Panthers Get Win Over T’Birds
GOWANDA — The Gowanda/Pine Valley Panthers earned their first victory of the season as they stymied the Chautauqua Lake/Westfield/Brocton Thunderbirds 30-8 in Gowanda.
The Panthers offense worked heavily on the ground punching in three rushing scores, two from Gavin Phillips and one from Maddox Browning. Through the air, Noah Geiger added a receiving touchdown.
On the defensive side of the ball Gowanda/Pine Valley kept the Thunderbirds off the board until the late fourth quarter and forced four fumbles, recovering three of them.
“Defensively we played an outstanding game,” said Gowanda/Pine Valley head coach Tyler Thompson. “Gavin Phillips at linebacker leads the team in tackles and Marcus Williams at linebacker are two guys that we rely heavily on. They do a great job of holding teams tight.”
The victory for the Panthers is the first under Thompson and he hopes it is a sign of things to come for the team.
“I couldn’t be more proud of the kids, so happy they were able to notch a win with some heavy odds stacked against them,” stated Thompson. “These kids have weathered the storm and worked as hard as they could because they wanted to win. It is a huge vote of confidence.”
Gowanda/Pine Valley is back in action next week against Falconer/Cassadaga Valley/Maple Grove.
C/S/P COASTS PAST T’WOLVES
CATTARAUGUS — Trent Burchanowski ran for 115 yards on just seven carries and Kurtis Olson threw for 190 yards and three touchdowns through the air as Clymer/Sherman/Panama beat Cattaraugus-Little Valley 59-12 in Class D action.
Micah Willink caught an 11-yard touchdown and Burchanowski ran for a 27-yard touchdown during the first quarter before Lucas Lisciandro caught a 5-yard touchdown, Burchanowski ran for a 7-yard TD and Bryce Hinsdale caught a 24-yard touchdown during the second quarter for the Wolfpack (2-0, 1-0).
After halftime, Drake DiDomenico scored twice while Burchanowski and Trent Phelps also scored for C/S/P.
Christian Hines scored both TDs for the Timberwolves (0-2, 0-1).
Hinsdale finished with four catches for 85 yards and Willink had three for 80 yards.
Defensively, Lisciandro had nine tackles, two sacks and a fumble recovery while TreyVon Kopta, making his season debut, had eight tackles, two sacks, a forced fumble and a blocked punt.
Clymer/Sherman/Panama 12 20 21 6 — 59
Cattaraugus-Little Valley 0 6 0 6 — 12
C/S/P–Willink 11 pass from Olson (kick failed)
C/S/P–Burchanowski 27 run (run failed)
C/S/P–Lisciandro 5 pass from Olson (Hinsdale kick)
C/S/P–Burchanowski 7 run (kick failed)
C/S/P–Hinsdale 24 pass from Olson (Hinsdale kick)
C-LV–Hines 11 run (pass failed)
C/S/P–Burchanowski 49 run (Hinsdale kick)
C/S/P–DiDomenico 1 run (Hinsdale kick)
C/S/P–Phelps 20 run (Hinsdale kick)
C-LV–Hines 63 run (run failed)
C/S/P–DiDomenico 12 run (run failed)