Gowanda Small Town Times

On May 7 the Gowanda Varsity track team celebrated their Senior Day marking the last home meet for their graduating Seniors. Pictured above are the Senior members of the team including: from left to right, Owen Farner, Chase Bolen, Molly Bowers, Alyssa Ruzycki, Jaylynn Elliott, Charlynn Ulmer, Sydney Smith, Rhianna Woods and Kaylee Bouquin.

baseball 8-2
softball 5-3
boys lacrosse 8-2
girls lacrosse 8-2

Monday, April 28

girls lacrosse vs. North Tonawanda
Gowanda 17, North Tonawanda 8
Gowanda 3 7 4 3 | 17
North Tonawanda 2 0 3 3 | 8
Lilly Scanlan 6 goals, 3 assists
Cadence Luther 6 goals
Felicia Scanlan 3 goals, 2 assists
Isabella Gill 1 goal
Cora luther 1 goal

Tuesday, April 29

baseball at Ellicottville
Gowanda 19, Ellicottville 0
Gowanda 1 1 5 5 7 0 0 | 19
Ellicottville 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0

softball at Forestville
- no results reported -

track at Silver Creek
boys
Gowanda 50, Silver Creek 81
girls
Gowanda 56, Silver Creek 76
Gowanda results
Boys
Chase Bolen 1st(1600m, 5:19.2; 1st(400m hurdles, 1:08.4; 800m, 2:22.2), 2nd(3200m)
Owen Farner 1st(3200m, 12.47), 2nd(1600m), 3rd(110m hurdles; 800m)
Damien Cedri 1st(100m, 11.6), 2nd(200m)
Maddox Hudson 1st(long jump, 18-0.5), 3rd(400m; high jump)
Zachary Hojnacki 2nd(400m hurdles)
Jeff Whipple 2nd(triple jump)
Jayden Johns 3rd(shot put)
Girls
Rhianna Woods 1st(100m, 13.1; 200m, 27.8)
Leona Hewhawk 1st(discus, 80-6), 2nd(shot put)
Kyra-Mae Hurley 1st(long jump, 12-9), 2nd(triple jump)
Alyssa Ruzycki 1st(triple jump, 25-11), (3rd(long jump)
Molly Bettker 2nd(long jump), 3rd(triple jump; shot put)
Liz Makek 2nd(100m hurdles)
Isabelle Graham 2nd(800m)
Isabella DeGolier 2nd(high jump)
Jaylynn Elliott 3rd (100m hurdles; 400m hurdles; 3000m)
Octavia Williams 3rd(100m)
Alexia Harvey 3rd(400m)
Hayleigh Hooper 3rd(discus)

Wednesday, April 30

boys lacrosse vs. Salamanca
Gowanda 11, Salamanca 12
Salamanca 2 4 4 2 | 12
Gowanda 3 5 1 2 | 11

girls Lacrosse at Kenmore East
Gowanda 20, Kenmore east 2
Gowanda 4 8 4 4 | 20
Kenmore East 0 1 0 1 | 2
Ainsley Horth 6 goals, 1 assist
Lilly Scanlan 4 goals, 2 assists
Envy Cross 3 goals
Cadence Luther 2 goals, 1 assist
Zoe Bartlett 2 goals
Isabella Gill 2 goals
Kiernan Quinn 1 goal
Felicia Scanlan 1 assist
goalkeeping
Nina Coulon 1/3
* Special Note - Lily Scanlan reached the 200 career goals point in this game.

Thursday, May 1

baseball vs. Ellicottville
- moved to May 2 -

softball vs. Randolph
- no results reported -

Friday, May 2

baseball vs. Ellicottville
Gowanda 13, Ellicottville 0
Ellicottville 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0
Gowanda 0 3 2 8 0 0 0 | 13

softball vs. Silver Creek
- moved to May 4 -

boys lacrosse at Medina
Gowanda 16, Medina 1
Gowanda 14 2 | 16
Medina 1 0 | 1
Winter Rivera 5 goals, 2 assists
Donald Stevens Jr 3 goals, 1 assist
Jessup Stevens 2 goals, 4 assists
Ha’tsihgahdo:d Stevens 2 goals
Nathan Warrior 1 goal
Herb John Jr 1 goal
Dustin Mohawk 1 goal

girls Lacrosse at Starpoint
Gowanda 9, Starpoint 17
Gowanda 2 2 4 1 | 9
Starpoint 4 4 6 3 | 17
Felicia Scanlan 6 goals
Cadence Luther 1 goal
Lily Scanlan 3 assists
goalkeeping
Nina Coulon 7/24

track at Golden Dragon Invitational at Falconer, NY
22 teams

Top Gowanda performances
boys
Damien Cedri 11th(100m dash, 11.81)
Chase Bolen 5th(3200m run, 10:08.60)
Owen Farner 6th(3000m steeplechase, 11:16.14)
girls
Elizabeth Malek 6th(110m hurdles, 18.12)
Jaylynn Elliott 8th(2000m steeplechase, 9:56.37)
Isabella DeGolier 7th(high jump, 4-8)
Leona Henhawk 11th discus, 75-0)

Saturday, May 3

baseball at Cattaraugus-Little Valley
- no results reported -

Sunday, May 4

softball vs. Silver Creek
Gowanda 0, Silver Creek 11
Silver Creek 3 0 4 0 0 0 4 | 11
Gowanda 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0

WNY P-TECH in Dunkirk and CAM P-TECH in Springville have announced their High Honor/Honor/Merit Roll lists for the third quarter of 2025. Several Gowanda students were among the honorees as lited below.

WNY P-TECH

HIGH HONOR ROLL

Seamus Matwijow

MERIT ROLL

Max Hansen-Ivett and Leona Henhawk

CAM P-TECH

HONOR ROLL

Cashis Montour

MERIT ROLL

Gregory Reid, Sullivan Griffith, Bentley Turner, Landyn Barrett

The Gowanda Varsity boys lacrosse team took on Salamanca at Hillis Field on April 30. After Salamanca landed the 1st goal, the score would be tied at 1-1 through 5-5 before Gowanda pulled into an 8-6 lead by halftime. Salamanca outscored Gowanda 4-1 in the 3rd quarter to move back in front 10-9. Each team would add a pair of goals in the final quarter with Gowanda’s final goal coming with 15 seconds left in the game. Gowanda, unable to control the final face-off, fell one goal short 11-12.

Ha’tsihgahdo:d Stevens (#88) lines up the shot that tied the score at 1-1.

Randall John (#14) sets up the shot that narrowed the Salamanca lead to 7-5 with 3:53 left in the 1st half.

Winter Rivera (#26) works his way around a Salamanca defender early in the 3rd quarter. Also seen is Jessup Stevens (#84).

The Gowanda Varsity girls lacrosse team hosted North Tonawanda on April 28. Gowanda got off to a rough start unable to move play out of their own end for the first several minutes of the opening quarter. With 3:42 left in the period, Lily Scanlan finally got Gowanda on the board. She added the tying goal a minute later. Cadence Luther added the go ahead goal just 16 seconds later giving Gowanda a 3-2 advantage as the quarter ended. Gowanda went on a 5-goal tear in the 2nd quarter taking their lead to 10-2 at halftime. The Gowanda lead was 14-5 going into the final quarter. With 3:38 left in the game, Felicia Scanlan score the final Gowanda goal in the game. The last 4 minutes saw North Tonawanda add a final 3 goals to their tally, the last of those coming with 4 seconds left. That made the final score 17-8.

Cadence Luther (#33) scores late in the 1st quarter to give Gowanda a 3-2 lead.

Felicia Scanlan (#6) scores on a free shot early in the 3rd quarter. Also seen are Ainsley Horth (#17), Cadence Luther (#33) and Envy Cross (#8).

In the 3rd quarter, Lily Scanlan (#4) scores to put Gowanda ahead 13-4. Assist on the goal from Felicia Scanlan (#6).