Mike Kilroy

1 week ago | exploreclarion.com | Mike Kilroy

NEW BETHLEHEM, Pa. (EYT) — Kira Bonanno was struggling. She had a life-altering decision to make. The recent Redbank Valley graduate and standout on the basketball court for the Bulldogs had to pick a destination for her next four years. A good problem to have, sure. But also a very stressful one. “I was talking to like five or six (colleges) and each school had their thing that I liked,” Bonanno said. “Then I had to look at what was bad about them.”Not fun.

1 week ago | exploreclarion.com | Mike Kilroy

CLARION, Pa. (EYT) — Evie Bliss is never satisfied. She can always be a little better. Always work a little hard. Always hurl the javelin a little farther. Since a young age, the Rimersburg native and Union graduate has done everything with an edge. Anything she tries, she wants to be the best at it. That attitude has served her well, especially in the javelin, where she has made a meteoric rise. That ascent continues.

1 week ago | exploreclarion.com | Mike Kilroy

NEW BETHLEHEM, Pa. (EYT) — Braylon Wagner could always hit a baseball. Throwing it for strikes proved to be a little more difficult over the years for the Redbank Valley junior. Control issues dogged Wagner, limiting his innings on the mound for the Bulldogs during his freshman and sophomore campaigns. He combined to walk 22 in 23 innings the past two seasons. But with some key arms on a District 9 Class 2A championship team lost to graduation, it was Wagner’s time. Whether he was in command or not.

1 week ago | exploreclarion.com | Mike Kilroy

CLARION, Pa. (EYT) — Evie Bliss is never satisfied. She can always be a little better. Always work a little hard. Always hurl the javelin a little farther. Since a young age, the Rimersburg native and Union graduate has done everything with an edge. Anything she tries, she wants to be the best at it. That attitude has served her well, especially in the javelin, where she has made a meteoric rise. That ascent continues.

1 week ago | exploreclarion.com | Mike Kilroy

KARNS CITY, Pa. (EYT) — At an AAU tournament in the spring, Jalen Price peeled himself away to check out some of the action in the game before his. A 15U coach for Caveman Basketball out of Pittsburgh, Price was impressed with one of the teams that was racing up and down the court at North Allegheny. Price approached some of the players after that game. He discovered they played in high school for Karns City.