TJ girls will face South Fayette tonight in battle for top spot in section
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By By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com 
September 15, 2025
The Jaguars had their five-match winning streak stopped Saturday by Peters Township. After dropping a 3-1 result to Peters Township and ending a five-match winning streak on Saturday, the Thomas Jeffe...
BVA QB suffers injury in loss to McKeesport
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By JEREMY SELLEW 
September 13, 2025
The Leopards’ Curty Wade was knocked out of the 20-7 defeat early in the second half. Belle Vernon and McKeesport were locked in a tight battle throughout the Friday night beach party at James Weir St...
Trojans rally to claim 8-7 ‘ugly win’ over Bearcats
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By ADAM BREWER MVI SPORTS 
September 13, 2025
California was held scoreless until Logan Hartley connected with Eli Carpenter on a fourth quarter touchdown. Resiliency has been one of the calling cards for California since Ed Woods took over. The ...
Frazier blitzed by Jeannette in conference opener
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By ANDREW WHITE, MVI Sports 
September 13, 2025
The Jayhawks pulled away from the hosts with a 20-point explosion late in the first half. In its first Eastern Conference matchup of the season, Frazier fell short against powerhouse Jeannette, droppi...
Greyhounds overcome shaky start to top Serra
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By By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com 
September 13, 2025
Monessen fumbled its first two punt returns and didn’t run a play from scrimmage until midway through the first quarter. A bizarre beginning to Friday night’s game between Monessen and Serra Catholic ...
Cook brothers lead Gladiators past OLSH, 28-6
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HIGH SCHOOL ROUNDUP
September 13, 2025
By the Mon Valley Independent South Allegheny’s defense and special teams set the tone, and the Gladiators stayed unbeaten with a 28–6 win over Our Lady of the Sacred Heart (OLSH) on Friday night. Aft...
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By By BILL BECKNER JR. TribLive 
September 13, 2025
Clairton quarterback Jeff Thompson completed 18 of 23 attempts for 288 yards and three scores. Apparently, Clairton used an unwanted bye week to work on its passing game — a passing game that was near...
SPORTS SNAPSHOTS
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LAUREL HIGHLANDS AT THOMAS JEFFERSON – MIKE DARNAY / MVI SPORTS
September 13, 2025
Game in limbo after officials clear stands
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By ADAM BREWER MVI SPORTS 
September 12, 2025
The Charleroi-Yough boys soccer game was stopped with 4:14 remaining with Yough leading 1-0. The Charleroi and Yough boys soccer teams met Thursday at Myron Pottios Stadium, but the match ended early ...
Despite errors, Leopards push past Warriors in sweep
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By JEREMY SELLEW 
September 12, 2025
A theme for the Belle Vernon volleyball team this season has been offensive balance. Anyone at any time can get points for the Leopards’ offense. The story continued Thursday as the Leopards stormed o...
Rathway sets record for BVA’s longest field goal
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By By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com 
September 12, 2025
His 49-yarder Friday night was the margin of victory as the Leopards topped Central Valley. Editor’s note: This story originally ran in Monday’s e-edition. We’re rerunning it in print for those who do...
Glads get first section win; Bearcats, Warriors get shut-out wins
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ROUNDUP
September 12, 2025
By the Mon Valley Independent The South Allegheny boys soccer team broke out offensively with a 6–1 Section 3-2A victory over East Allegheny, notching its first section win of the season. Brayden Hern...
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By By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com 
September 12, 2025
In a Mon Valley battle within Section 2-3A Thursday night, it was a dominant performance from Thomas Jefferson that pushed the Jaguars to a 5-0 win over Ringgold. The Jaguars (7-0-1, 4-0-1) pressed th...
TCS opens with rivalry game
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GAME OF THE WEEK: BENTWORTH AT CALIFORNIA
By By JEFF OLIVER MVI Sports 
September 12, 2025
The last few years, California has been among the elite teams in the Tri-County South Conference. The Trojans have had a knack for being among the top two teams in the standings. Bentworth, not so muc...
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Black Hills - 1A
September 12, 2025
McKeesport (1-2) at Belle Vernon (1-1) 7 p.m. ‘ Port: Coming off a brutal loss to Thomas Jefferson, the Tigers will be hungry against another rival in Belle Vernon. Kemon Spell’s status is up in the a...
Conference play is here, tough games ahead for local teams
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September 12, 2025
Conference play is upon us for the WPIAL’s lower classifications, while the higher classes will continue playing exhibition games against some rivalry opponents this week. Last week was pretty good fo...
MVI SPORTS-BEEGRAPHIX PLAYER OF THE WEEK
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September 12, 2025
Ringgold’s Amoni Ward (1) was an unstoppable force in the Rams’ win over visiting Yough last week at Joe Montana Stadium. Charlee Foster / MVI Sports
SPORTS SNAPSHOTS
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September 12, 2025
First-place Bearcats shut out Falcons
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By By ADAM BREWER jsellew@yourmvi.com 
September 11, 2025
After celebrating the program’s 200th all-time victory earlier in the week, the Bentworth girls’ soccer team kept rolling Wednesday night with a 4-0 Section 2-1A win over Brownsville at Redstone Field...
Teammates headed in Leopards HOF
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BVA FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME
September 11, 2025
(Editor’s note: This is the second of two stories highlighting the four newest members of the Belle Vernon Area Football Hall of Fame.) The Class of 2011 produced two of the most dynamic players in Be...