Herchelroath near perfect as Warriors clinch share
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HIGH SCHOOL ROUNDUP
By JEREMY SELLEW 
May 6, 2025
It was a great day to be Elizabeth Forward’s Cy Herchelroath. Not only did the senior lefty toss a five-inning no-hitter, but he smashed a two-run homer in the bottom of the second inning as the Warri...
SPORTS SNAPSHOTS
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May 6, 2025
BENTWORTH AT FRAZIER -- MIKE DARNAY / MVI SPORTS
EF wraps up section title with win at West Mifflin
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By ADAM BREWER MVI SPORTS 
May 5, 2025
Julia Johnson struck out six in the 8-1 victory. The Elizabeth Forward softball team has a laundry list of things it wants to accomplish this spring. The Warriors can mark one thing off their list, as...
4 Valley players earn all-state honors
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By By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com 
May 5, 2025
Zion Moore, Drew Cook, Cam Epps and Owen Dumbroski were recognized, and Tony DiCenzo is Co-Coach of the Year in Class 3A. Pennsylvania Sports Writers announced their all-state boys basketball teams ov...
Frazier wins section; Gladiators roll past Shady Side Academy
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HIGH SCHOOL ROUNDUP
By JEREMY SELLEW 
May 3, 2025
When it comes to section titles, no team likes to share and the Frazier softball team won’t have to share their fifth in five years. The Commodores scored two runs or more in each inning as they rolle...
Jaguars blow out Connellsville
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By By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com 
May 3, 2025
Aubrey Shaffer hits 200 career strikeouts in the Jaguars’ win over Connellsville. Connellsville softball coach John Burd commented after Friday’s Section 4-5A matchup that not much seems to go right f...
Andrews shows off Leopards’ pitching depth
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By ADAM BREWER MVI SPORTS 
May 3, 2025
Senior Braden Andrews allowed only two hits through five innings in BVA’s 10-0 win over Yough. The Belle Vernon Area baseball team flexed its pitching depth and its offensive firepower Friday night at...
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LAUREL HIGHLANDS AT BELLE VERNON –– JENN CODELUPPI / MVI SPORTS
May 3, 2025
Warriors hold off Titans to split series
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By By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com 
May 2, 2025
West Mifflin rallied from an 8-1 deficit, but couldn’t overtake Elizabeth Forward. In a wacky game that started Tuesday and officially concluded Thursday thanks to the treacherous winds that struck th...
Trojans tune up with win over Falcons
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By ADAM BREWER MVI SPORTS 
May 2, 2025
California scored all the runs it needed in one inning to beat cross-river rival Brownsville. Heading into the final two games of their Section 1-2A schedule next week, the California baseball team ne...
KO tops Glads
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HIGH SCHOOL ROUNDUP
By JEREMY SELLEW 
May 2, 2025
The South Allegheny softball team watched its rally fall just short in a 5-3 non-section loss at Keystone Oaks Thursday. The Gladiators (12-2) found themselves trailing 4-0 before scoring three runs i...
SPORTS SNAPSHOTS
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May 2, 2025
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’Dores beat Bearcats to clinch share of section title
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By ADAM BREWER MVI SPORTS 
May 1, 2025
Grace Polkabla had three hits and Zoey Zurenski drove in three runs in Frazier’s 9-1 win. When the Frazier softball team was bumped up to Class 2A in the offseason, coach Don Hartman knew that winning...
Jaguars pay back Black Hawks
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HIGH SCHOOL ROUNDUP
By JEREMY SELLEW 
May 1, 2025
Thomas Jefferson’s softball team got some sweet revenge on Bethel Park Wednesday, avenging an early season loss to the Black Hawks in Section 4-5A play. Sophie Janosko’s RBI triple in the bottom of th...
SPORTS SNAPSHOTS
High school, Sports
May 1, 2025
No WPIAL players in NFL Draft for first time since 1993
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By By CHRIS HARLAN TribLive 
April 28, 2025
The league’s highest-rated player, Donovan McMillon, signed with the Browns Saturday as a free agent. A WPIAL streak that started more than three decades ago ended quietly Saturday. For the first time...
Loss won’t define Gladiators’ season
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SPORTLIGHT
By By JEFF OLIVER MVI Sports 
March 31, 2025
The greatest basketball season in South Allegheny history ended on a sour note in a 60-51 loss to West Catholic in the PIAA 3A championship game Saturday. However, losing a championship game in which ...
DeUnger is perfect fit as new Charleroi football coach
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SPORTLIGHT
By By JEFF OLIVER MVI Sports 
March 24, 2025
Iremember vividly when Scott “Scooter” DeUnger wore the various uniforms of Charleroi’s baseball, football and basketball teams. He stood out to me from the rest of the players for various reasons. Th...
Batter up! Welcome to First Pitch
First Pitch, High school, Sports
March 13, 2025
It’s that time once again to here the ping and the pop of aluminum bats. It’s my favorite season of the year — baseball and softball season in the Mon Valley! New sections, new coaches, old rivalries ...
BVA loses power, but still plans to contend
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By JEREMY SELLEW 
March 13, 2025
Coach Tony Watson said a different approach will be necessary as his team moves to a new section. While this year’s team may look a little different, the goals remain the same for Belle Vernon head co...