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THE COLLEGE CROWD
Motter throws 201,
claims javelin titlE for PSU BeHrend
Charlie Motter, sophomore from Oil City, won the javelin title Wednesday for Penn State Behrend in the All-Atlantic Region track and field championships.
His winning throw of 201 feet was by far a personal record, counting both high school and college.
And his winner came on his final throw. Motter was sitting in fifth place, trailing Jacob Bono of York College who led with 197-7.
The 201 ranks 21st in NCAA Division III. It's also No. 3 in Behrend history behind Mitch Obenrader (221-5 in 2016) and Aiden Grieneisen (201-4 in 225).
Grieneisen, a freshman from Brockway, has since transferred to Penn State's main campus.
Motter later said he wanted to make up for finishing second in the SUNY conference championships last week. He was the top seed, but competing on a grass runway was not to his liking. He threw 164-10.
Prior to the All-Atlantic meet his personal best was 188-1 in an invitational earlier this season. His best throw as a freshman was in the 164 neighborhood.
And his best throw in high school was 167. He was District 10 champion for Oil City as a junior.
Motter was a swimmer and golfer and played baseball in high school. He has continued his golf career at Behrend.
Luke Guth: Vanderbilt
Luke Guth, junior from Franklin, is a 6-1, 188-pound junior right-hander for perennial power Vanderbilt.
The Commodores were 33-25 this spring, including 14-16 in the SEC, and were left out of the NCAA tournament for the first time since 2002.
Guth had his ups and down fthis season. One of 19 pitchers on the staff, he was used in relief and tied for the team lead in appearances with 23.
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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 team since 2024.
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Landon Lynch -- Freshman threw 174.8 for 13th 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.
College Crowd revisted: How they're doing
Trinity Edge, Bethany (Franklin) – All-Presidents Athletic Conference. Started all 41 games. She posted a 17-6 record with 19 complete games and two shutouts. ERA was 2.61 with 136 strikeouts in 150.1 innings. Her .348 batting average and 49 hits included nine doubles, a triple and four home runs. Edge drove in 27 runs, scored 34 and led the team with 11 stolen bases. She was named the PAC Pitcher of the Week on April 13 and was also selected to the 2026 PAC All-Tournament team.
Drew Kockler, Bryant & Stratton (Franklin) – Team has played 54 games. Kockler, a freshman, has appeared in 51 of them. He’s hitting .242 with a .384 on-base percentage. An infielder, Kockler has six homers among his 12 extra base hits.
Kirsten Hicks, Westminster (Franklin) – has appeared in four games, making one start. She has a hit in two at-bats.
Carson Wible, Gannon (Franklin) – career .293 hitter and listed on 2026 roster, but hasn’t played since 2024.
Kenny Lavrich, Grove City (Cranberry) – Has appeared in 13 games, making nine starts. He’s worked 57.2 innings with a 30/50 W/K ratio. Has a 5-4 record, 6.09 ERA. Started the conference championship game against W&J. Wolverines dropped an 11-2 decision to finish 22-18. Grove City was the fifth seed going into the tournament. Career: finished with a 5.53 ERA in 96 innings, 56/80 W/K, 8-5 record. Best season was 2025 when he posted a 3.93 ERA in 34.1 IP.
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Rae Montgomery, Westminster (Rocky Grove) – Sophomore just getting started in the throwing events at Westminster.
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Will McMahon, Penn State Behrend (OIl City) – McMahon had a hand in Behrend winning the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference championship. The freshman appeared in 11 games, making three starts. His record was 1-1. ERA 5.10 over 30 innings. 9/31 W/K ratio. Pitched in a NCAA Division III regional game.
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Caleb Prettyman, Youngstown State (Franklin) – After transferring from Kansas State via Penn State, Prettyman, listed as a freshman, was clocked in 14:36.77 in the Boson Outdoor Classic on April 14. That’s the fourth best 5,000 meters time on the team. Also posted a 4:02.25 in the 1500 meters at the Dave Labor Invitational on April 4.
Ayanna Ferringer, Robert Morris (Cranberry) – Best throw in the javelin this season is 122-9. Consistently in the 120s during her two years at Bobby U.
Sydni Hoobler, IUP (Franklin) – The junior hit .355 with a .396 on-base percentage for the Crimson Hawks, who were 38-19 overall. IUP was runnerup in the PSAC tourney. She's retiring from intercollegiate competition to concentrate on academics (echocardiography) at Findlay.
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.
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.
Trinity Edge
Sydni Hoobler
M cMahon
Prettyman
Montgomery
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.
