Author Archive: Mike Kilroy

ALL HE CAN BE: Oil City’s Cam Crocker Choses to Continue Football and Academic Career at Army
OIL CITY, Pa. (EYT/D9) — West Point, N.Y., was the last place Cam Crocker ever thought he would be.

GUT CHECK TIME: On the Heels of a Tough Loss, Cranberry Uses Hot Shooting, Fast Start to Bounce Back Vs. Union
RIMERSBURG, Pa. (EYT/D9) — Early, the Cranberry boys basketball team could do no wrong.

A NEW HOME: Former Venango Catholic Star Lily Homan Lands at North Clarion and Has Helped Wolves Get Off to 10-0 Start
FRILLS CORNERS, Pa. (EYT/D9) — For a time, Lily Homan felt homeless. She was without a school. Without a team. Without a place to call her own. It was an uncomfortable feeling for Homan, who felt adrift in a vast sea of unknowns and uncertainties.

THE LAST CHAPTER: A-C Valley Grad Olivia Boocks Has Overcome a Great Deal in Her Basketball Career as She Enters the Final Act at Clarion University
CLARION, Pa. (EYT/D9) — She’s overcome a COVID-19 shortened season, a sudden coaching change and a serious knee injury.

Oil City’s Ethen Knox, Cam Crocker Named to Class 3A All-State Football Team
OIL CITY, Pa. (EYT/D9) — The postseason accolades are still rolling in for Ethen Knox. The junior running back on the Oil City football team put up eye-popping and historic numbers this season for the Oilers.

FROM THE BRINK: Venango Catholic Boys Basketball Team Surviving Low Numbers, Getting Big Production From Senior Star, James Henry
OIL CITY, Pa. (EYT/D9) — As the basketball season fast approached, James Henry found himself in an uncomfortable state of limbo.

Venango Catholic’s James Henry Off to Torrid Start to Season for Vikings, Who Split Pair of Games
OIL CITY, Pa. (EYT/D9) — James Henry poured in 25 points as the Venango Catholic boys basketball edged Grove City Christian, 49-42, on Monday night.

FOREST REBIRTH: Fires’ Girls Basketball Program Returns After One Year Hiatus
TIONESTA, Pa. (EYT/D9) — It didn’t take Amber Guzzi long last season to realize she was in a whole new world.

UNEXPECTED OPPORTUNITY: Meteoric Rise in Javelin Lands Union’s Evie Bliss Division I Chance to Throw, Not Swim
FOXBURG, Pa. (EYT/D9) – Evie Bliss sprinted down the runway at the PIAA Track and Field Championships at Shippensburg University in May, the javelin gripped tightly in her right hand.

Oil City Boys Basketball Team Opens Season in Style With 74-40 Win Over Clarion
KNOX, Pa. (EYT/D9) — Whether it was from the outside or in the paint, driving to the hoop or putting up short jumpers, Cam Vanwormer served notice in the season opener that the Oil City boys basketball team is going to be a handful.