Gowanda Small Town Times

The arrival of September signaled “Back to School” and the start of the Fall Sports season. The Gowanda Varsity volleyball team had the honors of being the first team to see action. They opened their season at home facing off against Cassadaga Valley on September 4. It was all Gowanda in the first set. The home team landed the first three points in the game. That quickly grew to a 7-1 advantage. Making steady progress, they took a 25-8 win to go up 1-0 in the match. The next two game were much closer. In the end, Gowanda won the next two sets by scores of 25-18 and 24-17, respectively. The JVs also won, in a very tight match, by scores of 25-23/25-15/28-26

Leading Gowanda were Lauren Kelly (7 kills, 1 dig, 14 aces), Elizabeth Green (5 kills, 3 digs, 1 ace), Holland Browning (4 kills, 8 digs, 2 aces), Addison Kota (3 kills, 1 assist, 4 digs, 2 aces) and Cadence Luther (3 kills, 1 block). In support were Jillian Gernatt (1 kill, 15 assists, 3 digs, 4 aces), Bella Maines (1 assist), Tessa Kohn (9 digs), Sydney Smith (5 digs, 2 aces) and Maleina Moses (1dig).

The team was off to West Valley/Franklinville on September 5 for a match that was originally scheduled as a JV only affair. Lacking a JV team, West Valley opted to make it Varsity instead. It was a relatively easy outing for Gowanda. The locked down the match 3-0 with set scores of 25-7/25-7/25-9. It was a chance for some of the new members of the team to get more game experience.

Gowanda statistics for the game are as follows:
Cadence Luther 5 kills
Jillian Gernatt 13 assists
Bella Maines 4 assists, 2 digs
Holland Browning 3 kills, 4 digs, 3 aces
Sydney Smith 2 aces
Addison Kota 2 kills, 2 assists, 4 aces
Tessa Kohn 9 digs, 4 aces
Aubrey Smuda 1 ace
Elizabeth Green 4 kills, 8 aces
Lauren Kelly 4 kills, 2 aces, 1 block

The volleyball team closed out their week on Saturday, September 7, at Falconer for a tournament along with 8 other schools. In the opening rounds, Gowanda swept both Clymer and North Collins in straight sets, 2-0. In the Top Bracket, they faced Fort LeBoeuf first. After losing 13-25 in the first set, Gowanda battled through a second set with single-point margins up to a 20-20 tie. From there, LeBoeuf pulled away for a 22-25 win.

That took the team to a meeting with Southwestern in for a single set to 30 points. Gowanda was close in the early going up to an eleven-all tie. After that, Southwestern went on a 9-point run that Gowanda never recovered from. Gowanda ended up taking a 17-30 loss

No statistics were available from the tournament.

The Gowanda/Pine Valley Varsity football team opened their season on Thursday, September 5 in a non-league game at Portville. It was a contest highlighted by a few big plays, but also hampered by numerous penalties. Motion penalties were drive killers for Gowanda with some coming back to back.
Gowanda/Pine Valley found themselves behind early with Portville scoring to go ahead 7-0. Gowanda finally got the ball with 8:31 left in the 1st quarter after a Portville onside kick. Despite being flagged on their first play, Gowanda/Pine Valley managed one first down and progressed as far as the Portville 47 before punting. Portville had built a 21-0 lead when Gowanda/Pine Valley finally got on the board with 4:02 left in the half. A failed 2-point conversion took the score to 21-6. That margin grew to 27-6 by halftime. A more closely contested 3rd quarter saw both teams add 6 points to their tally. Portville added 13 points in the final quarter. Gowanda answered late in the period starting with a 66-yard kickoff return with 2:42 left in the game. Gowanda/Pine/Valley finally reached the end zone with just 33 seconds left. A successful conversion pass brought the score to 46-20. Portville just needed one kneel-down to finalize the game.
No Gowanda stats were reported from the game. Reported Gowanda/Pine Valley highlights start with a 59-yard pass from Carter Capozzi to Reginald Irion for the first half touchdown. Winter Mentley-Peters had a 42-yard touchdown reception in the 3rd quarter. Gowanda-Pine Valley’s final touchdown came on a 5-yard run by Zane Rogers.

Wednesday, September 4

Varsity Volleyball vs. Cassadaga Valley
Gowanda 3, Cassadaga Valley 0
25-8/25-18/25-17

Thursday, September 5

Varsity Volleyball at West Valley
Gowanda 3, West Valley 0

Varsity Football at Portville
Gowanda/Pine Valley 20, Portville 46

Varsity Girls Soccer
Pine Valley/Gowanda 1, Silver Creek/Forestville 7

Saturday, September 7

Varsity Volleyball at Falconer 10 teams
Bolivar-Richburg, Catt.-LV, Clymer, Fort LeBoeuf, North Collins, Panama,

Randolph, Salamanca, Sherman and Southwestern.

Preliminaries
Gowanda 2, Clymer 0
Gowanda 2, North Collins 0
Finals
Gowanda 0, LeBoeuf 2
13-25/22-25
Gowanda 17, Southwestern 30

Knox Invitational 2024 [35 schools]
Knox Farm State Park
East Aurora, NY

Boys
1st Maple Grove 46
3rd Gowanda 119
17th Maryvale 489

Gowanda Boys 5000M run [143 runners]

Chase Bolen (8th, 18:10:84)
Dustin Mohawk (14th, 18:38:07)
Cashis Montour (18th, 18:53:56)
Joseph Fernandes (48th, 20:29:47)
Maddox Hudson (56th, 21:03:43)
Brendin Diebel (61st, 21:13:39)
Owen Farner (63rd, 21:15:76)
Nathan Warrior (83rd, 22:03:81)
Marcus Gamble (94th, 22:34:84

Girls
1st CSP 64
13th Olean 278
14th Gowanda 306

Gowanda Girls 5000M run [119 runners]

Degaswined John (57th, 25:41:52)
Karice John (82nd, 27:35:75)
Helena Wallschlaeger (88th, 28:01:22)
Lillianna Pierce (92nd, 28:46:33)
Isabelle Graham (97th, 29:29:35)
Jaylynn Elliott (100th, 30:20:46)
Kiernan Quinn (104th, 31:11:42)
Norah Tadt (109th, 32:28:75)
Sophia Birtchnall (116th, 35:22:77)

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Senior Winter Rivera plays for the Snake Island Muskees in the Three Nations Senior Lacrosse League. Winter earned MVP of the semifinal game of the Presidents Cup. He scored the team’s last 3 goals including one with 2.9 seconds left to send it to overtime. The Muskees lost in OT. Winter and his teammates play for bronze today.

August 31, 2027

As we head on into September, the Fall sports season is just around the corner. Below are the schedules for all of the teams that Gowanda will be involved with this Fall.

Gowanda/Pine Valley Football all games 7 pm

Thursday, Sept. 5 at Portville

Friday, Sept. 13 vs. Catt.-L.V.

Friday, Sept. 20 vs. CSP

Friday, Sept. 27 at Wilson

Friday, Oct. 4 vs. Cardinal O’Hara

Friday, October 11 at Franklinville/Ellicottville

Friday, October 18 vs. Chat. Lake/Westfield/Brocton

Friday, October 25 at Randolph

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Gowanda Volleyball Games at 6:30 except as noted

Wednesday, Sept. 4 vs. Cassadaga Valley

Thursday, Sept. 5 at West Valley/Frankinville

Monday, Sept. 9 vs. Falconer

Wednesday, Sept. 11 vs. Ellicottville 6 pm

Friday, Sept. 13 at Cassadaga Valley

Tuesday, Sept. 17 at Cattaraugus-L.V.

Thursday, Sept. 19 vs. Allegany-Limestone

Tuesday, Sept. 24 vs. Salamanca

Thursday, Sept. 26 at Randolph

Monday, Sept. 30 at Ellicottville

Tuesday, Oct. 1 vs. West Valley/Franklinville

Wednesday, Oct. 9 at Eden

Thursday, Oct. 10 vs. Cattaraugus-L.V.

Wednesday, Oct. 16 at Allegany-Limestone

Thursday, Oct. 17 at salamanca

Monday, Oct. 21 vs. Randolph

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Pine Valley/Gowanda Boys Soccer

Friday, Sept. 13 at Frewsburg non-league 5 pm

Monday, Sept. 16 at Salamanca-Catt.-L.V. 4:30 pm

Thursday, Sept. 19 at Portville 4:30 pm

Monday, Sept. 23 at Randolph 5 pm

Wednesday, Sept. 25 vs. Cass. Valley-falconer 5 pm

Wednesday, Oct. 2 vs Salamanca-Catt.-L.V. 4:30 pm

Monday, Oct. 7 vs. Portville 5 pm

Wednesday, Oct. 9 vs. Randolph 5 pm

Wednesday, Oct. 16 at Cass. Valley-Falconer 4:30 pm

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Pine Valley/Gowanda Girls Soccer

Thursday, Sept. 5 at Silver Creek/Forestville 4:30 pm

Thursday, Sept. 12 vs. Franklinville 5 pm

Tuesday, Sept. 17 vs. Silver Creek/Forestville 4:30 pm

Thursday, Sept. 19 at Cattaraugus-L.V. 4:30 pm

Saturday, Sept. 21 at Portville 11 am

Tuesday, Sept. 24 vs. Salamanca 5 pm

Saturday, Sept. 28 vs. Dunkirk 11 am

Tuesday, Oct. 1 vs. Ellicottville 5 pm

Saturday, Oct. 5 at Dunkirk 12:30 pm

Tuesday, Oct. 8 vs. Cattaraugus-L.V. 5 pm

Thursday, Oct. 10 vs. Portville 5 pm

Thursday, Oct. 17 vs. Randolph

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Gowanda Cross Country

Saturday, Sept. 7 Knox Invitational

Tuesday, Sept. 10 at Fredonia/Westfield w/Falconer/Cassadaga & Salamanca

Tuesday, Sept. 17 at Franklinville/Ellicottville w/ Allegany-Limestone & Olean

Saturday, Sept. 21 at East Aurora Meet

Tuesday, Sept. 24 at Gowanda w/Dunkirk, Maple Grove & Southwestern

Saturday, Sept. 28 at McQuaid Invitational

Tuesday, Oct. 8 at Silver Creek/Forestville w/Catt.-L.V., CSP & Randolph

Saturday, Oct. 12 at Alden Stampede

Tuesday, Oct. 15 at Jamestown w/Frewsburg & West Valley

Friday, Oct. 18 at Lake Shore Sunset Meet

Monday, Oct. 21 at Silver Creek/Forestville w/Catt.-L.V., Frewsburg & Randolph

Friday, Oct. 25 CCAA League Meet at Bemus Point

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Girls Swimming schedule with Eden

Tuesday, Sept. 10 vs. East Aurora

Friday, Sept. 13 vs. Marivale

Friday, Sept. 20 vs. Springville

Friday, Sept. 27 vs. Depew

Saturday, Sept. 28 Iroquois Diving Invitational at Elma

Tuesday, Oct. 1 vs. West Seneca West

Oct. 17-19 ECIC Girls Division III Championship

Oct. 30 - Nov. 1 NYSPHSAA Section VI Class C Championship

Thursday, Nov. 7 NYSPHSAA Section VI Girls Championship

[photo] Runners representing the Gowanda cross country team posed for a photo after a successful race performance at the Eden Corn Festival. After the 3.8-mile Run For The Corn event, pictured are: Brendin Diesel, Maddox Hudson, Melanie Schott, Calie Hudson, Chase Bolen, Aimee Gernatt, Kiernan Quinn, JJ Whipple and Helena Wallschlaeger. Photo courtesy of Gowanda cross country.

The Eden Corn Festival is underway. Several Gowanda-area runners participated in the August 2 “Run For The Corn” races that are a part of that event.

The feature race was run on a 3.8-mile trail around the Eden Festival site and school. Three runners connected with the GCS cross country team finished in the Top 5 in that event. They are Chase Bolen (Gowanda, 1st, 23:08), Calie Hudson (Gowanda, 3rd, 26:36) and Maddox Hudson (Gowanda, 4th, 27:32).

Five other Gowanda-area runners also participated in the race. They were: Brendin Diebel (Gowanda, 8th, 28:58), Jeffery Whipple (Collins, 14th, 35:34), Helena Wallschlaeger (Collins, 15th, 37:02), Aimee Gernatt (Collins, 16th, 37:25) and Kiernan Quinn (Gowanda, 18th, 41:09).

Two other local runners took part in the shorter Run For The Corn (2.2 Mile Trail).

Teresa Fink (Collins, 13th, 31:26) and Kristin Quinn (Gowanda, 20th, 38:30).