Charleroi Legion drops big one to Uniontown
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By By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com 
June 25, 2024
Uniontown jumped over Charleroi in the legion standings with a 3-1 win at Vets Field. The Charleroi Post 22 Senior Legion baseball team has mostly played strong defense all season, and that was also t...
BV Jr. Legion crushes Ligonier
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By JEREMY SELLEW 
June 25, 2024
AJ Watson, Zach Plymire, Luca Ghilani and Cam Matusik combined for 10 RBIs for Belle Vernon. The Belle Vernon Junior Legion squad scored 12 runs over a three-inning span to roll to a 14-2 five-inning ...
Four is enough as AMD holds off Monessen Florist
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By By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com 
June 24, 2024
Despite playing most of the 2nd half with only four players, AMD outlasted MoFlo’s late surge. Despite playing the final 9 minutes and 22 seconds down a player, AMD Industries was able to grind out a ...
Hoffman’s HR helps BV remain unbeaten
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By JEREMY SELLEW 
June 24, 2024
Austin Hoffman hit a game-tying homer to tie Smithfield-Fairchance in the top of the 7th. Smithfield-Fairchance, which has only one win on the Legion season, was three outs away from knocking off unbe...
Perfect Legion season in reach for Belle Vernon
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By By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com 
June 23, 2024
The 12-0 team will wrap up its regular season with three games on this week’s schedule. Just under a month into play, the Belle Vernon Senior Legion baseball team still finds itself undefeated behind ...
Hall of Fame welcomes six new members
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By By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com 
June 21, 2024
They were inducted Friday at St. Spyridon Hellenic Center in Monessen. The Mid Mon Valley All Sports Hall of Fame welcomed six new entrants to its ranks Friday night during its 29th annual induction c...
Frazier’s Hartman has a long track record of success
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MID MON VALLEY ALL SPORTS HALL OF FAME
By JEREMY SELLEW 
June 20, 2024
These are two of six stories highlighting the Mid Mon Valley All Sports Hall of Fame’s induction Class of 2024. The annual induction banquet will be held Friday at St. Spyridon’s Hellenic Center in Mo...
‘Coach Rod’ led BVA to five WPIAL softball championships
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By JEREMY SELLEW 
June 20, 2024
Living in Pittsburgh, there was always that quest for that “one for the thumb” when it comes to Super Bowl rings and championships. One local legend got his “one for the thumb” last year. With his tea...
DeCourcy’s love for sports led him to a long writing career
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June 19, 2024
For the Mon Valley Independent Over the course of more than 45 years since he graduated from Elizabeth Forward High School. Mike DeCourcy’s career as a sports journalist has taken him from the press b...
Joe Como one of the all-time Greyhound greats
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MID MON VALLEY ALL SPORTS HALL OF FAME
By By WAYNE STEWART For the Mon Valley Independent 
June 19, 2024
These are two of six stories highlighting the Mid Mon Valley All Sports Hall of Fame’s induction Class of 2024. The annual induction banquet will be held Friday at St. Spyridon’s Hellenic Center in Mo...
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By JEREMY SELLEW 
June 19, 2024
Charleroi snapped a three-game losing skid in senior legion play with a 16-7 win over visiting Waynesburg at Vets Field Wednesday. Charleroi’s Daniel Verscharen had a pair of hits and four RBIs to lea...
Cotton was soccer star at Charleroi
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MID MON VALLEY ALL SPORTS HALL OF FAME
June 18, 2024
These are two of six stories highlighting the Mid Mon Valley All Sports Hall of Fame’s induction Class of 2024. The annual induction banquet will be held Friday at St. Spyridon’s Hellenic Center in Mo...
Russell was a fixture in local sports
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By JEREMY SELLEW 
June 18, 2024
With a passion for history, local sports and his beloved Belle Vernon Area School District, the Mon Valley and the region recently lost one of its biggest ambassadors. Stephen Russell, a longtime educ...
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Belle Vernon Jr. Legion 8,
June 18, 2024
Belle Vernon Senior Legion dismantled Colonial No. 3 to grab a 17-5 win and reach double digit wins on the season Tuesday. Belle Vernon (10-0) remained undefeated despite facing a 5-1 deficit after on...
Belle Vernon batters Charleroi to stay unbeaten
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By JEREMY SELLEW 
June 17, 2024
Jake Wessel had three hits and Colton Lee drove in four runs in the 17-7 win. Belle Vernon Senior Legion remained unbeaten on the season with a mercy-rule win over visiting Charleroi Monday in a battl...
Charleroi Legion falls to visiting Connellsville
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By JEREMY SELLEW 
June 16, 2024
Charleroi’s defense committed four errors and allowed nine unanswered runs. Jake Lee finished with a pair of hits and four RBIs to lead the Connellsville Senior Legion squad to a 9-3 win over Charlero...
BV Senior Legion remains unbeaten with sweep
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By JEREMY SELLEW 
June 13, 2024
Belle Vernon Legion scored 10 combined runs in the second, third and fourth innings and held off Connellsville, 12-7, to take the first game of a doubleheader and remain unbeaten in Legion ball play. ...
Talented draft pool joins Steel City summer league
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By JEREMY SELLEW 
June 12, 2024
The summer season kicks off with a tripleheader Monday at Marx’s Court Time Sports Center in Elizabeth Township. The first season of the fledgling Steel City Summer Basketball League will get underway...
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BASEBALL ROUNDUP
By By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com 
June 2, 2024
Belle Vernon’s Senior Legion baseball team traveled to Unity Township Saturday and left with an emphatic 17-3 victory. The game was tied at 3-3, but Belle Vernon managed to tack on two runs in the fif...
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JUNIOR LEGION ROUNDUP
By By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com 
May 31, 2024
Zach Plymire had the decisive RBI in a 3-2 win over Uniontown. Belle Vernon’s Junior Legion baseball team defeated Uniontown, 3-2, on Thursday behind timely offense. The Leopards only managed three hi...