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THE COLLEGE CROWD
Spring
5 locals at Slippery Rock
Easton Adamczyk -- The soph from Rocky Grove ran cross country and participated in the NCAA Atlantic Regional. Best times: 33:09.1 for 10,000 meters and 25:26 for 8,000. Also ran indoor and now outdoor track, where his primary event is the steeplechase. Best time is 9:57.93. PSAC qualifier.
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Cade Adams -- grad student from Franklin who has been a sprinter/hurdler since 2022. Best outdoor time in 400 in 400 hurdles: 54.04. Ran leg of 1600 relay that won the John Papa invite in 3:18.59. PSAC Scholar-Athlete.
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Scott Finch -- PSAC qualifier, both indoor and outdoor. Junior from Cranberry has cleared 14-8 in the pole vault. Also own indoor team. Been on the teams since 2024.
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Landon Lynch -- Freshman threw 174.8 for 1`3th in PSAC meet.
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Kayla Hanna -- Freshman from Cranberry who was in all six meets last fall with a season's best 23:27.8 for 6,000 meters. PSAC and Atlantic Region qualifier. Did run indoor track.
Keep an EYE out this spring
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Franklin's Luke Guth tied for team lead in appearances for Vanderbilt. Season still in progress.
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Another Franklin grad, Drew Kockler is playing second base for Bryant and Stratton College in Ohio. Kockler has played in 51 of teams 54 games. Batting .242 with six homers among his 12 extra base hits.
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And still another FHS grad, Trinity Edge, is pitching and playing CF for Bethany softball. All-PAC after going 17-6 with 19 CGs and two shutouts. 2.61 ERA. Fanned 136 in 150.1 innings. Batted .348 and led team with 11 ABs.
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Sydni Hoobler had a banner season for IUP, batting .355 with a .396 OBA. Team (38-19) will play in Mid-Atlanitc Regional..
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Soph Kristen Hicks, also from Franklin, is a lettering 3B-C for Westminster softball. Limited action this spring.
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Carson Wible (5-11, 210) career ..293 hitter. Still on. roster but hasn't played isince 2024. Three-time PSAC Scholar Athlete.
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Kenny Lavrich , senior RP from Cranberry, posted his best season for Grove City last year, pitching to a 3.93 ERA in 34.1 innings. Finished career with 5.53 ERA in 96 innings. 56/80 W/K, 8-5 record.
Guth
Hoobler
Mcmahon freshman
pitcher at Behrend
Freshman righty (6-3, 195) had a hand in Behrend's Allegheny Mountain conference title. Made three starts in 10 appearances. 1-1 record, 4.55 ERA over 27.2 innings. 9/29 W/K ratio.
Motter on Track, Golf rosters at Behrend
Still another Oil City grad, sophomore Charlie Motter, is on two Behrend rosters -- track and golf. Motter placed in the SUNYAC meet last year with a 153-8. His personal best is 170-10, good for 15th in the outdoor regional last spring. Runnerup (164-10) this spring.
FRanklin's
Prettyman:
Globetrotter
now at YSU
Caleb Prettyman has only been out of high school for two years, but he's already well traveled.
Prettyman, a Franklin grad, and a former state level distance runner for the Knights, was at Penn State last year.
This past fall he ran cross country for Kansas State, and made the All-Big 12 academic team. He also ran a 26:20.8 8k at the Pre-National Invite among other things.
Now he's at Youngstown State, where he hopes to have found a home.
Listed as a freshman, Prettyman ran 14:36.77 in the 5000 meters-- fourth best on team -- at the Boston Outdoor Classic on April 14. Also posted a 4:02.25 in the 1500 meters April 4 in the Dave Labor Classic.
Ferringer heaves
javelin for RMU
Ayanna Ferringer, sophomore from Cranberry, throws the javelin for Robert Morris. She placed fifth (123-8) in the Horizon League as a freshman. Her best throw last year was 127-6. Best this spring is 122-9.
Another javelin thrower
Morgan Stover, senior from Cranberry, is a senior at Misericordia near Scranton. She throws the javelin for the Cougars. Her best is about 124-7.
Montgomery
Thrower for
Titan Track
Grove grad Rae Montgomery is listed as a junior thrower for the Westminster women's track team.
Fall/Winter
Oil City grad named
PSAC coach of Year
Chris Rhodes, a 1991Oil City graduate and backstroke star, is the men's and women's swimming coach at Edinboro, his alma mater. Rhodes was an All-American in 1994 and 1995 and has produced 19 All-Americans in 22 years at the 'Boro, including former Oiler Zak Clifford. He's twice (2007, 2026) been PSAC Coach of the Year.
Camden Smith Is also on
Cleve State swim roster
Franklin's Camden Smith was a four-time state medalist who virtually missed his senior season with an injury.
The mechanical engineering major is now on the roster at Cleveland State where he's listed in the free and fly.
Fennick also on swim
team at Shippensburg
Brea Fennick, junior from Oil City, is a sophomore on the Shippensburg swim team
She's solid in the 50, 100 and backstroke events for the Red Raiders.
Fennick is a biology major.
Brosius takes red shirt
for UPJ wrestling
Freshman Elijah Brosius, listed at 141 pounds and a Cranberry wrestling product, was a redshirt for Pitt-Johnstown wrestling.
Brosius was a two-time state place-winner for the Berries.
He ran cross country and track for his Ala mater, Oil City. Brosius is a civil engineering major.
McFetridge at Mt. Union
Junior Brayden McFetridge (197), another Oil City grad who wrestled for Cranberry, is a junior at Mount Union.
He lost his first match in the NCAA Division III tourney, but in five discoverable duals had a 4-1 record. And one was a 5-3 decision over a W&J guy who was ranked No. 6 in the region.
Franklin graduates Easton Fulmer and Camdon Bashor finished their senior seasons of college basketball. St. Vincent (Bashor) was 21-7 and Chatham (Fulmer) was 18-8 but neither team made the NCAA Division III playoffs. Chatham played to a share of the PAC regular season title. Bashor received an honorable mention on the Presidents Athletic Conference all-stars. Photos from their school web sites. Final stats:
Boal on powerful Gannon roster
After leading Venango County in scoring in 2025, Franklin's 6-4 Katie Boal took her talents to Gannon where she saw limited action for the powerful Golden Knights.
Boal played in 14 games, making one start, and averaged 2,3 minutes. She scored 15 points, gathered nine rebounds and blocked three shots.
Gannon finished 29-5, reaching the NCAA Division II Atlantic Region semis.
Brown solid
in backstroke
at Cleve State
Alaina Brown is a veteran backstroker for the Cleveland State swimming team.
The junior from Rocky Grove (swam in high school for Franklin) was sixth in the 200 back in the Horizon League meet. Her time (2:01.84) was fourth fastest in school history. She was also fifth in the 100 back (56.5).
Rhoads 4-year
spiker at Thiel
Devin Rhoads played four years of volleyball at Thiel.
Another Grove grad, the 5-3 Rhoads had 252 digs and 175 points for the Tomcats.
Kye Winslow on
Ship swim Roster
Kye Winslow is another Grove grad who swam for Franklin in the co-op. He's now a freshman at Shippensburg where he swims the free, back and breast.
knapp running
at Penn College
Former Rocky Grove standout Ethan Knapp is a soph harrier at Penn College in Williamsport.
He was 10th last fall in the United East championships and made first team.
VC grad Logan Rakow
sprinter at Behrend
Another former Oil City swimmer is on the swim team at Behrend.
Finance major Logan Rakow is a sophomore sprinter. Rakow is a VC grad who lives in Franklin, but swam for Oil City under the co-op.
