Cranberry Chronicals

By NATALIE SANDROCK Student contributor Propaganda is a competition that some Cranberry High School students attended on Jan. 16 at IU6 in Clarion. In this…

By AMBER HOLT Contributions by MATT McQUAIDE and GABE DRESBACH Student contributors A new rule has been established recently regarding Cranberry High School students staying…

By ZOE ALBERT Student contributor This week’s Cranberry High School Athlete of the Week is basketball player Matt McQuaide. Matt is a senior at Cranberry…

By KRISTEN HOGUE Student contributor It’s play season at Cranberry High School and opening night is quickly approaching. This year’s school musical, directed by Preston…

By KRISTEN HOGUE Student contributor Eight Cranberry High School students traveled to the District 3 Chorus Festival at United High School in Armagh, Pennsylvania, last…

By NATALIE SANDROCK Student contributor Contributions by HUNTER REDFIELD and AVA FISCHER Students in Cranberry’s Envirothon class went on their annual trip to help the…

By CASSIDY MILLER Student contributor Students in the Building Construction Trades Program at the Oil City Venango Technology Center have been working hard on a…

By DEVIN ZERBE Student contributor On Dec. 16 and 17, Cranberry high School hosted its second annual 8th grade science fair. Led by science teacher,…

By ADY CARTER and NATALIE SANDROCK Student contributors Clubs are a great way for students to get involved, so it is important that all students…

By CARA ANDRES Student contributor On Wednesday, Jan. 15, Cranberry High School’s boys basketball team was playing Venango Catholic High School on what proved to…

By KAIA DEAN Student contributor “My brother and I wanted a dog. Mom said yes and dad said no so we compromised and got a…

Student Jenna Seigworth receives a $500 scholarship should she choose to attend Penn State.  (Photography contributed by Gayle Mitchell) By KRISTEN HOGUE Student contributor PHUNC,…

Michael Gunn and Abigail Pedley were crowned king and queen at Cranberry High School’s winter formal dance. (Photograph contributed by Kaitlyn Barnett) By ABBY HANNA Student…

By BROOKE WHITLING Student contributor On Monday, Dec. 16, Cranberry High School hosted its annual Santa Shop. Designed to allow select students the opportunity to…

Blood drive takes place at Cranberry High School. (By Cara Andres/Student contributor)   By BROOKE WHITLING Student contributor On Friday, Dec. 13, Cranberry High School…

By KRISTEN HOGUE Student contributor It’s that time of year!  The snow is falling, Christmas trees are up, and Cranberry High School students are playing…

By KRISTEN HOGUE and DYLAN LU Student contributors On Dec. 19, 2019, Cranberry High School student Abigail Joseph was awarded a scholarship of $133,000 to…

By NICK RICHAR Student contributor This year, Cranberry High School has added a brand new club, Girls Who Code. The club is run by Colin…

By ADY CARTER and NATALIE SANDROCK Student contributors Cranberry High School has an incredible amount of exciting clubs to offer its students – from fun…

By ADY CARTER Student contributor For the past 20 years, 7th-grade students in Chris Svolos’s history class built Native American houses as part of a…

By HANNAH NIEDERRITER Student contributor On the third and fourth weekend of October, the first ever Wild Mountain Fantasy Festival and Time Travelers Market was…

By BROOKE WHITLING and NATALIE SANDROCK Student contributors Cranberry Area High School hosted its annual Veterans Day assembly Thursday, Nov. 7, 2019, in honor of…

By BROOKE WHITLING Student contributor Recently, Cranberry High School students involved with Pennsylvania High School United Nations Conference (PHUNC), a Model UN program located at…

By Dylan Lu – Student contributor A rising sun breaks through the clouds as I walk across an oaken bridge, shadowed by rows of peach…

By BROOKE WHITLING Student contributor Nearly three years after their 50th high school reunion, the Cranberry High School class of 1967 has made a sizeable…

Jenna Seigworth – Student contributor (This piece was written after shadowing a duck hunting trip with Hunter Redfield, who also detailed the expedition in a…

By HANNAH NIEDERRITER Student contributor From 5:30-6:30 p.m. on Oct. 23, a fitness night with the theme of destressing was held in the Cranberry High…

By DEVIN ZERBE Student contributor This past Tuesday, Richard Sayer, photographer for The Derrick, came to Cranberry High School to hold a photography workshop with…

By KRISTEN HOGUE Student contributor Cranberry High School’s Creative Cooking class, run by Janet Smith, had its yearly cake decorating unit. While the students were…

By DYLAN LU Student contributor On Oct. 11, 2019, the Transit Art Gallery & Gifts reopened under the leadership of Christine Manning and the support…

By ADY CARTER and NATALIE SANDROCK Student contributors The Venango County Association for the Blind came to Cranberry High School on Tuesday, Oct. 15, to…

By BROOKE WHITLING Student contributor “… All that matters is the music, the pride, and the dedication of the OMB, “ writes Lauren McTiernan, Cranberry…

By ZOE ALBERT and SAM BLACK-WIGREN Student contributors Cranberry High School students in Kathleen Uhrinek’s Chemistry classes participated in a tie-dying project. This graded activity,…

By HANNAH NIEDERRITER Student contributor In 2019, Cranberry High School has made significant strides towards superior education while also upgrading the environment in which students…

By HANNAH NIEDERRITER Student contributor Along with the addition of many valuable updates to Cranberry High School, a new pass system has been established for…

By JENNA SEIGWORTH – Student contributor “I just received a phone call. We’re going to the Derrick.”  That’s how it all started, when Mrs. Trisha…

By NICK RICHAR Student contributor Ava Ferringer is our new athlete of the week. She has been in the spotlight recently with her performances in…

By DYLAN LU Student contributor Teacher Chris Bost’s ninth grade history class designed catapults over the course of the last month to launch tennis balls…

By ZOE ALBERT Student contributor This week’s Athlete of the Week is Cameron Russell.  When asked how it felt to receive this honor, Russell responded,…

By CARA ANDRES, DEVIN ZERBE and BROOKE WHITLING Student contributors “It’s a lot like the quote in ‘Lilo and Stitch.’ ‘Ohana means family. Family means…

By KRISTEN HOGUE Student contributor Last Friday, the Oil City Oilers took on the Beavers from Dubois. After an Oiler’s victory, the teams were leaving…

By BROOKE WHITLING Student contributor As a part of renovations made over the summer, the Cranberry Area School District installed many features at the high…

By BROOKE WHITLING and GABE DRESBACH Student contributors Leading by example and attending every practice are just two reasons Coach Keith Siverling gave when speaking…

By ANNA MOORE Student contributor Athlete of the Week goes to one of the many hard working individuals at Cranberry High School, junior Kalynne Ziegler….

By AMBER HOLT AND DEVIN ZERBE Student contributors In the beginning of the school year, Cranberry High School’s C.A.R.E. team received a bountiful donation from…

By JACOB UMSTEAD and HUNTER REDFIELD Student contributors On Wednesday, Sept. 11, several students and staff participated in “Walk to School” day, an annual event…

By DYLAN LU with contributions by HANNAH NIEDERRITER – Student contributors On a bright September morning, the nation awoke. The quiet streets became bustling with thousands…

By JENNA SEIGWORTH Student contributor Ever since the news broke mid-summer, questions have been rising about Cranberry High School’s homecoming plans. Students and parents alike…

By NICK RICHAR Student contributor Cranberry High School is full of dedicated and hard working athletes, and this week’s spotlight athlete is junior Steven Kline….