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First basketball player/wrestler? -- Don't know, but Oil City freshman Ella Kasunic plays basketball for the Lady Oilers and wrestles for Cranberry. Don't recall anybody ever having that combo next to their athletic resume. Not surprised because she's excelled at both sports in the lower grades like forever. It would appear that wrestling is in her blood. She's related to Brayden Crocker, who had a brilliant wrestling career ahead of him until a knee injury derailed both his

PAIN -- Nobody likes losing in the playoffs, it's always kind of shocking. But it has to be especially painful for Port Allegany, which was stopped at the goal line Friday night in a last ditch effort to win. I think PA faithful thought they were going to win the state championship in 1A what with having Aiden Bliss on their team. Bliss carried the rock 45 times (for 252 yards) against Greenville. He finished his career with 7,869 yards rushing. NEW CO-OP -- Just read on F

OPENING NIGHT AFTERMATH -- A couple of streaks came to a halt during opening night of the 2025 season. One that didn't was Kirtland,...

FROM THE OIL CITY POOL TO... -- The Derrick/The News-Herald has really been going to town lately on local sports features. The June 19...

March 15: Kirtland lost in the Ohio VI state semifinals in basketball. That's the school where Tiger LaVerde coaches football. Kirtland...

·       Feb. 28: The winner of tonight's consy between Oil City and Farrell will get the WPIAL champion in the first round of...

Tiger LaVerde's  Kirtland Tigers will play a Pennsylvania team for the first time -- but it won't be his alma mater, Oil City. The Ohio...

·       The Knights were without superstar  Camden Smith  when they lost to Titusville Dec. 12, according to photographer Richard Sayer....