Oiler thinclads 3-peat
Track records and such...
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Franklin's CALEB PRETTYMAN ran a school record 9:04.67 in the 3200 meters in the Butler Invitational on April 19. The Penn State recruit finished fourth in the prestigious event. He also ran a personal best 1:56.09 in the 69-team Pine-Richland Invitational May 4.
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Oil City's ETHEN KNOX and DeVaughn Griffin were 1-2 in both the 100 and 200 in the Slippery Rock Inivitational on April 20. Knox ran 10.91/22.23 and Griffin 11.28/22.78. Knox's time in the 200 in a "modern" school record. He was at 153-6 in the Oil City Invitational on May 4.
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Another Franklin record fell at the Butler Invite, this one the 300 hurdles. BRYSON WATSON ran a 39.88 and became the first FHS athlete to break 40 seconds.
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Freshman REAGAN ANTRILLI cleared 9-6 to break the Cranberry record in the girls pole vault. Junior DANE WENNER went 13-7 in the boys pole vault to tie the school record set last spring by Scott Finch.
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Keep an eye on another freshman, LOGAN KNIGHT of Franklin who put the shot 52 feet and tossed the discus 144 at Pine-Richland.
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OIL CITY BOYS won their third straight region title with the May 7 conquest of Franklin. The Oilers are 6-0 overall. SAYYID DONALD sparkled in the jumps (19-11.75 long, 42-1 triple and 6-1 high) in the meet.
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ELI COLLINS, possibly the one an only Oiler to run the race (Butler Invitational?), has a 7:06.15 in the 2000 steeplechase.
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Cranberry senior AYANNA FERRINGER is flirting with the school record in the javelin. She's thrown 124-1 this season. The 20-year-old school record is 126-11 by Kate Speerstra.
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According to Cranberry school records, which are posted online (google them ), ELIANA WRY (16.24, 100 hurdles), HENRY MILFORD (43-11, shot) and JOHN NIXON (105-2, discus) vaulted to No. 1 status this spring. Wry also ran a 49.89 in the 300s and is No. 3 all-time but close to Shelia Stralko (1983) and Emily Merryman (2014). KELSEY HANNA has an 11:58.04 in the 3200 to her credit; Kalynne Ziegler's school record is 11:55.33 set in 2021. KEVIN PEARSALL threw 158-3 in the javelin last season, No. 2 to the record 159-6 set in 2014 by Colton Cunningham.
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One of Oil City's track stars, distance runner ELIJAH BROSIUS, was runner-up at 138 pounds in the Greco Roman wrestling Northeast Regional at Atlantic City. He qualified for nationals in July at Fargo, N.D. for the third straight year.
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RYLEE COE's walkoff home run gave the Berries an 8-7 victory over Redbank Valley on May 13.
Vanderbilt lost to top-ranked Tennessee, 7-6, on Saturday, but Luke Guth worked the last 2.1 innings and gave no runs, hits or walks while fanning three, lowering his ERA over 12.1 innings to 5.11. Last week he did give cup home run No, 33 to Georgia's Charley Condon, who later broke the NCAA record with his 34th. Vandy is 33-18.
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Meanwhile, another freshman from Franklin, TRINITY EDGE was named Presidents Athletic Conference Newcomer of the Year. The Waynesburg 3B/P slashed .393/.438/.547 to rank in the PC's top 10 in all three categories. The second team all-PAC pick made 14 apps in the circle and pitched to a 1.47 ERA.
KOLTON BANFI, senior from Franklin, finished his baseball career at Westminster with a 12-10 record and a 4.34 ERA over 203 innings. Made 45 appearances over four years, fanning 134. Walks/strikeouts: 61/134 in 45 appearances over four years. He pitched to a 2.92 ERA this season with three complete games.
Easton Fulmer, who has played basketball at Edinboro the last two winters, is transferring to Division III Chatham in Pittsburgh.
The Cougars were 18-9 last year, playing out of the Presidents' Athletic Conference with Westminster, Allegheny, Grove City and the like.
Four of their top seven or so players were seniors or grad students.
The 6-1 guard played in 54 games for the Fighting Scots, averaging 11.8 minutes.
He scored 237 points (4.4 avg.), shooting 79-213 from the floor (54-157 from three-point land) and was 23/24 from the line. Other stats: 51 rebounds, 26 assists, 17 steals, three blocks.
It's Chatham!
Jodi Gault and peers want to honor their coaches, so she is planning an Oil City High School girls basketball reunion. It will be held Saturday, July 27, (Oil Heritage Week) at Hasson Park. and is open to anyone who had anything to do with the program. Ever. (Click on photo for more.)
