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Ray Vaughn was a big star for Oil City's unbeaten (8-0-3) team in 1924. The Oilers were then coached by George Woodman, who went on to fame as coach of the Clairton High School Bears.

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Woodman was a Colgate man -- and so would soon be Ray Vaughn. But times were not always happy for Vaughn at the New York State school. He didn't always get to play -- because he was black.

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Here's his story that appeared in The Derrick/The News Herald a few years back..

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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