PIAA asks appeals court to lift Aliquippa injunction
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By By CHRIS HARLAN Trib Total Media 
July 17, 2024
A Commonwealth Court judge must decide whether there was a proper basis for a lower court’s ruling that kept the Aliquippa football team in Class 4A. Appellate Judge Patricia McCullough heard opposing...
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By By CHRIS HARLAN Trib Total Media 
July 16, 2024
The WPIAL doesn’t favor a potential PIAA rule that forces two-time defending state champions into a higher classification. The proposed change to the competitive-balance rule was discussed and dislike...
Gonglik, Warriors lead Valley stars
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By JEREMY SELLEW 
July 16, 2024
The 2024 softball season was a special one for a number of teams in the Mon Valley. The Valley claimed a state championship in Class 5A with Thomas Jefferson. The Jaguars were also the runner-up in th...
Connellsville tops Belle Vernon for Legion crown
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By By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com 
July 16, 2024
Despite out-hitting Connellsville in Tuesday’s championship game, Belle Vernon dropped a 5-1 decision. Belle Vernon’s Senior Legion baseball team has gotten strong pitching all year, but the staff dea...
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By By CHRIS HARLAN Trib Total Media 
July 16, 2024
Mike Warfield says football fans will see him at Aliquippa’s stadium this fall, but adds with a laugh that his new job on Friday nights might be selling 50/50 tickets. Surprisingly, the threetime stat...
Keefer carries eclectic staff at Hempfield
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By By BILL BECKNER JR. Trib Total Media 
July 16, 2024
Hempfield second-year football coach Nick Keefer has assembled a unique mix of assistants for a new season. One will be of interest to local basketball fans. Longtime hardwood coach Jim Nesser has joi...
Howard Hanna Simon leads league at 6-0
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STEEL CITY SUMMER BASKETBALL LEAGUE
By By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com 
July 15, 2024
They hold a three-game lead with two weeks left to play. The Steel City Summer Basketball League finds itself just over halfway through its regular season, so now is a good a time to take a look at th...
BV Legion one win away from championship
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By By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com 
July 13, 2024
Belle Vernon will host the Fayette league’s championship Monday at 6:30 p.m. as they face Connellsville. Fresh off a game three victory over Charleroi to advance to the Fayette County American Legion ...
PIAA could alter competitive-balance rule next week
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By By CHRIS HARLAN Trib Total Media 
July 13, 2024
Teams winning consecutive state titles would move up in class regardless of transfers. Some might call it the Southern Columbia rule. Any PIAA team that wins two consecutive state championships would ...
Belle Vernon advances to championship
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By ADAM BREWER MVI SPORTS 
July 10, 2024
A 6-run second inning helped BV get past Charleroi to Fayette County championship against Connellsville. Both Belle Vernon and Charleroi legion baseball teams had to battle some unusual, windy conditi...
EF’s Climes commits to play at Buffalo
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By JEREMY SELLEW 
July 9, 2024
The Bulls won out on the tenacious lineman. He chose Buffalo over James Madison and East Carolina. Less than two weeks after announcing he narrowed his list of potential schools to three, Elizabeth Fo...
Charleroi pulls even in semifinal
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By By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com 
July 9, 2024
Belle Vernon suffers first loss as Charleroi forces deciding Game 3 tonight at the DiVirgilio Complex. With their backs against the wall facing elimination after a loss on Monday, it was Charleroi Pos...
Monessen Florist streak hits four with lopsided loss
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By JEREMY SELLEW 
July 8, 2024
After an extended break for AAU play, the Steel City Summer Basketball League picked back up Monday. Things remain the same in the standings as Marie Slagus Howard Hanna Simon remained unbeaten and mo...
Girls rugby becoming more popular in high schools
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By By MATTHEW PURURCKER Trib Total Media 
July 8, 2024
Rugby is not a universally beloved sport in America, but that does not mean it is devoid of athletes who cherish the game. The uptick in girls playing rugby in the greater Pittsburgh area and across t...
Belle Vernon shakes slow start to top Charleroi
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By By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com 
July 8, 2024
Kaden Faychak went 3 for 4 with a double and triple to help lead Belle Vernon to a Game 1 win. Charleroi started off on the front foot, but it was Belle Vernon that rallied back and stayed undefeated ...
Valley rivals to meet in Legion semifinals
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By By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com 
July 7, 2024
Top-seeded Belle Vernon will host Charleroi today in the opener of a three-game playoff series. It’ll be a battle of Mon Valley squads in the Fayette County American Legion Baseball league semifinals ...
10 Valley softball players named All-State
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By JEREMY SELLEW 
July 5, 2024
Elizabeth Forward and Thomas Jefferson each had three players named to their All-State teams. The PA High School Softball Coaches Association announced their 2024 All-State teams Friday, which include...
PIAA asks court for stay of Aliquippa decision
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By By CHRIS HARLAN Trib Total Media 
July 5, 2024
The PIAA is looking to force Aliquippa to move back to 5A under the competitive balance rule. With football season only weeks away, the PIAA has asked the Commonwealth Court for an expedited hearing t...
Hamstra gets international lesson as soccer coach
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By By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com 
July 4, 2024
The Bentworth mentor earned a Coaching C License from the Scottish Football Association. Longtime Bentworth soccer coach Tyler Hamstra doesn’t expect his players to try to improve if he’s not looking ...
Coaches, players highlight importance of multiple sports
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By By AMANI CLARK-BEY Trib Total Media 
July 2, 2024
Seneca Valley football coaches were sitting around the table in their coaches’ room going over a list of athletes on their roster and realized a lot of multi-sport athletes decided not to play this se...