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Cranberry wins
2024 1A state
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In addition to the Cranberry girls, who won the PIAA 1A state championship, several other runners competed in the state meet Nov. 2 at Hershey.
Leading the way was Rocky Grove's Isabel Griffin, who was 22nd and a medalist in the 1A girls race in 20:35 over 5,000 meters. Oil City's Corabel Shiley was 32nd in 2A girls at 20:31
Oil City's Elijah Brosius was 39th in 2A boys at 17:17. Franklin's Jay Prettyman was 55th in 1732, and another Oiler, Eli Collins, was 147th in 18:27. Rocky Grove's Maxx Baker was 72nd in 18:19 in the 1A race.
Cranberry also qualified its entire boys team in 1A. Dalton Wenner led the Berries in 93rd place at 18:34. Next were: Mariner Perry, 122 in 19:01; Thatcher Matassa, 143 in 19:20; Isaiah Miller, 148 in 19:24; Dane Wenner, 152 in 19:28; Cooper Matassa, 183 in 20:07 and Elias Fox, 201 in 20:37. (Action photos by Richard Sayer, Eight&322.com)
Oil City boys won the 24-team Titusville Invitational on Aug. 31.
Franklin's Jay Prettyman was individual champion.
Cranberry was runner-up to Cathedral Prep in the girls race. Oil City fifth, Rocky Grove and Franklin 16-17.
Berries' Beatrice Kolesar second in the girls race. Grove's Isabel Griffin third, Oil City's Corbel Shiley fifth, Cranberry's Kelsey Hanna sixth.
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Griffin won the prestigious McQuaid Invitational small school girls race in 18:41 on Sept. 28 in Rochester, N.Y. Corabel Shiley was eighth and led Oil City to a fourth place finish. Oil City was third and Rocky Grove fifth in the boys race.
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The Oil City boys repeated as region (7) champions, and the girls claimed their first title since 2018. They were runners-up to McDowell in the Northwestern Pa. meet on Oct. 17.
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Shiley won the Rocky Grove Invitational on Oct. 12 and Cranberry claimed the girls team title. Franklin's Jay Prettyman led local boys with a second-place finish. Oil City Elijah Brosius was third and led the Oilers to a third-place finish.
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The Cranberry girls won the 19-team Big Red Invite at West Middlesex on Sept. 7. The Berries finished with 50 points while runner-up Hickory had 107. Beatrice Kolesar was second among individual runners, while Rocky Grove's Isabel Griffin placed third.
The Oil City boys just missed on taking their second straight team title, losing out to Lakeview, 92-94. Elijah Brosius led the Oilers with a fourth-place finish.
Cranberry won the Kiski Invitational Sept. 13 behind Kolsar's second place finish. Woodland Hills was runner-up.