Coach of the Year
Franklin's Jason Fulmer was named
District 10 Coach of the Year by Your Daily Local (YDL), and three of his players -- Damon Curry, Jalen Wood and Cole Buckley -- made the All-D-10 team. Click
here for a review of the 2023-24 campaign.
(Photos by Richard Sayer/Eight&322.com)
All-State
Damon Curry (33) and Jalen Wood (5) on April 23 were second team picks on the 3A all-state team by the basketball writers. This was the second straight year Curry was named to the second team. And it's the third year in a row the Knights have had a player on the second team. Easton Fulmer was duly honored in 2022.
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 9-3 to break the Cranberry record in the girls [ole 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.
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One of Oil City's track stars, distance runner ELIJAH BROSIUS, will compete in the Northeast Regional Wrestling Championships on May 14 in Atlantic City. He won the 126-pound title and was fourth in freestyle last spring.
Update on Luke Guth's stats through Tuesday's 4-2 win over Louisville: 8G, 10 IP, 8H (3HR), 6BB, 12K, 1-1, 6:30 ERA.
NCAA homer-hitting sensation Charley Condon belted No. 33 against Guth Sunday as Georgia completed a three-game series sweep over Vanderbilt.
Condon is in ninth place on the NCAA all-time list, one behind Troy Glaus (UCLA) and Daylan Holt (Texas A&M). Pete Incavigilia (Oklahoma State) holds the record with 48.
Vandy is 33-16 after Tuesday's win and will host No. 1 Tennessee in a three-game set this weekend.
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.)
