EF boys see their comeback fall short in first-round loss at Mt. Pleasant. Playoff contests between 12 and five seeds sometimes aren’t all that competitive. That wasn’t the case during Monday’s WPIAL ...

Third-seeded North Catholic flexed its offensive power in the postseason opener, rolling to a 7–1 victory over No. 14 Yough to advance in the Class 2A playoffs. The Trojans spread the scoring around, ...

Austin Hollier scored four times in an 8-0 win over Brentwood. As two-time defending WPIAL champion and the current top seed in Class 1A boys soccer, Bentworth already knows the drill. You can’t look ...

Riverview was the latest victim in a 66-0 rout. The WPIAL’s Class 1A Eastern Conference is as competitive from top to bottom as any in the district. But at the top of the mountain, there is no debate....

As temperatures start to dip into fall, here’s a little food for thought: • When you opened your copy of The Mon Valley Independent Saturday morning, you probably noticed how many blowouts resulted fr...

Owen Householder scored a penalty kick and Sam Wessel and the TJ backline kept a clean sheet to push the No. 5 Jaguars (16-21) past No. 12 Shaler (12-6) 1-0 in the first round of the Class 3A WPIAL bo...

Ringgold couldn’t control the Leopards’ offense after taking an early 6-0 lead. The Mon River rivalry matchup between Ringgold and Belle Vernon started off with a bang for the visitors Friday on The B...

Ryan Messina rushed for 193 yards and threw for 160 as EF blasted Southmoreland, 42-0. Elizabeth Forward set the tone early in Friday’s WPIAL Class 3A Interstate Conference first-place showdown agains...

The Commodores will host Union Wednesday night. The WPIAL has announced the brackets for the annual volleyball championships, which will feature six local teams. One team will be in the king’s seat as...

South Allegheny scored nine touchdowns in the 64-14 win. It was all South Allegheny from start to finish during Friday night’s dominant 64-14 home victory over Sto-Rox. Six different Gladiators (9-0, ...

They clinched at least a share of the conference title with a 38-3 victory over Beth-Center. After opening Tri-County South Conference play a couple of weeks ago with an ugly 8-7 win over Bentworth, C...

The Jaguars wrapped up another playoff berth with a 45-6 victory. Tyler Eber on the carry for the Jaguars. What’s become a signature phrase for any public address announcer over the years when the Tho...

The Commodores’ defense stopped a two-point try in the final seconds of a 35-33 victory. Frazier edged Greensburg Central Catholic 35–33 in a back-and-forth Eastern Conference thriller Friday night, h...

The Rams watched their 1-0 lead disappear in a matter of minutes with two long-range goals in the second half. With everything to play for in a local Mon Valley grudge match, it was two goals from Bel...

Students attending a “faithbased” private school can play sports at their home public school district under a new PIAA policy. The policy — adopted to settle a federal lawsuit brought by a religious r...

High school sports have changed in many ways since Bob Lombardi joined the PIAA nearly four decades ago, including a few troubling trends he shared Wednesday while discussing his plans to retire as ex...

The Belle Vernon girls cross-country team took home fourth place overall among Class 2A girls at the Tri-State Coaches Association meet at White Oak Park Thursday. Brooklyn Steeber finished in fifth p...

South Allegheny cruised to a sweep of East Allegheny, 25-8, 25-12, 25-20, to improve to 15-5 overall and 11-3 in Section 2-2A. Regan McBeth led the Gladiators with 15 kills, while Ava Brown added four...

McKeesport’s Akeem Cochran says “no thanks” with a stiff arm to Mars’ Ayden Yocum. Mike Darnay / MVI Sports

Frazier’s Derek Diamond barely missed rushing for 300 yards in last week’s game.