Mike Kilroy

2 days ago | exploreclarion.com | Mike Kilroy

SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa. (EYT) — During a two-hour rain and lightning delay, members of the Clarion baseball team set aside their phones. Instead, they kept themselves occupied with creative challenges in the spacious dugout at Jack Critchfield Park on the campus of Slippery Rock University. “We made up some weird games. No phones, right?” said Clarion coach Rob Jewett. “We took some ground balls in the dugout and made a game out of it. Just had some fun. Just trying to keep it loose and focus in a way.

3 days ago | exploreclarion.com | Mike Kilroy

CHAUTAUQUA, N.Y. (EYT) — When Taylor Voloch gets extremely tired, her head pounds, her left hand twitches and her left leg goes “wonky.”Those symptoms are remnants from her youth. When most eight-year-old girls are playing outside with their friends, the Moniteau High School graduate was undergoing brain surgery to remove a benign tumor the size of a golf ball that was burrowing into her cerebellum.

4 days ago | exploreclarion.com | Mike Kilroy

Published June 3, 2025 10:51 pmPhoto by Madison McFarlandCLARION, Pa. (EYT/D9) – Explore Media Group is kicking off its summer player profile series designed to highlight local athletes and their accomplishments. These will be in-depth Q&A features – a way to get to know these student/athletes better and highlight their academic and athletic achievements. If you are a returning high school student and participate in a sport, you are eligible.

4 days ago | exploreclarion.com | Mike Kilroy

KNOX, Pa. (EYT) — It was always ticking. The clock in Aidan Tharan’s head. The finality of his baseball career was constantly on the mind of the Keystone senior this spring. With every squeeze of the bat, every jog back to the dugout from the outfield grass, every sharp single laced to left, it was closer to the end. “It’s a little bit hard to know it’s over,” Tharan said. “I think I’m probably done. I might play some summer softball, if anyone needs a player.

4 days ago | exploreclarion.com | Mike Kilroy

FOXBURG, Pa. (EYT) – There will be several renovation projects going on this summer within the A-C Valley School District, including a long-awaited upgrade to the high school football field. A-C Valley superintendent Dr. David McDeavitt said the projects, which include a major overhaul of the playing surface and the track at the football stadium, as well as renovations to the junior/senior high school auditorium, will begin this summer.