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PHOTOS: Slippery Rock sees surprise homecoming prior to football game

Veterans honored
Pvt. Destan Hoover surprises his family, Karen Hoover and Talon Hoover, during a Veterans Appreciation Night ceremony before the Slippery Rock football game against Mercyhurst Prep on Friday, Sept. 2, in Slippery Rock Township. Destan was away at Army training in Fort Stewart, G.a, and was able to come home before being deployed abroad. Joseph Ressler/Butler Eagle
Slippery Rock’s Kayden Piper joins military veterans on the field for a Veterans Appreciation Night ceremony on Friday, Sept. 2, before the football game against Mercyhurst Prep in Slippery Rock Township. Joseph Ressler/Butler Eagle
Slippery Rock football players and cheerleaders line up with military veterans for a Veterans Appreciation Night ceremony before the football game against Mercyhurst Prep on Friday, Sept. 2, in Slippery Rock Township. Joseph Ressler/Butler Eagle
Pvt. Destan Hoover hugs Natascha Cratty after a Veterans Appreciation Night ceremony before the Slippery Rock football game against Mercyhurst Prep on Friday, Sept. 2, in Slippery Rock Township. Hoover was away at Army training in Fort Stewart, Ga., and was able to come home before being deployed abroad. Joseph Ressler/Butler Eagle
Karen Hoover hugs her grandson, Army Pvt. Destan Hoove, during a Veterans Appreciation Night ceremony before the Slippery Rock football game against Mercyhurst Prep on Friday, Sept. 2, in Slippery Rock Township. “Thrilled to death,” said Karen Hoover, who was surprised with her grandson’s arrival. Destan was training at Fort Stewart, Ga., and was able to come home before being deployed abroad. Joseph Ressler/Butler Eagle

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