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A WHOLE LOT OF HITTIN' GOING ON
Both Cranberry, Rocky Grove ball teams light up scoreboard
100 strikeouts on the season for Abigail Mawhinney
Payton Phillips drove in four runs for the Grove.
(Grove photos by Christy Fackler)
Jadyn Shumaker drove in five runs for Cranberry. (Photo by Kelly Malek)
It was a somewhat chilly Monday, but local ball players were wielding some hot bats in baseball and softball games.
Cranberry led the way as both of its ball teams won big.
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Most notably the softball team, leading 5-1 at the time, scored 14 runs in the sixth inning to pull away from the Panthers, 19-4. Jadyn Shumaker led the way with four hits and five RBI, but Ashlyn McWilliams, playing in only her fourth game, was no slouch, either, with three hits and three RBI. Gracee Hess and Danica Wenner teamed for 10 strikeouts.
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The Cranberry boys also played Keystone and came away with a 16-7 victory behind Connor Morrow, who collected four hits and drove in five runs. Brody Bowler matched Morrow with four hits and Lincoln Galla drove in three runs. Jake McCloskey and Peyton Sloan drove in two runs apiece. Morrow also went 4.1 innings for the win.
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Haydon Bevier, coming off his no-hitter, followed it up by giving up only two hits in five innings in Rocky Grove's 7-0 shutout of Jamestown. Bevier, who didn't walk anybody, and Dillon Hamilton teamed for nine strikeouts. Hamilton also had three hits and an RBI and Bevier drove in three runs on two hits.
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The Rocky Grove girls had their way with Oil City, posting a 9-2 triumph. Payton Phillips joined the hit parade with three hits and four RBI. Jillian Cratty also had three hits. Meanwhile, Abigail Mawhinney pitched a five-hitter, and registered her 100th strikeout of the season during the game.
One pitchers duel​: Titusville 2, Oil City 1
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The only low-scoring pitching duel was between Titusville and Oil City in baseball, the Rockets pulling out a 2-1 decision. Freshman Dalton Knapp gave up five hits and a walk and struck out 10 for Titusville. He outdueled Bryce Stewart, who hurled a two-hitter. Stewart walked three and struck out four over six innings.
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Grove City topped Franklin, 12-2, in a five-inning game. Gavin Purdy homered for the Eagles and teamed with Layne Rider on a three-hitter. Rider went the first four innings. They limited the Knights to three hits.​
Volleyball​
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Rocky Grove dropped a 3-0 decision to Cochranton in volleyball despite 24 assists and 11 points by Maxx Baker.
100 strikeouts this season for Abigail Mawhinney.
Payton McElravy:
MVP, 2nd
team all-conference catcher
Weird: Keystone player KSAC MVP, but only 2nd team All-Confference
Here's something you don't see everyday, if ever. Player is named MVP, but settles for second team all-conference.
That's what happened to Keystone sophomore Payton McElravy. She was named the KSAC MVP in softball, but the coaches only voted her second team all-conference catcher. McElravy hit .609 with a 2.103 OPS. She slammed 19 extra base hits, including eight homers, drove in 27 runs and scored 34, but took a back seat to Lily Staab of Moniteau.
Staab, a senior, did hit .656. But her OPS was 1.854 with seven extra base hits, including four homers, 12 runs scored and 15 RBI. Maybe she was a terror on defense.
Cranberry all-stars
Meanwhile, Cranberry faithful probably aren't going to be enchanted with the representation of the 15-4 Berries: zero first team picks, four second teamers in Gracee Hess (P/IF), Kennedy Stewart (1B) and Avery Coe (IF), and one third teamer: catcher Jadyn Shumaker.
Nobody on the baseball team made first team, either. First baseman Brody Bowler and outfielder Alex McIntyre landed on the second team while outfielder Jake McCloskey was named to the third team.
Redbank's Braylon Wagner is your MVP. He's hitting .491 BA with a 1.260 OPS. He's a first team IF and a third team P.
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MEETING THE MARK
Nine local athletes have met state meet qualifying standards this season, but if they don't win a district title, they must do it again in the district meet.
Franklin's Logan Knight (shot, discus) and Cranberry's Beatrice Kolesar (1600, 3200) have met standards in two events.
Others who have done it are Cranberry's Darien Wenner (pole vault) and Cole Findlay (long jump) and Oil City's Michael Fink (110 hurdles), Spence Singleton (javelin), Corabel Shiley (3200), Madi Garland (shot), and Olive Collins (high jump).
A few others have just missed.
Click on Knight's photo for a slide show.
Standards for each event are listed in the honor roll below.
The District 10 meet is Saturday, May 16, at Slippery Rock. The District 9 meet is Friday at Brookville.
Franklin shot, discus qualifier
Cranberry distance runner excels in 1600 and 3200.
A mainstay of Cranberry's 3200 relay, the sophomore not only stars in the middle distances, but holds the school pole vault record.
Franklin shot, discus qualifier
Track Honor Roll: The Times They are a-Changin'
State qualifying standards in parenthesis; they
must be done in district meets.
BOYS TRACK
3200 relay (8:15.55)
Franklin, 8:58.79
Oil City (Kaleb Guiste, Elliot Hulsizer, Tim Kahle, Rilee Matalino) 9:12.04
110 hurdles (15.35)
Michael Fink, Oil City, 15.24
100 (11.15)
Morris Woodhouse, Oil City, 11.38
Aaden Hibbard, Oil City, 11.42
Cole Findlay, Cranberry, 11.63
Jackson Wilson, Franklin, 11.97
1600 (4:25.48)
Rilee Matalino, Oil City. 4:31.36
Maxx Griffin, Franklin, 4:46.59
Daniel McCain, Cranberry, 4:51.87
400 (50.76)
Morris Woodhouse, Oil City, 51.30
Dylan Van Wormer Oil City, 51.63
Blake Marchinke, Cranberry, 53.34
Eddie Mattocks, Franklin, 54.78
400 relay (43.66)
Oil City (Landon Riley, Steven Heise, Carter Thompson, Morris Woodhouse) 45.61
Franklin (Eddie Mattocks, Jackson Wilson, Cody Walkowski, Samuel Miller), 46.77
300 hurdles (40.80)
Carter Thompson, Oil City, 41.96
Garrett Dick, Cranberry, 45.12
Jayden Jackson, Cranberry, 46.10
Sam Miller, Franklin, 46.71
Cam Winger, Franklin, 47.58
800 (1:59.30)
Dalton Wenner, Cranberry, 1:59.80
Rilee Matalino, Oil City, 2:00.78​
200 (22.75)
Morris Woodhouse, Oil City, 23.24
Dylan VanWormer, 23.90
Eddie Mattocks, Franklin, 24.41
Blake Marchinke, Cranberry, 24.6
3200 (9:42)
Rilee Matalino, Oil City, 10:23.86
Daniel McCain, Cranberry, 10:28.47
Max Griffin, Franklin, 10:32.21
Elliot Hulsizer, Oil City, 10:59.29
1600 relay (3:29.6)
Oil City (Dylan VanWormer, Rilee Matalino, Carter Thompson, Morris Woodhouse), 3:31.25
Cranberry (Cole Findlay, Landon Baker, Blake Marchinke, Dalton Wenner), 3:31.74
Franklin (A.J. Rodriguez, Eddie Mattocks, Samuel Miller, Jackson Wilson), 3:44.28
Boys Field
Shot (49-6)
Logan Knight, Franklin, 59-4
Aaron Moore Junior, Franklin, 48-4
Caleb Sparks, Cranberry, 46-3
Bradley Graham, Oil city, 44-11/2
Jayce Becoate, Oil City, 42-51/2
Discus (148-0)
Logan Knight, Franklin, 162-4
Javelin (176-0)
Spence Singleton, Oil City, 183-1
Shane Clark, Cranberry, 169-7
High jump (6-3)
Cole Findlay, Cranberry, 6-2
Michael Fink, Oil City, 5-9
Heath Warner, Oil City, 5-9
Long jump (21-10)
Cole Findlay, Cranberry, 21-10
Nevin Stinson, Oil City, 20-10
Bart Rosen, Oil City, 20-4
Jackson Wilson, Franklin, 20-3
Clark Findlay, Cranberry, 20-2
Triple jump (44-0)
Nevin Stinson, Oil City, 41-1
Bart Rosen , Oil City, 40-6
Lachlan Dick, Franklin, 40-0
Pole vault (13-6)
Skyler Myers, Oil City, 10-0
Tahelon Tarr, Oil City, 9-6
Dalton Wenner, Cranberry, 9-0
Girls track
3200 relay (9:50.4)
Cranberry (Beatrice Kolesar, Darien Wenner, Elena Ishman, Ava Earp), 9:52.45
Oil City (Corabel Shiley, Lilly Shiley, Addison Wyant, Bailey Stevens) 10:07.53
100 hurdles (16.01)
Olive Collins, Oil City, 16.19
Anna Rodgers, Franklin, 16.54
Bailey Stevens, Oil City, 16.6
100 (12.64)
Lilyan MIller, Franklin, 12.77
Sophia Garmong, Oil City, 13.15
1600 (5:15)
Beatrice Kolesar, Cranberry, 5:13.72
Isabel Griffin, Franklkin, 5:15.65
Addison Wyant, Oil City, 5:16.87
Corabel Shiley, Oil City, 5:18.43
Kaelyn Klapec, Oil City, 5:38.87
Elena Ishman, Cranberry, 5:41.41
Lilly Shiley, Oil City, 5:47.41
400 (59.85)
Darien Wenner, Cranberry, 60.94
Lena Laderer, Franklin, 61.93
Sophia Garmong, Oil City, 63.17
Lilly Shiley, Oil City, 63.42
Navy Perry, Cranberry, 63.59
Miah Shingledecker, Franklin, 64.55
400 relay (50.2)
Franklin (Anna Rodgers, Lilyan Miller, Lily Griffin, Lena Laderer), 52.82
300 hurdles (47.24)
Bailey Stevens Oil City, 48.67
Anna Rodgers, Franklin, 49.41
Olive Collins, Oil City, 51.13
Abby Copley, Oil City, 51.66
800 (2:20.6)
Beatrice Kolesar, Cranberry, 2:23.69
Isabel Griffin, Franklin, 2:24.24
Darien Wenner, Cranberry, 2:25.6
Corabel Shiley, Oil City, 2:26.76
Addison Wyant, Oil City, 2:27.18
200 (26.01)
Lilyan Miller, Franklin, 26.72
Sophia Garmong, Oil City, 27.51
Darien Wenner, Cranberry, 28.49
3200 (11:35)
Beatrice Kolesar, Cranberry, 10:58.44
Corabel Shiley, Oil City, 11:12.90
Isabel Griffin, Franklin, 11:45.61
Addison Wyant, Oil City, 12:10.33
Elena Ishman, Cranberry, 12:16.45
​1600 relay (4:08.75)
Franklin, 4:17.74
Oil City (Lilly Shiley, Bailey Stevens, Addison Wyant, Corabel Shiley), 4:20.99
Franklin (Anna Rodgers, Lena Laderer, Miah Shingledecker, Sophie Wehrle, 4:23.73
Girls Field
Shot (36-6)
Madi Garland, Oil City, 36-9
Halle Curry, Franklin, 31-11/2
Rhetta Boocks, Cranberry, 30-0
Discus (113-0)
Madi Garland, Oil City, 101-101/2
Javelin (121-0)
Madi Garland, Oil City, 112-6
Madison Shaffer, Cranberry, 106-3
High jump (5-2)
Olive Collins, Oil City, 5-3
ChishaBetty Watson, Cranberry, 5-0
Payton Liederbach, Oil City, 4-9
Lindsay Caralla, Oil City, 4-9
Long jump (16-11)
Lilyan Miller, Franklin, 16-61/2
Isabella Vorse, Oil City, 15-113/4
Triple jump 35-6)
Lena Laderer, Franklin, 34-5
Pole vault (10-6)
Darien Wenner, Cranberry, 11-6
Navy Perry, Cranberry, 8-6
Bailey Stevens, Oil City, 8-0
Keeping up with Luke Guth
Welp, it was not a good outing Friday for Luke Guth.
He was brought into the game with Vanderbilt leading last-place Missouri, 6-1, in the eighth.
But he gave up six runs -- five earned -- as the Tigers took the lead. The junior right-hander was replaced by Matthew Shorey after getting only one out.
No more damage, and Vandy tied the game 7-7 in the top of the ninth and had runners on second and third with two out when it was suspended. Vandy ended up losing the game, 8-7, in 10 innings on Saturday, but rallied for an 11-8 victory in 11 innings in the originally scheduled game.
The Commodores lost again on Sunday, 4-1, to fall to 29-24 overall and 11-16 in the SEC. Guth did not pitch Sunday.
He gave up five hits and walked two as his ERA zoomed to 4.94 after Friday's outing.
Vandy is off until Thursday when it finishes the regular season with a three-game series against South Carolina (6 p.m., 6 p.m., 1 p.m.), then heads to the SEC tournament in Hoover, Ala.
Guth is a 6-1, 188-pounder from Franklin. He's one of 19 pitchers on the Vanderbilt staff and it tied for the team lead in appearances with 21.
This space is dedicated to keeping up with him and Vanderbilt, usually one of the top programs in the country.
College Crowd revisted: How they're doing
Trinity Edge, Bethany (Franklin) – All-Presidents Athletic Conference. Started all 41 games. She posted a 17-6 record with 19 complete games and two shutouts. ERA was 2.61 with 136 strikeouts in 150.1 innings. Her .348 batting average and 49 hits included nine doubles, a triple and four home runs. Edge drove in 27 runs, scored 34 and led the team with 11 stolen bases. She was named the PAC Pitcher of the Week on April 13 and was also selected to the 2026 PAC All-Tournament team.
Drew Kockler, Bryant & Stratton (Franklin) – Team has played 54 games. Kockler, a freshman, has appeared in 51 of them. He’s hitting .242 with a .384 on-base percentage. An infielder, Kockler has six homers among his 12 extra base hits.
Kirsten Hicks, Westminster (Franklin) – has appeared in four games, making one start. She has a hit in two at-bats.
Carson Wible, Gannon (Franklin) – career .293 hitter and listed on 2026 roster, but hasn’t played since 2024.
Kenny Lavrich, Grove City (Cranberry) – Has appeared in 13 games, making nine starts. He’s worked 57.2 innings with a 30/50 W/K ratio. Has a 5-4 record, 6.09 ERA. Started the conference championship game against W&J. Wolverines dropped an 11-2 decision to finish 22-18. Grove City was the fifth seed going into the tournament. Career: finished with a 5.53 ERA in 96 innings, 56/80 W/K, 8-5 record. Best season was 2025 when he posted a 3.93 ERA in 34.1 IP.
Landon Lynch, Slippery Rock (Franklin) – The freshman finished 13th in the javelin in the PSAC meet, throwing 53.28 meters (that translates to 174.8 feet)
Easton Adamczyk, Slippery Rock (Rocky Grove) – Ran a PSAC qualifying 9:57.93 for No. 14 seed in the steeplechase. Last fall ran a personal best 33:09.1 over 10,000 meters in the NCAA Atlantic Region championships, finishing 66th out of a field of 158.
Cade Adams, Slippery Rock (Franklin) – Grad student, five-time PSAC qualifier, runs hurdles and sprints.
Scott Finch, Slippery Rock (Cranberry) – Two-time PSAC qualifier in the pole vault. No. 11 seed at 4.48 meters (14-8).
Kayla Hanna, Slippery Rock (Cranberry) – Seems to be more cross country, but did compete in indoor track.
Rae Montgomery, Westminster (Rocky Grove) – Sophomore just getting started in the throwing events at Westminster.
Ethan Knapp, Penn College (Rocky Grove) – Cross country guy.
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Will McMahon, Penn State Behrend (OIl City) – McMahon had a hand in Behrend winning the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference championship. The freshman appeared in 10 games, making three starts. His record was 1-1. ERA 4.55 over 27.2 innings. 9/29 W/K ratio.
Charlie Motter, Penn State Behrend (Oil City) – Was runnerup in the SUNYAC javelin throw at 50.24 meters or 164-10. Placed fourth as a freshman.
Caleb Prettyman, Youngstown State (Franklin) – After transferring from Kansas State via Penn State, Prettyman, listed as a freshman, was clocked in 14:36.77 in the Boson Outdoor Classic on April 14. That’s the fourth best 5,000 meters time on the team. Also posted a 4:02.25 in the 1500 meters at the Dave Labor Invitational on April 4.
Ayanna Ferringer, Robert Morris (Cranberry) – Best throw in the javelin this season is 122-9. Consistently in the 120s during her two years at Bobby U.
Sydni Hoobler, IUP (Franklin) – The junior is hitting .355 with a .396 on-base percentage for the Crimson Hawks, who are 38-19 overall. IUP was runnerup in the PSAC tourney, but will play in the Mid-Atlantic Regional Thursday through Saturday.
Pole vaulter Scott Finch
Trinity Edge
Sydni Hoobler
Steeplechaser Easton Adamczyk
Slippery Rock photos from Rock web site.
