OIL CITY, Pa. (EYT) — Franklin, playing without Preston Morgan for the second straight game, jumped on Oil City quickly, and the Oilers were never able to recover as the Knights came away with a 55-48 road win over their rival.

(Photo: Brandon Johnson, Franklin)

Franklin led 13-4 at the end of the first quarter and that proved to be enough despite Oil City outscoring the Knights by two the rest of the way.

Brandon Johnson was on fire scoring a game-high 29 points for Franklin with Tyus Wood chipping in eight points and Kaden Keely seven. It

Luke Homer had 11 points to lead Oil City. Dimarco Francis chipped in nine points for the Oilers, and Hunter Haun had eight.

CRANBERRY 67, VENANGO CATHOLIC 50

OIL CITY, Pa. — Matt McQuaide netted 24 points while hitting three 3-pointers to lift visiting Cranberry to a 67-50 win over Venango Catholic in KSAC North action.

Tommy Flinspach added 13 points for the Berries with Dan McQuaide scoring 16.

Ben Gillispie had 15 points to pace Venango Catholic with Andrew Burda adding 13.

LAKEVIEW 49, ROCKY GROVE 41

STONEBORO, Pa. — Gavin Boggs netted 13 points to help Lakeview sweep the season series from visiting Rocky Grove, 49-41.

Tyler Lightcap added nine points for the Sailors.

Travis Perry and Conner Curran each had 12 tallies for Rocky Grove.

KEYSTONE 64, A-C VALLEY 52

FOXBURG, Pa. — A 17-9 third-quarter advantage helped visiting Keystone pull out a 64-52 KSAC South win over A-C Valley.

The first-place Panthers led by four, 30-26, at halftime but extended that lead to 47-35 by the end of the third quarter.

Corey Rapp had a game-high 20 points for Keystone with Isaak Jones adding 14 and Dalton Jones 10. Nate Wingard handed out six assists and also scored four points.

Eddie Stevanus paced A-C Valley with 16 points, seven rebounds and three steals. Jeff Ginn had 10 points and seven rebounds, Levi Orton 11 points and Dalton Callander five points, six assists and six rebounds.

NORTH CLARION 88, FOREST AREA 59

TIONESTA, Pa. — Behind Nathan Banner’s all-around game of 22 points, eight rebounds, eight assists and five steals, visiting North Clarion stayed within range of first-place Clarion-Limestone in the KSAC North with an 88-59 win over Forest Area at West Forest.

Jesse Schmader and Zander Hargenrader both added 13 points for the Wolves with Sam Minich chipping in 10 points.

Seth Berlin had another monster game for Forest Area with 31 points, 16 rebounds, three steals and three blocked shots. Jarrett Kahle added 12 points and Dillon DiCorpo had nine points, five rebounds and four steals.

North Clarion is a game back of C-L for first place in the North.

KARNS CITY 72, REDBANK VALLEY 43

KARNS CITY, Pa. — Freshman Chase Beighley poured in a season-best 28 points to lead Karns City to a 72-43 win over visiting Redbank Valley in KSAC South action.

Austin Fahlor added 11 points and seven assists for the Gremlins with Nolan Riley grabbing 10 rebounds to go with seven points and Nathan Waltman eight boards and four points.

Nick Smith (14 points) and Keaton Kahle (13 points) combined for 27 tallies for Redbank Valley.

MONITEAU 51, UNION 46

RIMERSBURG, Pa. — Jared Lominski and Ethan McDevitt combined for 30 points, as Moniteau rebounded from a tough loss at Forest Area earlier in the week to pick up a 51-46 road KSAC South win against Union.

Lominski led the Warriors with 16 points while McDevitt added 14. Ross Tenney also scored nine for Moniteau.

Lucas Bowser had 16 points to lead Union with Luke Bowser adding 12 and Hunter Johnston nine.