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.
Track records...
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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.
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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.
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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.
Franklin's Luke Guth is a freshman on Vanderbilt's vaunted program in the SEC.
The 6-1, 185-pounder has appeared in four games for the Commodores, most recently April 23 when he hurled a scoreless inning vs. Tennessee-Martin.
He's worked 5.1 innings with eight strikeouts and three walks. He's yielded three hits, including a home run vs. Florida.
Vandy (30-11) will host Mississippi State in a three-game series this weekend.
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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.)
