Venango County state champions
TEAM
Basketball
PCIAA
1939 -- Oil City St. Joseph
1941 -- Oil City St. Joseph
PIAA
1980 -- Venango Christian (now Catholic) girls, 1A
1992 -- Cranberry girls, 2A
1993 -- Cranberry girls, 2A
1994 -- Cranberry girls, 2A
2001 -- Franklin boys, 3A
2006 -- Franklin boys, 3A
Baseball
2018 -- Rocky Grove, 2A
Cross country
2024 -- Cranberry girls, 1A
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INDIVIDUAL
Golf
1935 -- Barrett Melvin, Franklin
1936 -- Barrett Melvin, Franklin
Track
1954 -- Charlie Winger, Oil City, Class A mile
1955 -- Charlie Winger, Oil City, Class A 880
1955 -- Charlie Winger, Oil City, Class A mile
1959 -- Bob Flickner, Rocky Grove, Class B 100
1959 -- DeWitt Green, Rocky Grove, Class B pole vault
1969 -- Rick Weaver, Oil City, Class A 880
1981 -- Scott Moon, Oil City, 3A javelin
1982 -- Scott Moon, Oil City, 3A javelin
1985 -- Mike Renninger, Oil City, 3A 1600
1985 -- Ed Munoz, Oil City, 3A 800
1986 -- Chris Conway, Oil City, 3A long jump
1995 -- Liz Bodnar, Franklin, 3A high jump
1997 -- Kacey Neely, Cranberry, 2A 300 hurdles
2015 -- Abby Jones, Franklin, 3A high jump
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Pictured are Barrett Melvin, Charlie Winger, Chris Conway, Bob Flickner and DeWitt Green, Abby Jones,, Fred Young, Dakota Geer and Ray Frantz.
Swimming
1990 -- Alison Conrad, Oil City, diving
1995 -- Jill Wilkinson, Franklin, 2A breaststroke
1996 -- Jill Wilkinson, Franklin, 2A breaststroke
1996 -- Franklin (Darren Livezy, Mike Frederick, Ryan Fennick, Nate Edmundson, 2A medley relay
1997 -- Andy Fischer, Oil City, 2A diving
1997 -- Franklin (Jill Wilkinson, Amanda Armburger, Gwynne Junkin, Katie Findlan), 2A medley relay
2012 -- Phil Emerson, Franklin, 2A 100 free
2013 -- Phil Emerson, Franklin, 2A, 50 free
2013 -- Phil Emerson, Franklin, 2A 100 free
2013 -- Franklin (Phil Emerson, Andy Frederick, Quinn Heffernan, Isaac Cooke), 2A 200 free relay
2014 -- Phil Emerson, 2A 50 free
2014 -- Phil Emerson, Franklin, 2A 100 free
Wrestling
1973 -- Ray Frantz, Cranberry, 98 pounds
1974 -- Ray Frantz, Cranberry, Class B 105
1994 -- Bret Ruth, Oil City, 3A 171
1996 -- Jack Rice, Cranberry, 2A 135
1998 -- Cory Ace, Franklin, 3A 135
2015 -- Dakota Geer, Franklin (Rocky Grove student), 2A 182
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Gymnastics
1940 -- Fred Young, Oil City, rope climb
Team champs
Three consecutive 2A state crowns from 1992-94.
1980 Class A basketball
PCIAA state champion 1939 and 1941. This photo was taken as the team left for Chicago to play in the National Catholic Tournament in 1941.
Three consecutive 2A state crowns from 1992-94.