After being tied 23-23 at the halftime break of Friday night’s Section 3-3A matchup against Shady Side Academy, no one in the South Allegheny locker room was satisfied with how things were going. The ...

Tyler Basic scored 27 points, leaving him at 992 for his career. Most basketball teams go through a losing streak during a season, but a good basketball team knows how to end those losing skids swiftl...

Derry Area junior Stanley Rajkowski was honored before Friday’s game for recently reaching the 1,000-point milestone. Then Rajkowski delivered in the clutch. He hit a 3-pointer to send the game into o...

The Springdale boys’ basketball team pulled away for a 43-31 win over Bentworth, holding the Bearcats to just four points in the fourth quarter of their Section 1-2A battle Friday night. “It means a l...

The Leopards are tied with Elizabeth Forward for the section lead ahead of Monday’s showdown. After Thursday night’s pivotal Section 3-4A matchup against South Park, Belle Vernon girls basketball coac...

Kaelynn Settles, Mia Sostaric and Addison Wach all scored in double figures for the Warriors. Swimming Boys: EF 109, Uniontown 77 Girls: EF 119, Uniontown 57 After a slow first quarter that saw Elizab...

They scored the final eight points of the game to pull out a 43-38 win. Poise, not panic. That has been the motto for the Bentworth girls basketball squad this season. It’s taped to every locker, and ...

By the Mon Valley Independent Penn-Trafford (6-9) pulled away for a 5743 nonsection win over Thomas Jefferson (16-2). Thomas Jefferson led 17-11 after the first quarter, but Penn-Trafford took control...

Entering the fourth quarter of Tuesday night’s contest, Ringgold led Monessen 48-46 in what was anyone’s game. But in the end, the Rams closed the game strong with an 18-5 fourth quarter that pushed t...

By the Mon Valley Independent Belle Vernon opened Tuesday night by scoring 27 first-quarter points and never let Yough recover in a 79-43 Section 3-4A boys basketball win. The Leopards (11-7, 7-1) bui...

Aubrey Brown (17) and Lyla McConnell (12) combined for 29 points in the Leopards’ rout. The Belle Vernon girls basketball team reeled off 15 straight points to start their game against West Mifflin Tu...

The Tigers have already surpassed their win total from last season and find themselves in the playoff hunt. It’s been a battle for the teams in Section 1-5A so far this season, and a resurgent McKeesp...

The Belle Vernon girls basketball team opened the game with a strong first quarter and never let up Monday night, rolling to a 68-19 victory over Yough in Section 3-4A girls basketball action. The Leo...

Monessen guard Madison Johnson eclipsed the 1,000-point mark for her career as Monessen (4-9, 3-5) earned a 31-24 win over Ellis School (2-9, 0-4) at the MLK Classic at Neighborhood Academy. Johnson l...

McKeesport (8-6, 5-3) earned a Section 1-5A win Friday by outscoring Laurel Highlands 20-14 in the fourth quarter to finish off a 5953 decision. The Tigers led 16-9 after the first quarter and took a ...

Nick Trklja and Justin Fry were too much offensively for the Peters Township defense. Anytime a coach is struggling to come up with ways his squad can improve after a game, it’s typically a great sign...

Every basketball team wants it, and every basketball team needs it to be successful. Tenacity. Class 3A Southmoreland had it Friday night in its non-section matchup with Class 4A Elizabeth Forward. Th...

Despite a 20-point fourth quarter, it was just a little too late for the Monessen girls’ basketball team, as it fell short to Bishop Canevin, 45-42, at home Thursday night in a critical Section 2-1A c...

The BVA girls forced 43 Ringgold turnovers to roll to a win in the rivalry game. Belle Vernon used suffocating defense in the first half and a 21-2 advantage in the second quarter to roll to a 6119 wi...

TJ outscored the Indians, 40-21, over the final 16 minutes for key section win Thursday. After a sluggish second quarter that saw Thomas Jefferson fall behind a Peters Township squad it was desperate ...