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Recent all-staters

Franklin's Easton Fulmer (right) and Rocky Grove's Isaac Clayton were named to the Pa. Writers all-state team.

Fulmer was named a second teamer in 3A and Clayton a third-teamer in 2A. 

Both seniors joined the 1,000 point lists; Fulmer is No. 4 all-time in Venango County history. Franklin's Damon Curry was second team 3A all-state in 2023, and he and teammate Jalen Wood were second team in 2024.

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About this site

If you are from Anywhere, USA, and happened to stumble upon this site, Franklin and Oil City are about eight miles apart along Route 8 in Venango County, Pa. -- which is about halfway between Pittsburgh and Erie in the western part of the state.​

yardsandpoints.com (formerly venangofootball.com and then route8rivalry.com) covers the grid doings of Oil City and Franklin high schools in Venango County. Not only does it include the football histories of the two schools, which date back to 1896, but of (RIP) Venango Catholic/Chriistian/St. Joe, which dropped the sport in the 1990s. I've recently included more stuff on basketball as well as the other sports.​

You can say what you want about the caliber of football played in northwestern Pa. (few Division I players and state champs), but one thing you can't take away. These schools and their local playmates are old, old OLD. Lots of history here.

Former Derrick sports editor Penny Weichel is webmaster.​

Contact pennyweichel@gmail.com if need be.

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