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This section of the web site is devoted to basketball in Venango County and all five teams have enjoyed some accomplishments -- most notably the Cranberry girls with four straight district titles not once but twice in both District 10 and and most recently District 9, and Franklin with three streaks of three consecutive D-10 crowns -- twice by the boys. The Cranberry girls also have produced a streak of three straight state champions from 1992-94. The Franklin boys and the St. Joe boys -- way back in the '40s -- won two state crowns. Venango Christian girls produced Venango County's first PIAA state championship in 1980. Added up, 30 district and six state titles by Venango County schools.

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There's also have been plenty of individual accomplishments by players and coaches alike. You'll find most of them in this section.

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Also included are basketball's beginnings in Venango County -- as far back as 1899!

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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.

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yardsandpoints.com (formerly venangofootball.com and then route8rivalry.com) covers the grid doings of Oil City and Franklin high schools in Venango County. It also includes the football histories of the two schools, which date back to 1896, along with that of (RIP) Venango Catholic (nee Christian and formerly St. Joseph in Oil City), which dropped the sport in the 1990s. I've recently included more stuff on basketball as well as the doings in other sports.

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Former Derrick sports editor Penny Weichel is webmaster.

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Contact pennyweichel@gmail.com if need be.

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