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Ain't we got fun!

Their first -- and in Oil City's case only -- district titles in hoops
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The Derrick and The News-Herald had the Oilers and Nursery covered in the early 1920s
Oil City's 'Ike' Cleaves: the first to 500?
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Ed Treadwell
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This photo of the 1919 Nursery includes erstwhile football star Hendry Ramsey, (second from right, first row) who would go on to score a school record six touchdowns against Titusville that fall. Ramsey's record still stands.

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The 'league' in 1924
Louise Smiley: Early Franklin basketball star and then some
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The News-Herald predicted Rocky Grove's Jimmy Shaffer (front row, second from right) would be "the talk of the district" after scoring 308 points in 1928.

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