HOOPS
DISTRICT 10 PLAYOFFS
4A BOYS
Tuesday's Results
No. 9 Farrell 67, No. 8 Ft. LeBoeuf 61
No. 4 Girard vs. No. 13. Harbor Creek
No. 5 Grove City 56, No. 12 Franklin 31
No. 10 Slippery Rock 54, No. 7 Fairview 44
No. 3 Sharon 55, No. 14 Conneaut 41
No. 11 Oil City 59, No. 6 Warren 51
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Friday's Results
No. 1 Cathedral Prep 83, No. 9 Farrell 47
No. 5 Grove City 39, No. 13. Harbor Creek 35
No. 2 Hickory 53, No. 10 Slippery Rock 45
No. 3 Sharon 59, No. 11 Oil City 39
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Tuesday's Games
Semifinals
No. 1 Cathedral Prep vs. No. 5 Grove City, 7:30 p.m., General McLane
No 3 Sharon vs. No. 2 Hickory, 7:30 p.m., Slippery Rock
Consolation bracket
No. 9 Farrell vs. No. 13 Harbor Creek, 6 p.m., General McLane
No. 11 Oil City vs. No. 10 Slippery Rock, 6 p.m., Slippery Rock U.
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2A BOYS
Tuesday's Results
No. 8 Sharpsville 56, No. 9 Union City 42
No. 5 Eisenhower 72, No. 12 Wilmington 36
No. 7 Greenville 56, No. 10 Cambridge Springs 48
No. 6. Cochranton 69, No. 11 Maplewood 39
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Friday's Results
No. 1. Rocky Grove 60, No. 8 Sharpsville 39
No. 5 Eisenhower 61, No. 4 Saegertown 47
No. 2 Mercyhurst Prep 75, No. 7 Greenville 31
No. 3 Lakeview 66, No. 6 Cochranton 48
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Tuesday's Games
Semifinals
No. 1 Rocky Grove vs. No. 5 Eisenhower, 7:30 p.m., Hagerty Events Center, Erie
No. 2 Mercyhurst vs. No. 3 Lakeview, 6 p.m., Meadville
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3A BOYS
Thursday's Results
No. 3 Iroquois 54, No. 2 Corry 44
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Tuesday's Game (championship)
No. 1 Mercer vs. No. 3 Iroquois, 7:30 p.m., Meadville
4A GIRLS
Wednesday's Results
No. 9 Corry 44, No. 8 Grove City 30
No. 7 Hickory 45, No. 10 Sharon 39
Saturday's Results
No. 1 Fairview 48, No. 9 Corry 20
No. 5 Franklin 50, No. 4 Conneaut 46
No. 2. Harbor Creek 51, No. 7. Hickory 25
No. 6 Slippery Rock 54, No. 3 General McLane 46
Wednesday Games, TBA
No. 1. Fairview vs. No. 5 Franklin
No. 2 Harbor Creek vs. No. 6 Slippery Rock
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DISTRICT 9 3A PLAYOFFS
Friday's Results
3A Girls
No. 2 Cranberry 43, No. 3 Brookville 32
No. 1 Karns City 52, No. 4 Moniteau 30
3A Boys
No. 2 Cranberry 69, No. 3 Karns City 52
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March 1
3A Championship
No. 2 Cranberry vs. No. 1 Karns City, 11 a.m., Tippin
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Feb. 25
3 A Championship
No. 1 Brookville vs. No. 2 Cranberry, 7 p.m., Clarion High School
Third time money -- as in CASH -- for Franklin girls
Berry teams end title game droughts;
Grove boys roll on, Oilers bow to Sharon
Noah Baughman's 24 points led Rocky Grove to a 60-39 win over Sharpsville on Friday night. (Photo by Christy Fackler)
Katie Boal could not be stopped against Conneaut. The 6-2 senior scored 30. (Photo by Kelly Malek)
Aiden Focht contributed 10 points in the Grove win over Sharpsville. (Photo by Christy Fackler)
Saturday's Game
After losing to Region 5 rival Conneaut twice during the regular season, the Franklin girls found the third meeting Saturday to be a charm, grinding out a 50-46 victory in a District 10 4A playoff game.
The triumph not only sends the Lady Knights (15-8) into Wednesday's semifinals against top-seeded Fairview, but assures them of a spot in the interdistrict playoffs since four teams from D-10 get to go.
Franklin, after losing by one and eight points during the regular season to CASH, led most of the way Saturday, but the Lady Eagles, who trailed by as many as 10 points, took a few leads in the fourth quarter.
As it turned out, a 3-pointer by Hailey Hanna put Franklin ahead to stay, 45-42, before Katie Boal extended the lead to 47-42 on one of her 14 field goals.
Boal led the Knights with 30 points -- her second highest total of the season. (She had 41 vs. Maplewood.) Sophomore Jadyn Blum added 10, all of her points coming after intermission.
It didn't help the Eagles that they were in foul trouble. One of their stars, Lainey Harrington, got her third just before halftime and ended up fouling out.
Friday roundup
It's been many moons for both Cranberry programs, but here they are again, playing for a District 9 basketball title.
The girls ousted third-seeded Brookville, 43-32, and the boys eliminated Karns City, another third seed, 69-52, in Friday semis.
Meanwhile, in District 10, top-seeded Rocky Grove sent No. 8 Sharpsville packing, 60-39, in 2A boys, and third-seeded Sharon beat Oil City, 59-39, in 4A boys, but the Oilers are still alive in the losers' bracket since five teams qualify for interdistricts.
Darien Wenner scored 19 points, draining three trifectas, and Avery Coe added 11 for the 17-5 Cranberry girls, who will be in the title game for the first time since 2012, per D9and10sports.com.
That game, against No. 1 Karns City, won't be until March 1, with an 11 a.m. tipoff at PennWest Clarion's Tippin Gym.
Later on, Blake Marchinke scored 14 of his 16 points in the first half, triggering the Cranberry boys to a 69-52 win over Karns City. Cole Findlay's 24 points led the 17-6 Berries, who will play top-seeded Brookville Tuesday for the championship, marking the first time since 2015 that the Berry boys have been in the title game.
Connor Morrow added 10 to the Cranberry cause.
Noah Baughman netted 24 points to lead the Grove against Sharpsville.
The Orioles (20-3) also received 15 points from Landen Carter and 10 from Aiden Focht, not usually a heavy scorer.
They will play Eisenhower Tuesday in the semifinals. The fifth-seeded Knights drilled 11 3-pointers in their quarterfinal win over Saegertown.​​
Sharon got off to a 14-2 start against the Oil City boys, who were within 21-19 just before halftime, but it was all Tigers again after that. Nevin Stinson led the 15-9 Oilers with 18 points. They now have a rematch Tuesday against Slippery Rock.
Career Points
Some items previously on this page have been moved to WINTER
Stats through games of 2.22.25
Scoring (100 pts. or more)
Free Throws (min. 44/50%)
3-pointers
Junior Dalton Wenner and family pose with a banner for his 100 career wrestling victories. The milestone came in the Fred Bell tournament semifinals. Wenner won his weight for the third straight year.
Franklin's Gary Kiselka was runner-up iat 215 in the 2A sectional at Sharon. (Photo by Richard Sayer)
Wenner brothers
claim district crowns
Dalton and Dane Wenner won titles and led Cranberry to a fourth place finish in the District 9 and 10 3A tourney Saturday at Tippin.
Both Dalton (127 pounds) and Dane (145) had pins in the finals. Dane flattened erstwhile football star Jacoby Thompson of Meadville.
Elijah Brosius (139) also made the finals, but dropped a 7-2 decision.
​Taking thirds for Cranberry were Rilee Matalino (107), Alex McLaughlin (152) and Noah Lucarellii (285).
Other place-winners were Skyler Myers, a fourth at 160, and Aaden Hibbard, fifth at 133.
DuBois won the seven-team event.
Earlier Saturday, Gary Kiselka (215) took sixth place for Franklin in the District 10 2A wrestling tournament Saturday at Sharon.
The Knights also received a pair of eighths from Ethan Hart (160) and Drew Kockler (189).
Franklin's four entries -- Kaden Kiselka (289) - was the other -- all won in the first round of the tournament Friday, but all four lost the next round.
Next up for both teams are regionals this weekend.
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Wrestlers who have reached double figures in wins through Feb. 15):
FRANKLIN
Gary Kiselka -- 27-5
Drew Kockler --29-8
Ethan Hart -- 21-11
Trenton Rice -- 16-13
Kaden Kiselka -- 26-12
Orvis Davis -- 10-18
Gary Kiselka has 16 pins, Kaden Kiselka 15, Rice 13 and Hart 11.
CRANBERRY
Elijah Brosius --- 34-5
Dane Wenner -- 31-10
Dalton Wenner -- 34-5
Aiden Thompson -- 22-11
Alex McLaughlin -- 22-9
Noah Lucarelli -- 17-15
Rilee Matalino -- 12-16
Connor Reszkowski is 8-1
Dane Wenner has 21 pins, Dalton Wenner 20, Brosius 17, McLaughlin 15, Thompson 14 and Lucarelli 13.
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(Kelly Malek)
Poolside update
(Richard Sayer)
Franklin and Oil City split their meet Monday. Franklin won the boys meet, 81-62, and Oil City took the girls meet, 109-61.
Oil City closed the season Feb. 13 with a split vs. Slippery Rock. The boys won 98-39 for a 5-6 record, while the girls lost, 102-67, to finish 7-4. The Knights also posted a split in their finale. The girls (4-7) beat Grove City, 89-81, while the boys (7-4) fell to the Eagles, 95-63.
Per Facebook: Oil City girls took second and the boys were third in the sixth annual Southern Tier meet Feb. 7 at Grove City College. The two teams were third overall. Per X: Franklin was fourth among the six boys teams. Grove City won the meet to remain unbeaten in the region.
Franklin began February by sweeping Sharon while Oil City dropped a pair to Titusville. Franklin boys are 6-3 and the girls are 3-6. Oil City boys are 4-5 and the girls are 6-3. The Titusville boys lead Region 1, and the girls are second to Slippery Rock.​
Results of January invitationals: ​
Franklin's Dani Erdley won the 200 free and was runner-up in the 500 in the annual North East Invitational Jan. 11.​
Meanwhile, Oil City opted out of that meet and took both teams to the Falcon Invitational at Spire Academy in Geneva, Ohio, so they could cheer each other on. Madyson Kissell came away with a first in the 500 and a pair of seconds in relays. She teamed Gabi Schiffer, Abbey McCain and Ayla Hall on the medley and then with Hall, Abby Nuhfer and Schiffer on the 400.​
Hall was second in the IM and fourth in the fly and Schiffer was second in the back. All told, both teams posted PRs "99.9 percent" of the time, according to a Facebook post. The girls finished third among 18 teams. For the boys, Clae Thompson was fifth in the 100 free.​​​
Franklin boys took sixth out of 14 teams at the Iroquois Invitational on Jan. 18. Winslow and Stumpf were 2-3 in the back.
