Saturday, April 20, 2013

Bigger Than Wrestling

On April 5th, the statewide public school test scores were made public and the top 500 school districts were ranked.  Here's how our local area did:

2013 Rank
2012 Rank
Up/Down
District
County





20
31
+11
Fairview School District
Erie
83
78
-5
Jamestown Area School District
Mercer
91
102
+11
North East School District
Erie
109
147
+38
Sharpsville Area School District
Mercer
111
132
+21
Fort LeBoeuf School District
Erie
116
88
-28
Grove City Area School District
Mercer
134
107
-27
Harborcreek School District
Erie
141
130
-11
Hermitage School District
Mercer
150
179
+29
Wilmington Area School District
Lawrence
156
155
-1
Girard School District
Erie
162
135
-27
Millcreek Township School District
Erie
165
186
+21
Mercer Area School District
Mercer
205
210
+5
Slippery Rock Area School District
Butler
207
192
-15
General McLane School District
Erie
223
221
-2
Commodore Perry School District
Mercer
235
248
+13
Cranberry Area School District
Venango
243
229
-14
Lakeview School District
Mercer
252
273
+21
Penncrest School District
Crawford
258
297
+39
West Middlesex Area School District
Mercer
267
275
+8
Reynolds School District
Mercer
295
323
+28
Northwestern School District
Erie
296
318
+22
Warren County School District
Warren
320
305
-15
Titusville Area School District
Venango
348
386
+38
Iroquois School District
Erie
365
351
-14
Wattsburg Area School District
Erie
366
339
-27
Conneaut School District
Crawford
371
317
-54
Greenville Area School District
Mercer
408
437
+29
Corry Area School District
Erie
423
435
+12
Crawford Central School District
Crawford
425
397
-28
Franklin Area School District
Venango
450
460
+10
Union City Area School District
Erie
451
455
+4
Oil City Area School District
Venango
465
463
-2
Sharon City School District
Mercer
469
472
+3
Valley Grove School District
Venango
472
465
-7
Erie City School District
Erie
488
490
+2
Farrell Area School District
Mercer

All of the " + " schools improved their rank from last year, while all of the " - " schools dropped in the rankings.  There are a couple of small notations-- First, I don't believe Cranberry Area is in D10 (They're D9).  Second, I'm not sure if Valley Grove belongs to D10.  Last, Titusville is listed as Venango county and I had always believed it to be in Crawford county.  Remember these are listed by school district not by school (I.E. Crawford Central School District includes Meadville & Cochranton).

Largest Improvement:

1.) West Middlesex +39
2.) Iroquois +38
3.) Sharpsville +38

Steepest Drops:

1.) Greenville -54
2.) Franklin -28
3.) Grove City -28

PA Top 10

1.) Upper St. Clair (Allegheny)
2.) Mt. Lebanon (Allegheny)
3.) Unionville-Chadds (Chester)
4.) Tredyffrin-Easttown (Chester)
5.) North Allegheny (Allegheny)
6.) Radnor (Delaware)
7.) Hampton (Allegheny)
8.) South Fayette (Allegheny)
9.) Lower Merion (Montgomery)
10.) Central Bucks (Bucks)

It's always nice to see where these public schools rank when it comes to the education the kids are getting.  Everybody knows it's the academics not the athletics that are supremely important.

Source: Pittsburgh Business Times


Monday, March 25, 2013

2013 PAJW State Medalists

PAJW State Place Winners:

Area 6:
Kane Kettering (Reynolds, 8U 55#) 2nd
Malik Carnery (Franklin, 8U 65#) 8th
Wyatt Barzak (Meadville, 8U 110#) 8th
Gary Steen (Hermitage, 10U 55#) 3rd
Damin Vadala (Hickory, 10U 75#) 3rd
Marques McClorin (Meadville, 10U 80#) 5th
Trent Tidball (Meadville, 10U 85#) 6th
Bryce McCloskey (Reynolds, 10U 95#) 7th
Salleri Allen (Sharon, 10U 105#) 6th
Rocco John-Daniello (Reynolds, 10U 120#) 3rd
Beau Bayless (Reynolds, 12U 65#) 1st
Noah Fuchs (Reynolds, 12U 75#) 6th
Mason Karpinski (Greenville, 12U 90#) 8th
Cole Matthews (Reynolds, 12U 95#) 1st
Zachary Helstern (Commodore Perry, 12U 95#) 8th
Brady Gentile (Greenville, 12U 100#) 8th
Cameron Prebble (West Middlesex, 12U 105#) 5th
Jacob McMaster (Cochranton, 12U 115#) 6th
Matthew Carr (Meadville, 12U 200#) 6th
Aarron Gelvin (Greenville, 14U 77#) 6th
Devan Davis (Cochranton, 14U 82#) 6th
Chaise Hauck (Reynolds, 14U 102#) 7th
Spencer Lee (Saegertown, 14U 112#) 1st
Jude Mattocks (Saegertown, 14U 124#) 4th
Gavin Wilkerson (Greenville, 14U 132#) 5th
Gage Gladysz (Greenville, 14U 157#) 2nd
Dalton Hilliard (Slippery Rock, 14U 167#) 6th
Chris Mueller (Sharpsville, 14U 187#) 7th
Timmy McCauley (Cranberry, 14U 252#) 5th


Area8:
Tucker Urey (Maplewood, 8U 70#) 8th
James Troop (Erie, 8U 80#) 5th
Robert Blair (Union City, 8U 110#) 2nd
Tallin Henry (Union City, 10U 70#) 8th
Paniro Johnson (Erie, 10U 75#) 6th
Kishawn Higgins (Erie, 10U 85#) 5th
Tyler Myers (General McLane, 10U 105#) 8th
Dorian Crosby (Erie, 10U 120#) 5th
Mark Chambers (St. George’s, 10U 150#) 3rd
Steven Heme (Maplewood, 10U 150#) 4th
Andrew Brest (General McLane, 12U 65#) 7th
Sam Sallot (Harbor Creek, 12U 80#) 6th
Leno Ciotti (Blessed Sacrament, 12U 90#) 3rd
Carter Starocci (St. George’s, 12U 100#) 5th
Deven Abbott (St. George’s, 12U 105#) 7th
Julian Gorring (Blessed Sacrament, 12U 125#) 2nd
Evan Selker (Blessed Sacrament, 12U 145#) 6th
Austyn Cummings (Warren, 12U 145#) 8th
Ian Malesiewski (North East, 12U 160#) 1st
Rayquan Crosby (Erie, 12U 200#) 7th
Abe Guarriello (Fort LeBoeuf, 14U, 87#) 8th
Ta’Nauz Gregory (Erie, 14U 112#) 2nd
Daniel Simmerman (Maplewood, 14U 124#) 8th
Justin Miller (General McLane, 14U 140#) 6th
Zach Stafford (Cambridge Springs, 14U 187#) 3rd
Jacob Lenhardt (General McLane, 14U 252#) 8th



State Place Winners by School:

Reynolds 7
Erie 6
Greenville 5
General McLane 4
Meadville 4
Blessed Sacrament 3
Maplewood 3
St. George's 3
Cochranton 2
Saegertown 2
Union City 2
Cambridge Springs 1
Commodore Perry 1
Cranberry 1
Fort LeBoeuf 1
Franklin 1
Harbor Creek 1
Hermitage 1
Hickory 1
North East 1
Sharon 1
Sharpsville 1
Slippery Rock 1
Warren 1
West Middlesex 1



Area 6: 29
Area 8: 26

Total: 55

Monday, March 11, 2013

2012-13 DTen State Place Winners

Congratulations to:

AA:

106- *Devin Brown (Saegertown): 1st
120- *Tyler Vath (Saegertown): 8th
126- Jarray Norris (Sharon): 5th
126- *Nick Monico (Saegertown): 8th
138- Mike Bonner (Sharon): 3rd
145- *Levi Stoyer (Reynolds): 7th
152- Austin Matthews (Reynolds): 1st
160- Taylor Fox (Fort LeBoeuf): 4th
170- Tim Vargo (Union City): 5th
182- *Dylan Reynolds (Seagertown): 4th
182- Jamar Henry (Reynolds): 7th
220- Cam Cyphert (Cochranton): 3rd
220- Evan Daley (Fort LeBoeuf): 5th
285- *Sam Breese (Lakeview): 1st

AAA:

113- *Jake Gromacki (Cathedral Prep): 4th
152- Dan Krysiak (Cathderal Prep): 8th
160- *Tyree Spearman (McDowell): 5th
160- Ossie Bowers (General McLane): 8th
285- Andrew Welton (Central Tech): 2nd

*Denotes an underclassmen returning next year.


With 8 returning medalists 2013-14 should be an even better year!