [Gowanda closed - Snow Day]

Boys Wrestling vs. Salamanca
- no status reported -

Girls Wrestling vs Frewsburg
- no status reported -

Friday, December 13 [Gowanda closed - Snow Day]

Boys Basketball vs. Panama [non-league]
- postponed / snow day -

Girls Basketball at Cattaraugus/Little Valley
- moved to 1/13 -

Friday/Saturday, December 13&14

Boys Wrestling at Pioneer Duals
- no results reported -

Monday, December 2

Snow day

Tuesday, December 3

Boys Basketball at Eden [non-league]
Gowanda 53, Eden 78

Thursday, December 5

Bowling at Allegany-Limestone
moved to 12/10

Boys Basketball at Cattaraugus/Little Valley [Non-League]
cancelled - weather

Girls Basketball at Salamanca
cancelled - weather

Friday, December 6

Girls Basketball vs Chautauqua Lake
Gowanda 53, Chautauqua Lake 39
Addison Kota 10 points
Lily Scanlan 7 points [2-3pt]
Corrina John 22 points [4-3pt]
Karice John 7 points
Marissa Beaver 3 points [1-3pt]
Elizabeth Green 3 points [1-3pt]

Friday/Saturday December 6&7
Wrestling at St. Francis Duals
Gowanda 50, Attica-Batavia 24
Gowanda 30, Fredonia 31
Gowanda 30, Frontier 41
Gowanda 9, St. Francis 63
Gowanda 20, Niagara Falls 49
Gowanda 40, Orchard Park 30

Saturday, December 7

Girls Wrestling at Salamanca
[no results reported]

On November 1, the Gowanda/Pine Valley Varsity football team hosted Wilson for a Class D Quarterfinal playoff game. Gowanda had entered the playoffs as the #4 seed with Wilson as #5.

Gowanda’s first series saw them initially pick up a 1st down on a 4th-and-2 play from their own 28. A completion to Winter Mentley-Peters got them a second 1st Down out to the 45. They got as far as the Wilson 34 before coming up short on a 4th-and-1 run. Wilson’s opening series got them to the Gowanda 49 before a sack set them back to 4th-and-19 on their own 41.

The teams traded 4-and-outs after that before Gowanda got a big break as the 2nd quarter began. Another 4-and-out saw the Gowanda punt reach the Wilson 15, a fumble on the return had Gowanda back in business on the 30. Two plays later, a Trelin Warrior touchdown catch gave Gowanda a 7-0 lead after a successful extra point kick. That lead increased to 13-0 on 35-yard completion to Winter Rivera later in the quarter. A bad snap resulted in a failed attempt to kick for an extra point. Wilson’s next series started and ended with a reverse that ended in a fumble. Three plays later Gowanda scored again. This time it was an 18-yard Warrior catch. The 2-point conversion attempt failed and Gowanda held a 19-0 lead with 2:34 left in the half. That score held to halftime.

Wilson saw disaster strike as the 3rd Quarter started. Their 6-yard return of the kickoff ended in a fumble on the 30. Gowanda turned that into another touchdown. Gowanda kicked off again. Wilson fumbled again after a 12-yard return to the 32. A final quick Gowanda score followed and it was 31-0 with 9 minutes left in the 3rd quarter.

Shortly before the 3rd Quarter ended, Wilson finally put points on the board. It was 31-6 after a 2-point conversion pass attempt failed. With 5:27 left in the game Wilson upped their total to 13. An onside kick followed that was bobbled by Gowanda and recovered by Wilson. Quickly scoring again, Wilson tighten the score to 31-20, but it was too little/too late. Gowanda got the ball back on their own 32 with 4:54 left in the game. Wilson would not see the ball again as Gowanda mounted a game closing drive. They reached the Wilson 10-yard-line with under as the last minute ticked down. Gowanda closed out the game with a kneel-down as time expired.

Gowanda statistics from the game include:
Carter Capozzi
22/32 passes for 257 yards; 4 TD; 2 int.
4 carries for 11 yards
Winter Mentley-Peters
7 carries for 28 yards; 1TD
5 catches for 63 yards
Camryn Slade
7 carries for 24 yards
Zane Rogers
1 carry for 2 yards
Trelin Warrior
7 catches for 136 yards; 2 TD
Brayden Smith
5 catches for 59 yards
1 interception
Winter Rivera
3 catches for 70 yards; 2 TD
Kyan Austin
1 catch for 5 yards