Below are photos from this season swim meets in Franklin, Titusville and Oil City Swimmers from the three schools are headed to The Spire in Ohio to compete in the District 10 Cham[ionships this weekend. Good luck. Several are looking to have quality swims to make it to the state tournament next week.
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Rocky Grove's Landen Carter drove the lane in the early seconds of the second half to tie up the game with Cochranton who took a two point lead into the half. He was fouled. The Orioles took the lead after Carter's "and one" free throw and never gave it up again. Seconds later, almost to show that all the kinks the Orioles had in the first half were worked out, Carter snagged a tough rebound and took it coast-to-coast for another bucket. Then Schiffer Anderson got a bucket and a foul to increase the lead. Josh Stevenson got a terrific steal and fed Carter, who again took it the length of the court for a layup. Anderson got red hot, scoring another bucket then another and another. The Orioles were cooking with gas, outscoring the Cardinals 21 to six in the third frame. It took the Cardinals nearly five minutes to score their first basket of the second half. Rocky Grove's defense tightened, holding Cochranton's Walker Carroll to just three in the third. To put that in perspective, Carroll had 32 points on the night, 15 in the fourth quarter as the red birds tried to come back. Despite Cochranton's last-minute efforts to slow the clock by sending the Orioles to the foul line over and over, Rocky Grove hung on to win 60-51 Tuesday night in Oil City. Anderson led the Orioles with 24 points, including five from beyond the arc. Carter pumped in 13 and Noah Baughman added 11. Aiden Focht had a good night with seven while Jamison Hughes and Connor Ritchey combined for five. Rocky Grove will have a tough foe on Friday when they take on Farrell at a site and time to be determined. Farrell crushed the Orioles twice this season already. Regardless of the outcome, both teams will advance in the 1A division of the PIAA State Tournament beginning a week from Friday. The Rocky Grove girls will be in action tonight (February 28) at 7:30 p.m. at Sharon High School as they take on the Jamestown Muskies.
Below are more photos from Franklin's win Tuesday night in Oil City.
With the score tied and the clock winding down in the low-scoring game, Franklin's Estella Adams was trying to get the ball across half-court when suddenly double-teamed by a pair of aggressive Eagles. As she was attempting to thread the needle between the two Conneaut defenders, Courtney Perry and Debella Durbin, the ball was stripped away and Perry took it to the hoop for the lead. Adams again, as the consulate team leader, took the ball the length of the court and was tripped up sending the ball into a pile. After a bit of mayhem, a jump ball was called. The possession arrow pointed toward Franklin. With only a couple seconds left, Franklin had an inbound play with a chance to tie or win. Franklin's 6'-3" center Katie Boal was positioned under the basket but tightly guarded. Instead of lofting a pass up high to her, she headed toward the foul line for the pass. It was contested and before she or Adams could gain control of the ball again time ran on the game, and the Knight's season.
Holding Conneaut to just 29 points was an accomplishment. It was the lowest score all season for Conneaut. Unfortunately for Franklin, they could only muster 27 of their own despite holding the lead throughout the contest. Conneaut's patience paid off in the end and they will continue their quest for a District 10 crown. They will face Fairview Wednesday at the Haggerty Center in Erie. The game is scheduled for a 7:30 p.m. More game photos below.
Below are more photos captured from the weekend.
Aiden Thompson and Dalton Wenner take titles
Brosius was Cranberry's other wrestler to make it to the parade of champions. He faced a tough opponent in three-time District 9 winner Weston Pisarchick of Brockway. Brosius dropped a heartbreaker 4-3 to Pisarchick and had to settle for second place at 127. Brosius beat Aiden Beimel of St. Mary's 5-1 in the semifinals. He moves to 33-9 on the season and will be on the hunt for his 100th career victory in Sharon.
PennWest - Clarion hosted the two-day championships. The regional championships will kick off next Friday afternoon at Sharon High School with a trip Hershey on the line. See more photographs of Cranberry wrestlers at the District 9 Championships below.
The hope of a Route 8 rivalry district final was dashed when up the road in Meadville, Oil City was ousted in a 40 to 33 loss to Fairview. Fairview will take on Girard.
Franklin will play Tuesday against Mercyhurst Prep who beat North East 74-58.
Titusville qualified 10 wrestlers for the District 10 tournament. Landen Wolfkiel won first place in the Section 1 152 bracket on February 17 and will go into the District 10 2A tournament as Titusville's only top seed. Wolfkiel (32-8) earned a bye in the first round of the District 10 competition. The Rockets senior will go directly to the quarterfinals where he will wrestle the winner between Preston Gorton (24-10) of Cambridge Springs and Lamech Albers (25-16) of Corry. Sawyer Wolfkiel (30-9) is the fifth seed in the 114 bracket. He will open the tournament with a bout against Rowan Feikles (16-10) of Cambridge Springs.
Parker Miller (21-15), who finished second in sections, will meet Justin Perrino (12-13) of Greenville in the opening round of the 127 bracket. Senior Nate Stearns (29-9), another second-place finisher at Section 1, will wrestle Shane Yeager (14-15) of Commodore Perry in the 133 bracket. Coleman Huck (15-21) is set to wrestle Mequan Maxwell (21-9) of Sharon in the opening round of the 139 bracket. Gavin Donaldson (28-9) will open the 160-bracket competition with a match against Jon Dailey (12-16) of Cambridge Springs. Kameron Mong (21-14) will face off against Franklin's Drew Kockler (18-14) in the opening round of the 172 bracket. Kaleb Brunst (31-9) will wrestle Aaron Shartle (14-16) of Saegertown in the 189 bracket. Burke Hancock (13-13) will represent Titusville in the 215 bracket and opens the competition with a match against Max Hernandez (27-8) of Sharpsville. Bryce Watkins (14-14) rounds out the Rockets headed to the D10 tournament. He will Kyle Suhrie (22-15) of Mercer in the opening round of the 285 bracket. |
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