Valley Hall welcomes its Class of 2026
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MID MON VALLEY ALL SPORTS HALL OF FAME
By By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com 
June 20, 2026
The Mid Mon Valley All Sports Hall of Fame welcomed six new members with Friday’s induction banquet. The Mid Mon Valley All Sports Hall of Fame held its 2026 induction ceremony Friday night with six n...
Monessen Florist clinches top seed
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STEEL CITY SUMMER BASKETBALL
June 20, 2026
By the Mon Valley Independent Monessen Florist clinched the No. 1 seed for the Steel City Summer Basketball League playoffs with a 62-55 victory over Cedarbrook GC on Night 10, surviving a late challe...
Belle Vernon Sr. Legion moves to 7-1 with rout
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BASEBALL ROUNDUP
June 20, 2026
By the Mon Valley Independent Belle Vernon Post 484 broke open a close game Thursday with a seven-run fifth inning and rolled past Carmichaels, 12-2, in a five-inning Senior Legion contest. Belle Vern...
Belle Vernon picks up Sr. Legion win at Charleroi
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By By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com 
June 18, 2026
Aiden Shaffer and Dom Pireaux each had a pair of hits to help Post 484 get past Charleroi. In another local Senior Legion battle between Belle Vernon Post 484 and Charleroi Post 22, it was the visitor...
Gonglik named top player in PA
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By By JEFF OLIVER MVI Sports 
June 18, 2026
This story originally ran in Monday’s electronic edition. We’re running it again in print for those without access. The softball season is over for Bentworth, but the awards keep rolling in for the Be...
Quinn Const. shuts out Vipers in DNL showdown
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By JACK HVOZDIK MVI Sports 
June 18, 2026
Strong pitching and timely hitting helped Quinn Construction secure a 3-0 victory over Allegheny Vision Associates in McKeesport Daily News League action. Quinn Construction improved to 11-1 with the ...
Ringgold boys win Cunningham tourney
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By By DAVE MACKALL TribLive 
June 18, 2026
This is another one of those everybody’s-a-winner stories. Even in defeat, where nine teams tasted it during the threeday Tre Cunningham Memorial Basketball Tournament at Jeannette High School. Only R...
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BASEBALL ROUNDUP
By JEREMY SELLEW 
June 18, 2026
Thomas Jefferson erupted for six runs in the third inning and cruised to a 7-1 victory over Brownsville in Game 1 of a Senior American Legion doubleheader. The win moved Thomas Jefferson Post 935 to 3...
Belle Vernon’s early 4-0 lead slips away in rout
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By By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com 
June 17, 2026
Uniontown scored 17 runs in the Junior Legion contest. Belle Vernon’s Junior Legion squad quickly pulled ahead of visiting Uniontown 4-0, but things went sideways when they had to make some defensive ...
Kiski capitalizes on EF mistakes in 8-1 victory
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By JACK HVOZDIK MVI Sports 
June 17, 2026
Ryan Dolekary’s RBI double produced the only run for EF. Kiski Post 114 Jr. Legion took advantage of early Elizabeth Forward miscues and rode a strong pitching performance to an 8-1 victory Tuesday at...
WPIAL board rules on eligibility for several athletes
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By By DON REBEL TribLive 
June 17, 2026
They include Nasir Roccman, who transferred from McKeesport to South Allegheny. At the monthly WPIAL board of directors meeting Monday, eligibility rulings were the main topic of action. District offi...
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STEEL CITY SUMMER BASKETBALL LEAGUE
June 17, 2026
They combined to score 45 points in the 62-54 overtime victory. By the Mon Valley Independent Amara Loman scored 23 points and Elizabeth Twyman added 22 as Trailside pulled away in overtime for a 62-5...
USC’s Wells shuts down Quinn Construction
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By By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com 
June 16, 2026
The Daily News League leaders only managed five hits and one run in the loss. Upper St. Clair continued its strong start to the 2026 Daily News League campaign Monday behind another strong start from ...
BV Senior Legion rallies for 5-3 victory over TJ
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By JACK HVOZDIK MVI Sports 
June 16, 2026
They scored twice in the eighth inning to avenge an earlier loss. Belle Vernon Senior Legion responded after a late collapse and scored twice in the eighth inning to defeat Thomas Jefferson Post 935, ...
Future of McKeesport football coaches uncertain
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By By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com 
June 15, 2026
The school board tabled a motion on their status last week, and one director called for head coach Matt Miller & his entire staff to resign. The McKeesport football program has undergone some controve...
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BASEBALL ROUNDUP
June 15, 2026
By the MVI Quinn Construction 8, 3 Rivers Barbershop X PRVC 1 Quinn Construction remained unbeaten Saturday, pulling away with four runs in the sixth inning to defeat 3 Rivers Barbershop X PRVC. Quinn...
Bentworth’s Gonglik named top player in Pennsylvania
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By By JEFF OLIVER MVI Sports 
June 15, 2026
The Bearcats junior compiled a 19-2 record this season with an 0.89 ERA. The softball season is over for Bentworth, but the awards keep rolling in for the Bearcats’ Sydney Gonglik. Gonglik, a 5-8 juni...
Rams’ multisport coach Ravasio gets his Hall call
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MID MON VALLEY ALL SPORTS HALL OF FAME
June 13, 2026
Editor’s note: This is the second of a series of stories introducing the Mid Mon Valley All Sports Hall of Fame’s Class of 2026. By the Mon Valley Independent Joe Ravasio’s coaching career impacted ge...
Wash-Greene County Chapter Of Pa Sports Hall Of Fame Holds Induction Banquet
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June 13, 2026
The Washington-Greene Co. Chapter of the PA Sports Hall of Fame held their induction banquet Sunday at the Hilton Garden Inn in Southpointe. This year’s class included, sitting (left to right): John S...
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BASEBALL ROUNDUP
June 13, 2026
By the Mon Valley Independent Adam Crawford homered, doubled twice and drove in four runs as Allegheny Vision pulled away with a five-run seventh inning to defeat the Plum Pterodactyls in Daily News L...