Hailey Hanna logged 20 points, including four three-pointers, as the Knights defeated the Oilers 53-17 in the consolation game of Cranberry's Christmas tournament. Senior Katie Boal took the ball coast-to-coast several times on her way to 16 points on the afternoon. Jadyn Blum added 12 points. Sydney Stevens had 3 and Halle Curry had two. Payton Liederbach was the top scorer for Oil City with 13 of the team's 17 points. Franklin (4-5) returns to action when they host Sharon for a game on January 3. In the championship game, Harbor Creek beat Cranberry 63-44. Looking for scores from all this weekend's tournaments? D9 and 10 Sports has a complete list online here. |
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Franklin's Will Findlan scored enough points Tuesday night to defeat the struggling Titusville Rockets. Findlay's 20 was the game high, His counterpart, Titusville's Holland Fratus dropped in 12, but the rest of the team only managed five points in the 69 - 17 lopsided region game. Both teams are theoretically in rebuilding years, the Rockets young overall losing many starters from last year and the Knights are coming off one of the best season's in school history, but losing all of their starters from a year ago. Franklin came pressuring the Rockets forcing turnover after turnover. The Rockets didn't get on the board until the 3:18 mark when Fratus drained a three. Fratus scored again almost a minute later. The five points were all the Rockets could muster in the first quarter. But most of the show was Findlan and company. .Alex Umbenhaur poured in a dozen while Nate Fezell added 11. Franklin moves to 4-2 on the season and is undefeated in Region 5. Rockets are 1-6 overall.
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Rocky Grove and Cranberry gave the crowd a game worth watching Saturday during the Roy Sanner Memorial Tip Off Tournament. The two Venango squads waged a back-and-forth battle that included double digit runs by each leading up the the final moments of the game. At the end of the first quarter Cranberry held a 14-10 edge over Rocky Grove. The Orioles charged to a 20-15 lead with 5:32 left in the second quarter. By the time the buzzer went off to end the half, the Berries were ahead again, this time 30-24. Both teams came out of the locker room on fire. Before the halfway mark of the third quarter, it was tied it at 39. Then the Orioles went on a rampage, outscoring the Berries 16-5 down the stretch and securing a 55-44 lead ahead of the of the final quarter. But the Berries would not be denied. During the next six minutes of play, Cranberry put down 17 points to Rocky Grove's 8. The Berries were down by 2 when Niko Blauser converted and old fashion three-point play, first tying the game bucket from the paint and then taking the lead with a plus one from the line. The crowd erupted in excitement. With just under 10 seconds to play, Rocky Grove called a timeout before inbounding the the ball. When action started again, they got the ball across the halfcourt line and called another timeout with just over 5 seconds left on the clock. A few quick passes and the ball was in the hands of junior Aiden Focht who downed a baseline jumper from the left just before the buzzer. Rocky Grove earned the 65-64 win and the tournament championship. More photos from the Saturday championship game.
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