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3 named to softball all-state team
Three Venango County players were named to the Pa. High School Softball Coaches Association all-state team announced July 8. They were:
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Gabby Laderer, Franklin senior, first team 4A OF who hit .475 this season. Laderer is a career .388 hitter with 53 RBI and 27 XBH.
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Keelie Schneider, Cranberry senior, first team 2A 3B who hit .455 for the D-9 champion Berries. Schneider carried a 1.227 OPS.
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Ashlynn McWilliams, Cranberry sophomore, first team 2A OF who hit .481 with five homers and a 1.441 OPS.
Oilers dominate Region 3 track
Elijah Brosius
Photo by Kelly Malek
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Brosius co-Athlete of Year in region;
Franklin's Knight named to D-10 team
No state or district winners here, but four-time champion Oil City dominated the Region 3 boys track all-stars, announced Wednesday by the Erie Times News.
Leading the way was solid senior distance runner Elijah Brosius who shared co-Athlete of the Year honors with Corry's state hurdles champion, Blake Cook.
Brosius made first team in the 1600 and 3200 and the 3200 relay where he teamed with Elijah Collins and two underclassmen -- junior Keegan Kirkwood and freshman Rilee Matalino.
Senior teammate De'Vaughn Griffin, who saw limited action as the season waned, made first team in two events in voting by the coaches -- the 100 and 200 -- and second team in the 400 relay with even more underclassmen -- freshmen Carter Thompson and Morris Woodhouse and soph Dylan VanWormer.
​The only local District 10 pick was Franklin super soph Logan Knight, but he settled for second team on the region all-stars behind Meadville's Brennen Dinsmore in the shot and Titusville sophomore Lane Ongley in the discus.
Franklin's only region first teamer was veteran Jay Prettyman in the 800.
Oil City had two more first team selections in Clae Thompson in the high jump and the 1600 relay of junior Chase Crosmun, VanWormer, Kirkwood and Woodhouse.
Van Wormer also made second team in the 400 and 300 hurdles.
Franklin's Landon Lynch was second team in the javelin (to Corry state champ Nolan Carey) and the high jump.
Other Knight second team picks were Prettyman in the 1600, Gauge Gierlach in the 3200, soph Caden Mincer in the 110 hurdles, and the 1600 relay of Jackson Wilson, Landen Carter, Mincer and Prettyman.
Jay Prettyman
Logan Knight
De'Vaughn Griffin
Jay Prettyman
Griffin, Peterson on D-10 girls track stars
Although neither was picked to the All-Region 3 first team, Franklin's Isabel Griffin and Isabella Peterson were named to the District 10 girls track all-stars, announced Thursday by the Erie Times News.
Griffin, a junior, was selected to the All-Region second team in the 3200 by league coaches. She won the 3A crown in that event. Meadville junior Megan Puleio who was tabbed the region's Athlete of the Year, claimed the district 3A titles in the 800 and 1600 and bested Griffin head-to-head in the 3200 during the dual meet between the two schools.
​Peterson was a sort-of surprise winner in the D-10 3A discus; tops in Region 3 weights is senior Lindsay Hasbrouck from champ Corry, a 2A school as are Oil City and Titusville.
Franklin had one other athlete honored: freshman Lilyan Miller, second team in the 200.
Sophomore Corabel Shiley led a strong and young Oil City contingent. She was second team in the 800 and 1600 and on the first team 3200 relay with two more 10th graders, Isabella Vorse and Addison Wyant, along with freshman Meredith Best.
In addition to the relay, Oil City had five more first-team selections, all underclassmen: junior Sophia Garmong in the 400, sophs Bailey Stevens in the 300 hurdles and Madison Garland in the javelin, and freshman Olive Collins in the 100 hurdles and high jump. Junior Lindsay Caralla was second team in the high jump. The Lady Oilers were third in R-3, losing to MASH by a point.
Isabel Griffin
Isabella
Peterson
Corabel Shiley
Griffin, Peterson named D-10 stars in girls track
Kockler, Dilks make D-10
all-star teams; McMahon
Region 2 Pitcher of Year
Oil City's Jackson Dilks was named to the All-District 10 and Region 1 first teams in tennis. Oil City's Will McMahon, Franklin's Drew Kockler and Evan Turner and Rocky Grove's Haydon Bevier were recognized Monday for baseball. McMahon was named Pitcher of the Year in Region 2. The others were second team. (Titusville's Kameron Mong beat out Kockler, a 574 hitter, for first team shortstop.) Kockler later was named to the YDL D-10 stars as a DH. Softball was announced Tuesday, and Franklin seniors Abby Boland and Gabby Laderer were first team All-Region. Teammate Jillian Ewing was second team in Region 5, and Rocky Grove's Elizabeth Mawhinney and Zoe Cresswell were second team in Region 2. ​
Drew Kockler
Will McMahon
Jackson Dilks
McWilliams (softball), Morrow (baseball) All-D-9; Hess KSAC softball MVP
As usual, the KSAC all-stars were announced before any others and the 2025 teams in track, baseball and softball were released May 19.
Sophomore pitcher Gracee Hess received the top honor of all Cranberry athletes: softball MVP.
Other Cranberry athletes named to the various teams:
Softball
MVP -- P Gracee Hess
First team -- IF Keelie Schneider, OF Ashlynn McWilliams
Second team -- C Jadyn Shumaker, IF Avery Coe, IF Danica Wenner, OF Lexi Reisinger, OF Haylie Gregory
Third team -- 1B Cassie Scarbrough
Baseball
First team -- DH Connor Morrow
Second team -- OF Alex McIntyre
Girls Track
First team -- 3200 relay (Kaylie and Kelsey Hanna, Beatrice Kolesar, Darien Wenner; Kolesar (1600, 3200), Wenner (400)
Second team -- Wenner (pole vault), Kelsey Hanna (800)
Boys Track
Second team -- Dalton Wenner (800), Ben Conkle (110 hurdles), John Nixson (discus), Kaleb Heath (high jump)
District 9 all-stars
(announced the week of June 17)
Baseball -- Connor Morrow, first team OF
Softball -- Ashlynn McWilliams, first team OF; Danica Wenner, second team 2B, Avery Coe, co-second team SS, Keelie Schneider, second team 3B, Lexi Reisinger, second team OF, Gracee Hess, second team "hitting P/DP"
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Spring 2025 scoreboard
From YDL Sports Network and The Derrick
Franklin​
Baseball
Mar. 19 -- W, Seneca 11-4
Mar. 24 -- W, Cochranton 8-7
Mar. 27 -- W, Iroquois 11-1
Mar. 29 -- W, Reynolds 4-3
Mar. 31 -- L, Slippery Rock 12-4
Apr. 7 -- L, Sharon 12-1
Apr. 9 -- L, Rocky Grove 10-7
Apr. 11 -- L, Titusville, 19-3
Apr.14 -- L, Hickory 6-2
Apr. 17 -- W, Grove City 5-4
Apr. 23 -- L, Oil City 3-1
Apr. 24 -- W, Slippery Rock 4-2
Apr. 28 -- L, Titusville 8-1​
Apr. 30 -- L, Sharon 10-1
May 2 -- W, Lakeview 7-5
May 5 -- W, Cranberry 11-9
May 7 -- W, Hickory 9-6
May 12 -- L, Grove City 11-0
May 14 -- L, Oil City 7-1
May 20 -- L, Girard, 7-1
Softball
Mar. 19 -- L, Cambridge Springs 7-4
Mar. 27 -- L, Cranberry 14-1
Apr. 1 --L, Sharon 13-0
Apr. 4 -- L, Grove City 12-2
Apr. 12 -- L, Corry 20-4
Apr. 14 -- W, Slippery Rock 14-13
Apr. 15 -- L, Hickory 13-3
Apr. 17 -- L, Jamestown 12-1
Apr. 22 -- L, Cochranton 7-3
Apr. 23 -- L, Sharon 15-0
Apr. 28 -- L, Grove City 8-6
Apr. 30 -- W, Oil City 14-3
May 1 -- W, Oil City 14--4
May 2 -- L, Rocky Grove 8-3
May 7 -- L, Slippery Rock 10-0
May 8 -- L, Jamestown 8-7
May 12 -- L, Hickory 11-1
May 16 -- W, Warren 17-7
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Boys Track
Mar. 29 -- West Middlesex Duals (5-4); three champs: Jay Prettyman (800), Landon Lynch (javelin) and soph Logan Knight (with a 50-61/2 shot)
Apr. 3 -- L, Oil City 95-65 (Logan Knight 51-7.5 shot)
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Apr. 12 -- Brookville Invitational (apparently no team standings); champs: Jay Prettyman 1600 (4:27.57) and Logan Knight shot (50-21/4); other highlights: Prettyman 2nd in 800 and Knight 2nd in discus; Seldon Bean 20-5 for 3rd in long jump; Caden Mincer (hurdles) and and Landon Lynch (high jump, javelin) also top five two individual events ​
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Apr. 22 -- L, Meadville 86-59; 151-3 discus for Logan Knight
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Apr. 26 -- Franklin Invite: In addition to Logan Knights' record-setting performance in the shot, the Knights got two more firsts from Jay Prettyman (4:30.43 in the 1600) and Landon Lynch (154-8.5 in the javelin.) Knight was also second in the discus (148-7).
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Apr. 30 -- L, Corry 101-49
May 6 -- L, Titusville 75-74
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Girls Track
Mar. 29 -- West Middlesex Duals (2-7)
Apr. 3 -- L, Oil City 117-33
Apr. 12 -- Brookville Invitational (apparently no team standings); champ: Isabel Griffin, 1600 (5:25.46); other highlights: freshman Lilyan Miller 15-9 in long jump, Griffin (800) top five in two individual events​
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Apr. 22 -- L, Meadville 93-57
Apr. 30 -- L, Corry 101-49
May 6 -- L, Titusville 75-74
Lexi Bowling decides she likes this pitch. (Photo by Christy Fackler)
Rocky Grove​
Baseball
Mar. 24 --W, Iroquois 19-4
Mar. 27 -- W, Union/AC Valley, 6-4
Apr. 4 -- L, Cochranton 9-5
Apr. 9 -- W, Franklin 10-7
Apr. 14 --L, Lakeview 12-0
Apr. 16 -- W, Jamestown 13-0
Apr. 17 -- W, Cambridge Springs, 10-0
Apr. 22 -- L, Saegertown15-3
Apr. 23 -- L, Maplewood 10-0
Apr. 24 -- L, Reynolds 6-4
Apr. 28 -- W, Cochranton 13-6
Apr. 30 -- L, Saegertown 10-6
May 5 -- L, West Middlesex 3-2
May 7 -- L, Lakeview 10-0
May 8 -- W, Cambridge Springs 15-0
May 9 -- W, Cranberry 2-0
May 12 -- W, Jamestown 11-0
May 14 -- L, Maplewood 12-1
May 15 -- W, Oil City 11-10
May 23 -- L, West Middlesex 3-2
Softball
Mar. 25 -- W, Iroquois 2-0
Mar. 27 -- W, Oil City 12-7
Apr. 4 -- L, Maplewood 5-2
Apr. 12 -- L, Cochranton 10-0
Apr. 14 -- L, Cambridge Springs 7-0
Apr. 22 -- W, Lakeview, 6-4
Apr. 23 -- W, Youngsville 4-3
Apr. 24 -- L, Saegertown, 10-1
Apr. 25 -- L Cranberry 15-0
Apr. 28 -- L, Maplewood 3-1
Apr. 30 -- W, Keystome 14-4
May 1 -- L, Cambridge Springs 5-0
May 2 -- W, Franklin 8-3
May 7 -- L, Reynolds 5-4
May 8 -- W, Lakeview 7-2
May 9 -- L, Cochranton 7-0
May 12 -- W Forest 14-0
May 13 -- L, Saegertown 8-1
May 14 -- L, West Middlesex 5-1
May 21 -- L Cambridge Springs 2-0
Volleyball
Mar. 15 -- Cochranton tourney reached semis
Mar. 25 -- L, Maplewood 3-1
Mar. 27 -- W, Crawford Christian 3-0
Apr. 1 -- L, Ft. LeBoeuf 3-0
Apr. 3 -- L, Conneaut 3-1
Apr. 8 -- L, Meadville 3-0
Apr. 10 -- L, McDowell 3-1
Apr. 15 -- L, Cambridge Springs, 3-0
Apr. 17 -- W, Maplewood 3-0
Apr. 22 -- L, Crawford Christian 3-1
Apr. 24 -- L, Conneaut, 3-0
May 6 -- L, Mercyhurst 3-0
May 8 -- L, Cochranton 3-0
May 13 -- L, Ft. LeBoeuf 3-0
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Boys and girls track -- see Franklin
Apr. 12 -- junior Isabel Griffin won 1600 (5:25.46) at Brookville Invite.
Apr. 26 -- Griffin ran the 800 (fourth, 2:32.34) and the 1600 (second, 5:31.33) in the Franklin Invitational
Cranberry​
Baseball
Mar. 27 -- L, Maplewood 9-4
Mar. 29 -- L, West Middlesex, 13-6
Apr. 9 -- W, North Clarion 11-1
Apr. 11 -- L, AC Valley/Union, 6-4
Apr. 14 -- L, DuBois CC 3-0
Apr. 17 -- W, Redbank Valley 2-0
Apr. 22 -- W, Reynolds 10-7
Apr. 23 -- W-W, Keystone 4-4, 1-3
Apr. 28 -- L, Moniteau 5-2
Apr. 30 -- W, Karns City 7-6
May 1 -- L, Clarion 6-1
May 5 -- L, Franklin 11-9
May 7 -- L, Clarion-Limestone 4-3
May 9 -- L, Rocky Grove 2-0
May 12 -- L, Brookville 7-6
May 14 -- L, Wilmington 11-1
May 16 -- W, North Clarion 12-2
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Softball
Mar. 22 -- L, DuBois 18-7
Mar. 24 -- L, St. Marys 10-0
Mar. 27 -- W, Franklin, 14-1
Apr. 3 -- L, Rowan County, Ky. 6-2
Apr. 5 -- W, Independence, WVA 13-3
Apr. 9 -- W, Brookville 18-2
Apr. 11 -- W, A-C Valley/Union, 19-4
Apr. 12 -- W, Forest Area 15-0
Apr. 14 -- W, Curwensville 14-4
Apr. 17 -- W, Redbank Valley 6-1
Apr. 23 -- W-W, Keystone 13-17, 0-8
Apr. 25 -- W Rocky Grove 15-0
Apr. 28 -- W, Moniteau 13-0
Apr. 30 -- W, Karns City 10-0
May 1 -- W, Clarion 16-3 (completion of suspended game)
May 9 -- W, Karns City 10-0 (KSAC title game)
May 16 -- L, St. Marys 6-4
May 22 -- W, Brookville 13-3
May 26 -- W, Redbank 6-0
June 2 -- L, Chartiers Houston 5-2
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Boys Track
Mar. 31 -- W, Titusville 76-73
Apr. 2 -- L, Central Clarion 105-39
Apr. 7 -- L, Moniteau 82-68
Apr. 10 -- W, North Clarion 73-64
Apr. 12 -- Brookville Invitational (apparently no team standings); no place-winners for Berries
Apr. 16 -- L, A-C Valley/Union 88-62
Apr. 16 -- L, Keystone, 95-55
Apr. 23 -- L, Karns City 113-37
Apr. 28 -- L, Redbank 83.33-66.66
May 2 -- Sixth out of eight teams in KSAC meet. No champs.
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Girls Track
Mar. 31 -- L, Titusville 93.5-51.5
Apr. 2 -- L, Central Clarion 90-59
Apr. 7 -- L, Moniteau 85-64
Apr. 10 -- W, North Clarion 73-67
Apr. 12 -- Brookville Invitational (apparently no team standings); champ: soph Beatrice Kolesar 3200 (11:53.12); other highlights: 3200 relay (10:21.72) runnerup to Bellefonte (9:56.54); Kayla Hanna 3rd 3200; freshman Darien Wenner 2nd pole vault (10-0) and 4th 400; Kolesar 6th in 1600 (5:30.67)
Apr. 16 -- W, AC Valley/Union 76-65
Apr. 16 -- L, Keystone 87-49
Apr. 23 -- L, Karns City 106-44
Apr. 28 -- L, Redbank 77-73
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Apr. 26 -- In addition to the wins in the 3200 relay and open 3200, Darien Wenner cleared 10-6 again to win the pole vault at the McDowell Invite. The Hanna twins were sixth and seventh in two 3200. Kolesar was sixth in the 1600 at 5:45.31.
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May 2 -- Fifth in the KSAC meet, but Darien Wenner cleared 11-0 for second in the pole vault, breaking her own school record. She also won the 400. Beatrice Kolesar was a triple winner, taking the 1600 in 5:19.17, the 3200 in 11:41.16 and running a leg on the 3200 relay, which was clocked in 9:53.45. Kayla Hanna ran a 5:45 for third in the 1600.
Oil City
Baseball
Mar. 19 -- L, Fairview 7-0
Mar. 25 -- W, Clarion-Limestone 6-2
Mar. 27 -- L, Lakeview 11-0
Apr. 1 -- L, Grove City 3-2
Apr. 4 -- L, Sharon 9-3
Apr. 7 -- L, Greenville 3-1
Apr. 9 -- L, Hickory 4-1
Apr. 14 -- L, Slippery Rock 5-0
Apr. 17 -- L, Titusville 6-2
Apr. 23 -- W, Franklin 3-1
Apr. 25 -- W Grove City 4-1
Apr. 28 -- L, Sharon 2-1
May 1 -- W, Conneaut, 4-3
May 5 -- L, Hickory 11-4
May 8 -- W, Slippery Rock 9-7
May 12 -- L, Titusville 10-0
May 14 -- W, Franklin 7-1
May 15 -- L Rocky Grove 11-10
Softball
Mar. 18 -- L, Wilmington 14-4
Mar. 21 -- W, Eisenhower 8-3
Mar. 25 -- L, Girard 9-8
​Mar. 27 -- L, Rocky Grove, 12-7
Mar. 29 -- L, Warren, 20-0​
Apr. 1 -- L, Hickory 16-4
Apr. 4 -- L, Jamestown 19-1
Apr. 9 -- L, Grove City 16-0
Apr. 14 -- L, Lakeview 16-14
Apr. 17 -- L, Sharon 19-0
Apr. 22 -- L, Slippery Rock 11-1
Apr. 28 -- L, Hickory 21-6
Apr. 30 -- L, Franklin 14-3
May 1 -- L, Franklin 14-4
May 7 -- L, Sharon 16-0
May 10 -- L, Grove City 14-1
May 12 -- L, Jamestown 3-0
May 15 -- L, Slippery Rock 12-2
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Boys Track
Mar. 28 -- West Middlesex Duals (9-0); one champ: De'Vaughn Griffin (100)
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Apr. 3 -- W, Franklin 95-65
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Apr. 12 -- Big Red Invite (runnerup to Hickory); two champs: De'Vaughn Griffin, 100 and Braylon Barber, javelin. Other highlights: Elijah Brosius (1600, 800) and Keegan Kirkwood (3200) took 2nds and teamed with Elijah Collins and freshman Rilee Matalino for 2nd in 3200 relay; Griffin, Brosius and Gavin Stephens (horizontal jumps) top five in two individual events​
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Apr. 22 -- W, Corry 79-71
May 6 -- W, Meadville 90-60
May 8 -- W, Titusville 104-46
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Girls Track
Mar. 28 -- West Middlsex Duals (5-4); one champ: Madi Garland (javelin)
Apr. 3 -- W, Franklin 117-33
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Apr. 12 -- Big Red Invite (10th out of 13 teams); highlights: freshman Olive Collins 2nd in 100 hurdles, 3200 relay 2nd; soph Corabel Shiley 4th in 1600 (5:25.86)​​
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Apr. 22 -- L, Corry 85-65
May 6 -- L, Meadville 75-74
May 8 -- W, Titusville 113-36
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Apr. 26 -- Franklin Invite: Freshman Olive Collins cleared 5-1 to win the high jump. She was also third in the 100 hurdles. Soph Bailey Stevens are third in the 300s and Addision Wyant took fifth in the 800. For the boys, Elijah Brosius was fourth in the 1600 (4:32.28). The 3200 relay was third in 8:32.51. Spence Singleton was runnerup in the javelin (160-6) and Braylon Barber was sixth (146-4).
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Tennis
Mar. 31 -- L, Warren 5-0
Apr. 1 -- L, Grove City 5-0
Apr. 3 -- W, Greenville 3-2
Apr. 7 -- L, Grove City 5-0
Apr. 9 -- L, Hickory 4-1
Apr. 11 -- L, Erie 4-1
Apr. 22 -- W, Kennedy Catholic 4-1
Apr. 23 -- W-W, Titusville 3-3, 2-2
Apr. 28 -- W, Sharon 3-2
Apr. 30 -- Buhl Farm Invitational (Gabe Loughran won his first two matches; other victories: Jackson Dilks and Jaxon Klapec and doubles entry of Sawyer Greene and after O'Dell
May 1 -- L, Hickory 5-0
May 2 -- L, Erie 4-1
(Background photo by Christy Fackler)