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DREAM TEAMS
Pictured above are athletes who earned state medals or made all-state (Beatrice Kolesar, Darien Wenner and Dalton Wenner of Cranberry; Jordan Stumpf, Evelyn Highfield and Dani Erdley of Franklin; Noah Lucarelli, Blake Stevens, Cole Findlay, Corabel Shiley, Nadalie Wilson and John Lander of Oil City; and Isabel Griffiin of Rocky Grove. Also pictured are 1,000 point scorers Noah Baughman and Landen Carter of Rocky Grove; Peyton Liederbach of Oil City and Findlay along with Rocky Grove's Haydon Bevier who pitched a no-hitter. Also part of the gallery are league MVPs/Players of the Year Liederbach, Nevin Stinson of Oil City and Blake Marchinke of Cranberry.
FOOTBALL
4A ALL-STATE (PFW)
Noah Lucarelli, DL
Blake Stevens, LB
4A ALL-STATE (coaches)
Cole Findlay, Oil City, DB
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All-DISTRICT 10
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Brayden Buzard, Oil City, LB
Cole Findlay, Oil City, DB
Steven Heise, Oil City, RB
Noah Lucarelli, Oil City, DL
Blake Stevens, Oil City, LB
YDL
First team
Cole Findlay, Oil City, DB, co-Athlete of Year
Carson Foster, Oil City, OL
Blake Stevens, Oil City, LB
Second team
Landon Baker, Oil City, WR
Steven Heise, Oil City, RB-DB
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All-REGION 6
First team
Landon Baker, Oil City, WR
Brayden Buzard, Oil City, LB
Cole Findlay, Oil City, QB-DB (Player of Year)
Carson Foster, Oil City, OL
Steven Heise, Oil City, RB-DB
Noah Lucarelli, Oil City, DL
Connor Ritchey, Franklin, P
Caleb Sparks, Oil City, OL-DL
Abdul Stanton, Oil City, DL
Blake Stevens, Oil City, LB
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Second team
Deryk DeLong, Oil City, OL
Kaiden Kiselka, Franklin, OL
Anthony Martin, Franklin, LB
MySaun Mills, Oil City, AP
Caden Mincer, Franklin, RB
Aaron Moore Junior, Franklin, DL
Jacob Riddle, Franklin, OL-DL
Connor Ritchey, Franklin, K
Tycen Sindlinger, Oil City, LB
Spence Singleton, Oil City, DB
Jayden Wilmoth, Franklin, WR-DB
Lucas Wolfe, Oil City, OL
CROSS COUNTRY​
All-DISTRICT 10
Girls
Corabel Shiley, Oil City
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Region3
Boys
First team
Gauge Gierlach, Rocky Grove, and Max Griffin, Rocky Grove
Second team
Maxx Baker, Rocky Grove; Landen Carter, Rocky Grove
Girls
First team -- Isabel Griffin, Rocky Grove; Sophie Wehrle, Rocky Grove
Second team
Bryanna Riley, Rocky Grove; Lucy Haubrich, Rocky Grove; Ellie Coyer, Rocky Grove
Region 7
Boys
Keegan Kirkwood, Oil City; Rilee Matalino, Oil City; Elliott Hulszier, Oil City
Girls
Corabel Shiley, Oil City; Alayna Gahr, Franklin; Justeyn Winner, Franklin; Kaelyn Klapec, Oil City; Olive Collins, Oil City
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KSAC
Girls
MVP -- Beatrice Kolesar, Cranberry
First team -- Elena Ishman, Cranberry
Second team -- Darien Wenner, Cranberry
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Boys
First team -- Dalton Wenner, Cranbery
Second team -- Daniel McCain, Cranberry
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GIRLS VOLLEYBALL​ (fall)
Region 1
First team
Anna Rodgers, Rocky Grove; Olivia Faust, Rocky Grove
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GIRLS TENNIS (fall)
All-District 10
Leaha Rial, Franklin
First 1
First team
Leaha Rial, Franklin
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BOYS TENNIS (spring)
Region 1
2nd team
Gabe Loughran, Oil City
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BASKETBALL
KSAC Boys
First team
Blake Marchinke, Cranberry (MVP)
Second team
Cole Findlay, Cranberry
KSAC Girls
First team
Darien Wenner, Cranberry
Third team
Jadyn Shumaker, Cranberry
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District 10
Boys (small school)
Landen Carter, Rocky Grove
Girls (small school)
Payton Liederbach, Oil City
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Region 5
Boys
First team
Nevin Stinson, Oil City (POY)
Jameson Wofford, Franklin
Second team
Michael Fink, Oil City
Ian Higley,Franklin
Region 2
First team
Landen Carter. Rocky Grove
Noah Baughman, Rocky Grove
Second team
Connor Ritchey, Rocky Grove
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Girls
Region 5
First team
Payton Liederbach, Oil City (co-POY)
​Sophia Garmong, Oil City
Second team
Laney Smith, Oil City
Zarria Cullins, Franklin
Hailey Hanna, Franklin
Jadyn Blum, Franklin​
WRESTLING
All-District 9/10 (YDL)
First team
Dalton Wenner, Cranberry (139)
All-Region 2
First Team
Seth Hollerman, Franklin (107)
Gary Kiselka, Franklin (215)
Kaiden Kiselka, Franklin (285)
Second team
Ethan Hart, Franklin (152)
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SWIMMING
All-District 10 (boys)
John Lander, Oil City
Jordan Stumpf, Franklin
All-Region 1
First team
John Lander, Oil City (50, 100, fly)
Second team
John Lander, Oil City (back)
Jordan Stumpf, Franklin (100, 500)
Franklin medley relay -- (Stumpf, Jacksen Clark, Parker Smith, Jacob Balsamo)
All-District 10 (girls)
Evelyn Highfield, Franklin (breast)
Dani Erdley, Franklin (back)
Natalie Wilson, Oil City (para)
All-Region 1
First team
Evelyn Highfield, Franklin, (breast)
Second team
Dani Erdley, Frankln, back
Franklin medley relay -- Erdley, Highfield, Chloe Switzer, Sammi Smith)
Franklin 400 relay -- Erdley. Highfield, Switzer, Ellie Coyer)
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BOYS TRACK
Region 4 (ETN)
First team
3200 relay -- Franklin (Max Griffin, Davis LeGoullon, Ryder Stevens, A.J. Rodriguez)
Discus -- Logan Knight, Franklin
Shot -- Logan Knight, Franklin
Javelin -- Spence Singleton, Oil City
Second team
400 -- Morris Woodhouse, Oil City
1600 -- Rilee Matalino, Oil City
3200 -- Rilee Matalino, Oil City
1600 relay -- Oil City (Dylan VanWormer, Rilee Matalino, Carter Thompson, Morris Woodhouse)
Long jump -- Nevin Stinson, Oil City
Note -- Only times and distances from region meets are used for all-region status.
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GIRLS TRACK
Region 4 (ETN)
First team
100 -- Lilyan Miller, Franklin
200 -- Lilyna MIler, Franklin
100 hurdles -- Olive Collins, Oil City
300 hurdles -- Bailey Stevens, Oil City
400 relay -- Franklin (Anna Rodgers, Lena Laderer, Lilyan Miller, Brylee Burger
High jump -- Olive Collins, Oil City
Shot -- Madi Garland, Oil City
Second team
400 -- Lena Laderer, Franklin
800 -- Corabel Shiley, Oil City
1600 --Isabel Griffin, Franklin
3200 -- Corbabel Shiley, Oil City
100 hurdles -- Bailey Stevens, Oil City
300 hurdles -- Anna Rodgers, Franklin
1600 relay -- Franklin (Anna Rodgers, Leah Laderer, Miah Shingledecker, Sophie Wehrle)
3200 relay -- Oil City (Corabel Shiey, Addison Wyant, Kaelyn Klapec, Lily Shiley)​
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SOFTBALL
District 9 (YDL)
First team
Emma Morrow. Cranberry (3B)
Second team
Jadyn Shumaker, Cranberry (C)
Danica Wenner, Cranberry (util)
Gracee Hess, Cranberry (hitting pitcher/DH)
KSAC
Second team
Gracee Hess , Cranberry (P-IF)
Kennedy Stewart, Cranberry (1B)
Avery Coe, Cranberry (IF)
3rd team
Jadyn Shumaker, Cranberry (C)
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BASEBALL
KSAC
Second team
Brody Bowler, Cranberry (1B)
Alex McIntyre, Cranberry (OF)
Third team
Jake McCloskey, Cranberry (OF)
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