It's Saturday night
at General McLane
Oil City and Meadville will play at 7 p.m. Saturday at General McLane in the D-10 4A football playoffs. The winner will play Region 6 champion General McLane for the title, the weekend of Nov. 8-9, TBA.
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The BRACKETS
Tiger LaVerde update
Kirtland (Ohio) High School blanked Cardinal, 33-0, Oct. 25 to finish 10-0 -- the 13th perfect regular season under coach Tiger LaVerde. They've all come since 2008 for an OHSAA-best during that stretch. LaVerde is a 1991 OCHS graduate who coached at Franklin from 2001-03.
Oilers 2024 Schedule
Knights 2024 Schedule
Region 6 standings
Talented underclassmen
Junior Cole Findlay has been climbing the all-time passing charts at Oil City this season. He has 2,050 career yards through the Corry game to rank seventh on the school's all-time list. He's thrown for 17 touchdowns. His favorite targets: De'Vaughn Griffin 33/816, 10TDs, and Gavin Stephens 26/424. (Photos by Richard Sayer).
Sophomore (sorry, I've been calling him a junior all season, what was I thinking?) Caden Mincer ran for 859 yards on 168 carries for Franklin this season. That total ranks 13th on Franklin's all-time single-season list. Included was a 260-yard outing against Warren, which ranks No. 3 on single-game rushing list. He scored 11 touchdowns for the Knights in 2024.
Of note...
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Conneaut's Joe Furgiuele ran for 404 yards Oct. 25 against Girard. This feat has been accomplished 60 times in Pennsylvania history, led by Oil City's own Ethen Knox with an unofficial state record seven. It's now been done 13 times by District 10 players, led by Meadville's Journey Brown with 722 in the infamous 2015 game vs. DuBois. Others who have reached 400: Stephen Blose of Harbor Creek, Garrett Owens of North East, Ryan Miller of Seneca, Josh Kniess of Slippery Rock and now the CASH flash. ​
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Tom Reisenweber, Erie Times News scribe, tweeted that Furgiuele might have the school record. I can see where there could be a question since the Eagles once had at quarterback named Hunter Merritt who produced about 10,000 yards total offense, including more than 6,000 rushing in the mid-teens.
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Warren came fairly close to winning a game Oct. 25, but dropped a 29-14 decision to North East, extending its losing streak to 22. The Dragons' last win was against Titusville, 42-17, on Oct. 14, 2022. The tailspin began the next week with a 76-7 loss to Meadville, and that, strangely enough, ended a four-game Warren winning streak.​
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Speaking of Meadville, the Bulldogs' dynamic duo of Jordan Lawrence and Jacoby Thompson are only juniors. Lawrence has 2,560 career yards rushing so far, while Thompson has 1,259 to go with 1,221 passing, both basically in the last two years.​
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However, General McLane's twins, Isaac and Jacob Zietz, are seniors. Isaac has passed for 3,569 yards over the last two years while Jacob has 111 receptions for 1,941 during that time.
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Corry got the third seed for the D-10 3A playoffs. Sharon and Hickory are the top two seeds -- no surprise there. Titusville is the fourth seed and will play Fairview Friday at Oil City. Slippery Rock is in with a 3-7 mark and is the seventh seed ahead Furgiuele and the CASH Eagles (5-5).
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Lakeview, despite its impressive victory over Franklin, is seeded seventh in the D-10 1A playoffs. Reynolds and Eisenhower are both seeded ahead of the Sailors. There is no eighth seed. Top seeds are Wilmington and Greenville.
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Another Oil City opponent, Mercyhurst Prep, is the two seed in the 2A playoffs.
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Small world stuff
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Jace Ferguson broke the District 9 record for career TD passes in Central Clarion's 49-14 win over 6A Butler on Oct. 25. Ferguson, whose unbeaten team is still playing, has 138 scoring passes to break the record previously held by Matt Bodamer (Port Allegany 2012). Bodamer is the son of Mike Bodamer, a 1984 OCHS graduate who coached Matt in high school. And Mike Bodamer's dad is the late John Bodamer, a Titusville native who taught English and was a junior high basketball coach at Oil City back in the day.
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Ferguson has 9,531 yards passing in his career, No. 3 in D-9 history behind Derek Buganza of Brockway (9.752) and Bodamer (10,948). For perspective, Franklin's Ian Haynes, who at last look was 10th on the state's all-time list (yet to be updated), passed for 9,471 yards in his career, which ended in 2019. And interestingly, Ferguson and Ethen Knox faced each other last Dec. 18 when Clarion-Limestone played basketball at Oil City. The Oilers won 51-45 behind Knox's 14 points. Ferguson netted eight for the Lions.
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WEEK 1 (Aug. 23-24)
Friday
Mercer 8, Franklin 7
Meadville 41, Ft. LeBoeuf 27
New Castle 49, General McLane 47
Conneaut 61, Warren 0
Sharon 55, Mercyhurst Prep 0
Fairview 35, Slippery Rock 6
Grove City 21, North East 0
Cathedral Prep 18, Erie 6
Corry 28, Titusville 22
Reynolds 15, Eisenhower 0
Lakeview 32, Northwestern 26
Sharpsville 32, Girard 26
Cochranton 1, Iroquois 0 (forfeit; ineligible player(s) used in the Iroquois victory)
Seneca 35, Saegertown 7
Maplewood 21, Union City 0
Wilmington 28, Greenville 0
Cambridge Springs 67, Kennedy Catholic 0
Hickory 35, Farrell 0
Saturday
Mercer 8, Franklin 7
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WEEK 2 (Aug. 29-31)
Thursday
Corry 42, Warren 6
Conneaut 33, Iroquois 21
Friday
Oil City 29, Mercyhurst 13
Meadville 48, Connellsville 41 (4 OTs)
General McLane 47, Harbor Creek 19
Erie 56, Shaw (Ohio) 0
Seneca 32, North East 19
Grove City 13, Fairview 6
Eisenhower 14, Saegertown 13
Lakeview 12, Mercer 0
Ft. LeBoeuf 29, Farrell 28
Cathedral Prep 33, Sharon 7
Hickory 40, University Prep 13
Cambridge Springs 32, Northwestern 0
Cochranton 21, Union City 7
Greenville 25, Sharpsville 13
Reynolds 35, Maplewood 12
Hubbard (Ohio) 39, Wilmington 7
Saturday
Slippery Rock 38, Franklin 7
Titusville 40, Girard 0
2024 season
WEEK 3 (Sept. 5-7)
Thursday
General McLane 35, Oil City 14
Hickory 63, Conneaut 6
Friday
Franklin 40, Warren 18
Butler 35, Meadville 11
Eisenhower 7, Iroquois 0
Reynolds 32, Mercer 31 (3 OTs)
Saegertown 31, Lakeview 29
Sharon 42, Slippery Rock 0
Titusville 36, Grove City 7
Fairview 31, Girard 20
Harbor Creek 49, North East 10
Ft. LeBoeuf 19, Corry 13
Youngstown Ursuline 27, Farrell 0
Cathedral Prep 16, Riverside 14
Maplewood 27, Cochranton 16
Mentor, Ohio 50, McDowell 14
Saturday
Mercyhurst 28, Northwestern 7
Lake Catholic, Ohio 37, Erie 0
Greenville 17, Cambridge Springs 0
WEEK 4 (Sept. 12-14)
Thursday
McDowell 28, Erie 24
Ft. LeBoeuf 28, North East 23
Friday
Meadville 42, Oil City 6
General McLane 62, Franklin 0
Cathedral Prep 52, Warren 7
Corry 52, Girard 18
Fairview 23, Harbor Creek 14
Titusville 46, Conneaut 19
Mercyhurst Prep 32, Seneca 21
Northwestern 32, Eisenhower 14
Lakeview 28, Maplewood 13
Farrell 58, Mercer 0
Greenville 62, Cochranton 0
Iroquois 40, Union City 19
Sharpsville 34, Reynolds 12
Cambridge Springs 32, Saegertown 3
Sharon 20, Hickory 14
Saturday
Grove City 42, Slippery Rock 7
WEEK 5 (Sept. 19-21)
Thursday
Cathedral Prep 36, Canisius (N.Y.) 24
Friday
Oil City 28, Fairview 14
McDowell 49, Meadville 21
Titusville 56, Warren 0
General McLane 33, Corry 19
Northwestern 26, Conneaut 21
Ft. LeBoeuf 21, Grove City 17
Sharpsville 35, Slippery Rock 7
Mercyhurst 26, Harbor Creek 20
Reynolds 36, Lakeview 26
Greenville 49, Mercer 13
Eisenhower 27, Cochranton 0
Cambridge Springs 36, Iroquois 20
Saegertown 21, Union City 14 (OT)
Maplewood 55, Kennedy Catholic 12
Seneca 20, Girard 14
Saturday
North East 38, Franklin 7
Hickory 27, Erie 25
Sharon 14, Farrell 7
WEEK 6 (Sept. 26-28)
Thursday
Harbor Creek 35, Slippery Rock 10
Friday
Oil City 35, Grove City 21
Erie 74, Franklin 0
Hickory 49, McKinley (Ohio) 0
Girard 21, Warren 7
General McLane 28, Ft. LeBoeuf 6
Titusville 47, North East 14
Eisenhower 34, Union City 7
Sharpsville 34, Lakeview 15
Saegertown 14, Mercer 7
Conneaut 41, Maplewood 0
Corry 28, Mercyhurst Prep 21
Fairview 13, Seneca 9
Cambridge Springs 34, Reynolds 0
Greenville 42, Northwestern 0
Farrell 38, Wilmington 0
McDowell 38, VASJ (Ohio) 35
Saturday
Sharon 41, Meadville 21
Iroquois 50, Kennedy Catholic 0
St. Francis (N.Y.) 35, Cathedral Prep 21
WEEK 7 (Oct. 3-5)
Thursday
Mercyhurst Prep 47, Union City 0
Saegertown 23, Maplewood 0
Friday
Meadville 62, Franklin 6
General McLane 48, Warren 6
Corry 48, North East 0
Harbor Creek 31, Girard 21
Fairview 10, Ft. LeBoeuf 0
Hickory 56, Titusville 21
Slippery Rock 16, Conneaut 13
Sharon 35, Grove City 0
Seneca 27, Eisenhower 14
Greenville 36, Lakeview 0
Sharpsville 35, Mercer 6
Farrell 1, Kennedy Catholic 0
(forfeit; Kennedy didn't have enough players)
Iroquois 20, Northwestern 12
Cambridge Springs 54, Cochranton 0
McDowell 44, Cathedral Prep 21
Saturday
Erie 14, Oil City 7
Wilmington 56, Reynolds 9
WEEK 8 (Oct. 10-12)
Thursday
General McLane 35, Meadville 27
Lakeview 55, Cochranton 14
Friday
Franklin 40, Eisenhower 34
Erie 22, Euclid (Ohio) 0
Sharon 63, Conneaut 7
Titusville 42, Slippery Rock 0
Hickory 69, Grove City 6
Mercyhurst Prep 42, Iroquois 6
Wilmington 49, Mercer 8
Corry 40, Fairview 7
Girard 34, North East 27
Benedictine (Ohio) 42, Cathedral Prep 14
McDowell 38, Austintown Fitch (Ohio) 35
Ft. LeBoeuf 20, Harbor Creek 16
Cambridge Springs 44, Maplewood 20
Greenville 35, Saegertown 13
Farrell 40, Sharpsville 21
Saturday
Oil City 62, Warren 0
Reynolds 43, Kennedy Catholic 8
Seneca 42, Northwestern 8
Sheffield 41, Union City 12
WEEK 9 (Oct. 17-19)
Friday
Oil City 48, Franklin 6
Meadville 56, Warren 7
Cathedral Prep 39, General McLane 32
Corry 28, Harbor Creek 7
Ft. LeBoeuf 52, Girard 18
Sharon 63, Titusville 22
Conneaut 40, Grove City 7
Hickory 56, Slippery Rock 0
Mercyhurst Prep 48, Eisenhower 21
Cambridge Springs 22, Lakeview 12
Mercer 1, Kennedy Catholic 0 (forfeit)
Wilmington 34, Sharpsville 17
Seneca 33, Iroquois 0
Steubenville (Ohio) 44, McDowell 21
Saegertown 55, Cochranton 0
Farrell 54, Reynolds 7
Saturday
Canisius (NY) 31, Erie 6
Fairview 24, North East 7
Northwestern 28, Union City 6
Greenville 50, Maplewood 20
WEEK 10 (Oct. 24-26)
Thursday
Union/AC Valley 50, Reynolds 35
Friday
Corry 26, Oil City 21
Lakeview 44, Franklin 12
Erie 44, Meadville 7
North East 29, Warren 14
Harbor Creek 56, Iroquois 14
Fairview at Titusville, canceled
Conneaut 35, Girard 0
Slippery Rock 20, Mercer 0
Greenville 27, Eisenhower 6
Cathedral Prep 7, Farrell 0
St. Francis (N.Y.) 35, McDowell 33
Saegertown 21, Northwestern 8
Seneca 41, Maplewood 22
Sharon 35, Brooke (W.Va.) 0
Saturday
Sharpsville 45, Punxsutawney 34