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2009 Season

Shaughnessy
Burch
Shaughnessy, Burch, Winger
They're three of the best-known athletes to come out of Oil City, and the school honored two of them,  first-team all-staters Jim Shaughnessy (football) and Dutch Burch (basketball) in 1996.  The school has retired their numbers -- Shaughnessy's No. 68 in football and Burch's No. 36 in hoops. (Burch also starred in football for the Oilers.) The Derrick carried stories about both of them before they  were honored. Read about them here:
Winger
Meanwhile, three-time state champion Charlie Winger marked his 50th anniversary for winning the mile and 880 in 2005. Read about it here:


By the way, even though Burch and Winger starred in other sports, both played football for the Oilers.

Oilers to play
at 1 p.m. Saturday

The Oilers will play North East at 1 p.m. Saturday at Harbor Creek High School in the first round of the District 10 Class AA playoffs.

The winner of that game will play the winner of Wilmington-Ft. LeBoeuf in the semifinals. Wilmington will meet Ft. LeBoeuf at 7 p.m. Saturday at Slippery Rock University.

The other half of the eight-team bracket will match General McLane and Greenville at 7 p.m. Saturday at Edinboro and Sharon and Fairview at 1 p.m. Saturday at Slippery Rock.

The full D-10 playoff bracket can be found on the D-10 Web site.

This will be the Oilers' first meeting with North East since 1952 when they posted a 26-6 victory. Oil City also defeated the Grapepickers, 28-0, in 1951 -- the only other meeting between the two teams.

North East has won eight straight games since losing to Greenville and General McLane in its first two outings. Here's a look at North East's record:

at Greenville
L, 7-14
General McLane
L, 14-17
at Harbor Creek
W, 35-0
Northwestern
W, 17-14
at Seneca
W, 42-0
Fairview
W, 27-21
at Ft. LeBoeuf
W, 14-3
Bradford
W, 40-6
at Maplewood
W, 53-14
Girard
W, 21-8





See how Oilers performances stack up with the rest of the state by clicking on Stat Stars on the Pennsylvania Football News site.
Oil City High School athletic director Rick Fletcher introduces Debra Hall, pictured with son Riley Thompson, during the dedication of a plaque honoring Forrey Hall that will be placed at the entrance of the Oil Field. Debra is Hall's daughter and she and her family flew in from San Francisco for the ceremony before the Oilers' game with Franklin. Forrey Hall was a standout athlete at St. Joe's and one of the best ever from Venango County. He later starred in football for the University of San Francisco where he set NCAA kickoff return records and then the San Francisco 49ers.

Here is the content of the plaque:

A three-sport athlete at St. Joseph High School from 1938-1941, he excelled in baseball, football and basketball. He was a leading scorer on St. Joe’s 1939 and 1941 Pennsylvania State Catholic Championship basketball teams, but he is best known as a standout on the football field.

One of the fastest men in the country, he finished his high school rushing and receiving career with 29 touchdowns and 179 points. He also did most of the passing and placekicking.

He was voted “Best Man” at the 1945 East-West Shrine Game, representing the Fourth Air Force while serving his country during WWII. He became a star halfback at the University of San Francisco, setting two NCAA records, and was inducted into the USF Sports Hall of Fame. He went on to a professional career with the San Francisco 49ers, setting several team records.

An Oil City native, he exemplified discipline, hard work and sportsmanship. He was a true gentleman, a respected coach and a beloved dad.

After a giving a moving tribute to her father Debra was joined by the rest of the Hall clan on the new OIler track.

It was the first time that her sons Riley and Mike had seen snow.  

The family made a generous contribution to the refurbishing of the football field and track complex.


District 10 Class AA standings
Region 3
Region
Overall
W
L
W
L
Wilmington
6
1
8
1
Sharon
6
1
8
2
Oil City
5
2
8
2
Greenville
4
3
7
3
Hickory
4
3
5
4
Slippery Rock
2
5
2
8
Reynolds
1
6
1
9
Titusville
0
7
1
8
Region 4
General McLane
8
0
10
0
North East
7
1
8
2
Fairview
6
2
6
4
Ft LeBoeuf
5
3
7
3
Girard
4
4
5
5
Northwestern
3
5
4
5
Seneca
2
6
3
7
Harbor Creek
1
7
2
8
Maplewood
0
8
2
8



2009 Schedule
Sept. 4
Meadville
W, 47-14
Sept. 11
at Slippery Rock
W, 33-14
Sept. 17
at Sharon
L, 21-34
Sept. 25
Wilmington
L, 7-37
Oct. 2
at Titusville
W, 34-13
Oct. 9
Greenville
W, 33-27
Oct. 16
Franklin
W, 49-7
Oct. 23
at Eisenhower
W, 12-6
Oct. 31
at Hickory
W, 19-0
Nov. 6
Reynolds
W, 48-6


New old stuff added
Check out the 1931-35 seasons in the Year-by-year records link for some new old photos and materials that have been added. Tom Szafran, son of the late Joe Szafran, lent me his dad's scrapbooks to look through. More old programs have been added to the Rivalries section. So check that out, too. The photo below was taken during the 1934 season.