Gowanda Small Town Times

Monday, September 30

Volleyball vs. Ellicottville
Gowanda 3, Ellicottville 2
25-7/14-25/14-25/25-17/19-17
Jillian Gernatt 29 assists, 8 digs
Addison Kota 9 kills, 5 assists, 11 digs
Elizabeth Green 12 kills, 4 digs
Holland Browning 8 kills, 5 digs, 3 aces
Corrina John 8 kills, 1 assist, 2 blocks
Lauren Kelly 4 kills, 3 blocks, 1 ace
Bella Maines 3 assists, 1 dig
Tessa Kohn 3 digs, 1 ace
Aubrey Smuda 11 digs, 1 ace
Maleina Moses 3 digs

Pine Valley/Gowanda Boys Soccer at Ellicottville
Pine Valley 0, Ellicottville 5

Tuesday, October 1

Volleyball vs. West Valley/Franklinville
Gowanda 3, West Valley 0
25-8/25-3/25-5
Holland Browning 13 kills, 2 digs, 1 ace
Jillian Gernatt 13 assist, 4 digs, 1 ace
Maleina Moses 9 aces
Bella Maines 1 kill, 7 assists
Corrina John 5 kills, 1 assist
Tessa Kohn 1 kill, 3 aces
Aubrey Smuda 2 digs, 4 aces
Lauren Kelly 4 aces
Cadence Luther 3 kills
Elizabeth Green 2 kills, 1 dig
Addison Kota 2 assists, 4 digs

Pine Valley/Gowanda Girls Soccer vs. Ellicottville
Pine Valley 0, Ellicottville 3
Sandy Ivett 47 saves on 50 shots

Wednesday, October 2

Pine Valley/Gowanda Boys Soccer vs. Salamanca-Catt./L.V.
Pine Valley 3, Salamanca 0
10:00 Noah Frontuto assist Sawyer Bradigan
26:00 Aiden Bell assist Jarrrett Myers
48:00 Jarrett Meyers assist Noah Frontuto

Eden(/Gowanda) Girls Swimming at Tonawanda
Eden 68, Tonawanda 33
1st Mia Scott 3 gold, 1 silver 8 pts.
Gold
50 Freestyle 29.10
1M Diving 175.57
200 Freestyle Relay team
Silver
200 Medley relay team

2nd Brynn Mikac 2 gold, 2 silver 8 pts.
Gold
100 Butterfly 1:32.89
100 Breaststroke 1:33.21
Silver
200 Medley Relay team
400 Freestyle relay team

3rd Kay Lindstrom 3 gold, 1 silver 7 pts.
Gold
100 Freestyle 1:06.65
200 Medley Relay team
200 Freestyle Relay team
Silver
100 Backstroke 1:27.99

4th Grace Ritz 2 gold, 2 silver 7 pts.
Gold
100 Backstroke 1:22.53
200 Freestyle Relay team
Silver
1M Diving 148.12
200 Medley relay team

5th Abby Laverdi 2 gold, 2 silver 7 pts.
Gold
500 Freestyle 6:36.17
200 Freestyle Relay team
Silver
50 Freestyle 30.41
200 Medley relay team

6th Sienna Miller 2 gold, 2 silver 7 pts.
Gold
200 Individual Medley 3:07.15
200 Medley relay team
Silver
100 freestyle 1:08.63
400 Freestyle relay team

8th Danielle Krajewski 1 gold, 2 silver 1 bronze 4 pts.
Gold
200 Medley relay team
Silver
200 Freestyle 2:55.65
400 Freestyle relay team
Bronze
100 Breaststroke 1:49.92

12th Kaevii Yasurek 1 gold, 1 silver, 2 bronze 2 pts.
Gold
200 Medley relay team
Silver
400 Freestyle relay team
Bronze
200 Freestyle 2:56.29
500 Freestyle 7:44.73

Thursday, October 3

Pine Valley/Gowanda Girls Soccer at Franklinville
Pine Valley 2, Franklinville 1
6:00 Ashley Irwin assist Sarah Kruszka
38:00 Sarah Kruszka assist Samantha Collins

Friday, October 4

Gowanda/Pine Valley Football vs. Cardinal O’Hara
Gowanda 51, Cardinal O’Hara 0
Carter Capozzi
9/14 passes for 130 yards; 3 TD
Jayden Fish
3/8 passes for 43 yards; 1 TD
3 carries for 4 yards
Zane Rogers
5 carries for 29 yards; 1 TD
Greg Reid
3 carries for 9 yards
Winter Mentley-Peters
3 carries for 67 yards; 1 TD
Camryn Slade
3 carries for 13 yards; 1 TD
Damien Cedri
2 carries 0 yards
1 catches for 10 yards
Brayden Smith
1 carry for 22 yards
1 catch for 16 yards
Winter Rivera
3 catches for 64 yards
Reginald Irion
2 catches for 35 yards
Trelin Warrior
2 catches for 31 yards
Zane Rogers
1 catch for 15 yards; 1 interception
Kyan Austin
1 catch for 8 yards; 1 interception
Owen Pfaffenbach 1 interception

Pine Valley/Gowanda Boys Soccer vs. Silver Creek-Forestville [non-league]
Pine Valley 2, Silver Creek 5
37:00 Noah Frontuto assist Sawyer Bradigan
66:00 Sawyer Bradigan assist Jarrett Meyers

The Annual Gowanda Scarecrow Contest ws held from September 27 through September 30 as part of the village’s FallFest Weekend. A total of 12 scarecrows were entered and the bulk of the voting was done on Facebook.

Taking 1st Place in the 2024 Gowanda Scarecrow Contest was Happy Crayons by Gowanda Free Library. Accepting the award were Library Director, Heidi Khawam, and library clerk, Samantha Bucco.

Coming in 2nd was Cheer Captain Sally Walker by the Gowanda Youth JV Cheerleaders. Accepting the prize for the group were cheerleaders (left to right) Kendra, Juna and Rae.

3rd place went to Grow with 4-H by Perrysburg Barn Buddies 4-H. The scarecrow was entered by club leader Marcia Stang, shown standing directly behind the scarecrow. Also on hand to accept the award were club members Colin, Allie, Aubrey, Wyatt, Leo, Karen and Joey.

The Village of Gowanda will hold their Learn to Ski registration on Monday, October 28 from 6 to 7:30 pm in the Village board room located at 27 East Main Street. The program will be held every Sunday afternoon once the ski season begins from 2:30 to 10 pm at Holiday Valley in Ellicottville. All students in grades 3 through 12 plus any adults residing in the Gowanda Central School District are welcome to join the club. The first 25 registered skiers/snowboarders will receive a $50 discount off of their Sunday night season lift ticket. Call or text Recreation Director Mark Benton at 716-770-8809 for more information.

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