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No-Hitters for Grove's Bevier and Sharon's Vogan
bevier's gem believed to be 1st for Orioles since 2022

Haydon Bevier hurled a no-hitter -- believed to be the first by a Rocky Grove pitcher since 2022 -- in the Orioles' 7-0 conquest of Lakeview on Thursday.

Bevier struck out 13 and walked three in his masterpiece and was backed by a three-run homer by Landon Jones.

Bevier helped his own cause with two hits and two RBI and Dilllon Hamilton lashed two doubles and drove in another run.

Bevier lowered his ERA to 1.85.

The no-hitter is thought to be first by a Grove pitcher since Eli Moreland's five-inning gem against Iroquois on April 14, 2022.

Five days later Franklin's Zach Boland and Matt Wimer threw a no-hitter against Seneca. it was another five-inning job.

Later on that season Aaron Burkhardt threw a 1-hitter in the Grove's 11-1 romp over

Eisenhower.

Travis Perry pitched a six-inning no-hitter against Union City in 2018.

Haydon Bevier and his catcher Dillon Hamilton confer in an earlier game this spring. (Photo by Christy Fackler).

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Tigers' Penn State recruit
dominant all season
in softball circles,
no different vs. OIL CITy

Madelyn Vogan, the Penn State softball recruit, strutted her stuff on Thursday with a perfect game against Oil City, striking out 11 in a five-inning 15-0 rout.

The no-hitter was her eighth of the season and the shutout was her 14th. She lowered her ERA to 0.15, which ranks seventh nationally.

In 92 innings this spring, Vogan has given up 14 hits while walking five and fanning 217. And she's only a JUNIOR.

The only teams that have stayed reasonably close to her were Cranberry in a 4-2 win in seven on April 2 and Grove City in an eight-inning 2-1 decision on April 9.

Vogan's career ERA is 0.66 with 755 strikeouts in 352 innings. Teams are batting .105 against her.

Sharon is 16-0. 

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AN ALL ORANGE THURSDAY

In other games Thursday

Softball

DuBois CC 7, Cranberry 1 (Rylee Kubatsky: two-hitter, 19Ks for DCC; Kennedy Stewart fifth homer for Cranberry)

Jamestown 4, Franklin 2

Baseball

Slippery Rock 8, Oil City 0

Karns City 8, Cranberry 2

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Orange and black: school colors of Rocky Grove and Sharon

...BUT THE DAY AFTER

Berries jolt orioles, 6-2;  GROVE softball, spikers easy winners

After all the excitement Thursday generated by Haydon Bevier's no-hitter, it might have been Letdown City for Rocky Grove. Visiting Cranberry jolted the Orioles, 6-2, on Friday.

Alex McIntyre was the star for the Berries (7-7). He pitched 5.2 innings and gave up only four hits and had two hits and scored two runs on offense.

The Grove (8-8) took a 2-0 lead in the first, but a five-run fifth did it in. Zach Shumaker had a hit and two RBI for the Berries.

Isaac Grigsby yielded all six runs, eight hits and three walks in his 3.2 innings of work. 

Dillon Hamilton had two hits for the Orioles.

McIntyre walked four snd struck five. Connor Morrow finished up.

Meanwhile, the Grove had an easy time with winless Lakeview in softball, scoring a 21-1 victory.

Jillian Cratty had five hits and scored five runs and Zoe Cresswell drove in five runs on three hits.

Volleyball

Rocky Grove (5-8) swept Crawford Christian, 3-0, behind Maxx Baker's 11 points and 34 assists and Connor Ritchey's served 17 points, including five aces.

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Connor Ritchey killing it at the net.

(Christy Fackler file photo)

They've met state qualifying
standards -- but they must do it again in District Meets

Nine local athletes have met state meet qualifying standards this season, but if they don't win a district title, they most do it again in the district meet.

Franklin's Logan Knight (shot, discus) and Cranberry's Beatrice Kolesar (1600, 3200) have met standards in two events.

Others who have done it are Cranberry's Darien Wenner (pole vault) and Cole Findlay (long jump) and Oil City's Michael Fink (110 hurdles), Spence Singleton (javelin), Corabel Shiley (3200), Madi Garland (shot), and Olive Collins (high jump).

Standards for each event are listed in the honor roll below.

The District 10 meet is Saturday, May 16, at Slippery Rock. The District 9 meet is Friday at Brookville.

Beatrice Kolesar

Logan Knight

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Corabel Shiley

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Madi Garland

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Olive Collins

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Cole Findlay

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Darien Wenner

Track Honor Roll: The Times They are a-Changin'

State qualifying standards in parenthesis; they

must be done in district meets.

BOYS TRACK

3200 relay (8:15.55)

Franklin, 8:58.79

Oil City (Kaleb Guiste, Elliot Hulsizer, Tim Kahle, Rilee Matalino) 9:12.04

110 hurdles (15.35)

Michael Fink, Oil City, 15.24

100 (11.15)

Morris Woodhouse, Oil City, 11.38

Aaden Hibbard, Oil City, 11.42

Cole Findlay, Cranberry, 11.63

Jackson Wilson, Franklin, 11.97

1600 (4:25.48)

Rilee Matalino, Oil City. 4:31.36

Maxx Griffin, Franklin, 4:46.59

Daniel McCain, Cranberry, 4:51.87

400 (50.76)

Morris Woodhouse, Oil City, 51.30

Dylan Van Wormer Oil City, 51.63

Blake Marchinke, Cranberry, 53.34

Eddie Mattocks, Franklin, 54.78

400 relay (43.66)

Oil City (Landon Riley, Steven Heise, Carter Thompson, Morris Woodhouse) 45.61

Franklin (Eddie Mattocks, Jackson Wilson, Cody Walkowski, Samuel Miller), 46.77

300 hurdles (40.80)

Carter Thompson, Oil City, 41.96

Garrett Dick, Cranberry, 45.12

Jayden Jackson, Cranberry, 46.10

Sam Miller, Franklin, 46.71

Cam Winger, Franklin, 47.58

800 (1:59.30)

Dalton Wenner, Cranberry, 1:59.80

Rilee Matalino, Oil City, 2:00.78​

200 (22.75)

Morris Woodhouse, Oil City, 23.24

Dylan VanWormer, 23.90

Eddie Mattocks, Franklin, 24.41

Blake Marchinke, Cranberry, 24.6

3200 (9:42)

Rilee Matalino, Oil City, 10:23.86

Daniel McCain, Cranberry, 10:28.47

Max Griffin, Franklin, 10:32.21

Elliot Hulsizer, Oil City, 10:59.29

1600 relay (3:29.6)

Oil City (Dylan VanWormer, Rilee Matalino, Carter Thompson, Morris Woodhouse), 3:31.25

Cranberry (Cole Findlay, Landon Baker, Blake Marchinke, Dalton Wenner), 3:31.74

Franklin (A.J. Rodriguez, Eddie Mattocks, Samuel Miller, Jackson Wilson), 3:44.28

Boys Field

Shot (49-6)

Logan Knight, Franklin, 59-4

Aaron Moore Junior, Franklin, 48-4

Caleb Sparks, Cranberry, 46-3

Bradley Graham, Oil city, 44-11/2

Jayce Becoate, Oil City, 42-51/2

Discus (148-0)

Logan Knight, Franklin, 162-4

Javelin (176-0)

Spence Singleton, Oil City, 183-1

Shane Clark, Cranberry, 169-7

High jump (6-3)

Cole Findlay, Cranberry, 6-2

Michael Fink, Oil City, 5-9

Heath Warner, Oil City, 5-9

Long jump (21-10)

Cole Findlay, Cranberry, 21-10

Nevin Stinson, Oil City, 20-10

Bart Rosen, Oil City, 20-4

 Jackson Wilson, Franklin, 20-3

Clark Findlay, Cranberry, 20-2

Triple jump (44-0)

Nevin Stinson, Oil City, 41-1

Bart Rosen , Oil City, 40-6

Lachlan Dick, Franklin, 40-0

Pole vault (13-6)

Skyler Myers, Oil City, 10-0

Tahelon Tarr, Oil City, 9-6

Dalton Wenner, Cranberry, 9-0

Girls track

3200 relay (9:50.4)

Cranberry (Beatrice Kolesar, Darien Wenner, Elena Ishman, Ava Earp), 9:52.45

Oil City (Corabel Shiley, Lilly Shiley, Addison Wyant, Bailey Stevens) 10:07.53

100 hurdles (16.01)

Olive Collins, Oil City, 16.19

Anna Rodgers, Franklin, 16.54

Bailey Stevens, Oil City, 16.6

100 (12.64)

Lilyan MIller, Franklin, 12.77

Sophia Garmong, Oil City, 13.15

1600 (5:15)

Beatrice Kolesar, Cranberry, 5:13.72

Isabel Griffin, Franklkin, 5:15.65

Addison Wyant, Oil City, 5:16.87

Corabel Shiley, Oil City, 5:18.43

Kaelyn Klapec, Oil City, 5:38.87

Elena Ishman, Cranberry, 5:41.41

Lilly Shiley, Oil City, 5:47.41

400 (59.85)

Darien Wenner, Cranberry, 60.94

Lena Laderer, Franklin, 61.93

Sophia Garmong, Oil City, 63.17

Lilly Shiley, Oil City, 63.42

Navy Perry, Cranberry, 63.59

Miah Shingledecker, Franklin, 64.55

400 relay (50.2)

Franklin (Anna Rodgers, Lilyan Miller, Lily Griffin, Lena Laderer), 52.82

300 hurdles (47.24)

Bailey Stevens Oil City, 48.67

Anna Rodgers, Franklin, 49.41

Olive Collins, Oil City, 51.13

Abby Copley, Oil City, 51.66

800 (2:20.6)

Beatrice Kolesar, Cranberry, 2:23.69

Isabel Griffin, Franklin, 2:24.24

Darien Wenner, Cranberry, 2:25.6

Corabel Shiley, Oil City, 2:26.76

Addison Wyant, Oil City, 2:27.18

200 (26.01)

Lilyan Miller, Franklin, 26.72

Sophia Garmong, Oil City, 27.51

Darien Wenner, Cranberry, 28.49

3200 (11:35)

Beatrice Kolesar, Cranberry, 10:58.44

Corabel Shiley, Oil City, 11:12.90

Isabel Griffin, Franklin, 11:45.61

Addison Wyant, Oil City, 12:10.33

Elena Ishman, Cranberry, 12:16.45

​1600 relay (4:08.75)

Franklin, 4:17.74

Oil City (Lilly Shiley, Bailey Stevens, Addison Wyant, Corabel Shiley), 4:20.99

Franklin (Anna Rodgers, Lena Laderer, Miah Shingledecker, Sophie Wehrle, 4:23.73

Girls Field

Shot (36-6)

Madi Garland, Oil City, 36-9

Halle Curry, Franklin, 31-11/2

Rhetta Boocks, Cranberry, 30-0

Discus (113-0)

Madi Garland, Oil City, 101-101/2

Javelin (121-0)

Madi Garland, Oil City, 112-6

Madison Shaffer, Cranberry, 106-3

High jump (5-2)

Olive Collins, Oil City, 5-3

ChishaBetty Watson, Cranberry, 5-0

Payton Liederbach, Oil City, 4-9

Lindsay  Caralla, Oil City, 4-9

Long jump (16-11)

Lilyan Miller, Franklin, 16-61/2

Isabella Vorse, Oil City, 15-113/4

Triple jump 35-6)

Lena Laderer, Franklin, 34-5

Pole vault (10-6)

Darien Wenner, Cranberry, 11-6

Navy Perry, Cranberry, 8-6

Bailey Stevens, Oil City, 8-0

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Keeping up with Luke Guth

Welp, it was not a good outing Friday for Luke Guth.

He was brought into the game with Vanderbilt leading Missouri, 6-1, in the eighth. 

But he gave up six runs -- five earned -- as the Tigers took the lead. The junior right-hander was replaced by Matthew Shorey after getting only one out.

No more damage, and Vandy tied the game 7-7 in the top of the ninth and had runners on second and third with two out when it was suspended. Vandy ended up losing the game, 8-7, in 10 innings Saturday, but later rallied for an 11-8 11-inning victory over the Tigers in the originally scheduled game.

Guth gave up five hits and walked two as his ERA zoomed to 5.23.

The two teams will play again at 1 p.m. today. 

Guth is a 6-1, 188-pounder from Franklin. He's one of 19 pitchers on the Vanderbilt staff and  leads the team iin appearances with 21.

This space is dedicated to keeping up with him and Vanderbilt, usually one of the top programs in the country.

Vandy is 29-23 this season, but only 11-15 in the SEC. (Missouri is last with a 5-21 mark.)

College Crowd revisted: How they're doing

Trinity Edge, Bethany (Franklin) – All-Presidents Athletic Conference after appearing in and starting 41 games. She led the Bison pitching staff with a 17-6 record across 150.1 innings that included 19 complete games and two shutouts. Edge finished the year with a 2.61 ERA and struck out a team-leading 136 batters. Offensively, she was fourth among qualified hitters with a .348 batting average and 49 hits that included nine doubles, a triple, and four home runs. Edge drove in 27 RBI and scored 34 runs while also leading the team with 11 stolen bases. She was named the PAC Pitcher of the Week on April 13 and was also selected to the 2026 PAC All-Tournament team. 

 

Drew Kockler, Bryant & Stratton (Franklin) – Team has played 54 games. Kockler, a freshman, has appeared in 51 of them. He’s hitting .242 with a .384 on-base percentage. An infielder, Kockler has six homers among his 12 extra base hits.

 

Kirsten Hicks, Westminster (Franklin) – has appeared in four games, making one start. She has a hit in two at-bats.

 

Carson Wible, Gannon (Franklin) – career .293 hitter and listed on 2026 roster, but hasn’t played since 2024.

 

Kenny Lavrich, Grove City (Cranberry) – Has appeared in 13 games, making nine starts. He’s worked 57.2 innings with a 30/50 W/K ratio. Has a 5-4 record, 6.09 ERA. Started the conference championship game against W&J. Wolverines dropped an 11-2 decision to finish 22-18. Grove City was the fifth seed going into the tournament. Career: finished with a 5.53 ERA in 96 innings, 56/80 W/K, 8-5 record. Best season was 2025 when he posted a 3.93 ERA in 34.1 IP.

 

Landon Lynch, Slippery Rock (Franklin) – The freshman finished 13th in the javelin in the PSAC meet, throwing 53.28 meters (that translates to 174.8 feet)

 

Easton Adamczyk, Slippery Rock (Rocky Grove) – Ran a PSAC qualifying 9:57.93 for No. 14 seed in the steeplechase. Last fall ran a personal best 33:09.1 over 10,000 meters in the NCAA Atlantic Region championships, finishing 66th out of a field of 158.

 

Cade Adams, Slippery Rock (Franklin) – Grad student, five-time PSAC qualifier, runs hurdles and sprints.

 

Scott Finch, Slippery Rock (Cranberry) – Two-time PSAC qualifier in the pole vault. No. 11 seed at 4.48 meters (14-8). 

 

Kayla Hanna,  Slippery Rock (Cranberry) – Seems to be more cross country, but did compete in indoor track.

 

Rae Montgomery, Westminster (Rocky Grove) – Sophomore just getting started in the throwing events at Westminster.

 

Ethan Knapp, Penn College (Rocky Grove) – Cross country guy.

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Will McMahon, Penn State Behrend (OIl City) – McMahon had a hand in Behrend winning  the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference championship. The freshman appeared in 10 games, making three starts. His record was 1-1. ERA 4.55 over 27.2 innings. 9/29 W/K ratio.

 

Charlie Motter, Penn State Behrend (Oil City) – Was runnerup in the SUNYAC javelin throw at 50.24 meters or 164-10. Placed fourth as a freshman.

 

Caleb Prettyman, Youngstown State (Franklin) – After transferring from Kansas State via Penn State, Prettyman, listed as a freshman, was clocked in 14:36.77 in the Boson Outdoor Classic on April 14. That’s the fourth best 5,000 meters time on the team. Also posted a 4:02.25 in the 1500 meters at the Dave Labor Invitational on April 4.

 

Ayanna Ferringer, Robert Morris (Cranberry) – Best throw in the javelin this season is 122-9. Consistently in the 120s during her two years at Bobby U.

 

Sydni Hoobler, IUP (Franklin) – The junior is  hitting .355 with a .396 on-base percentage for the Crimson Hawks, who are 38-19 overall. IUP was runnerup in the PSAC tourney, but will play in the Mid-Atlantic Regional Thursday through Saturday.

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Pole vaulter Scott Finch

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Trinity Edge

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Sydni Hoobler

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Steeplechaser Easton Adamczyk

Slippery Rock photos from Rock web site.

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FOOTBALL

Oil city schedule 2026
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Franklin schedule 2026

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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