Hanson adds wrestling coach to duties with Glads
High school, Sports
By By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com 
November 19, 2025
Brian Hanson has continued building the South Allegheny football program to his liking, making deep playoff runs in the last two seasons. On the gridiron, the Gladiators are emerging as a strong progr...
Salisbury, Helmick, Hiles, Carper and Wasicek earn volleyball awards
High school, Sports
MVI ALL-VALLEY VOLLEYBALL ALL-STARS
By JEREMY SELLEW 
November 18, 2025
The Mon Valley Independent sports department is proud to announce our first MVI All-Valley Volleyball All-Star team and award winners. This year, MVI Sports staff chose two teams of 15 players worthy ...
Fitting end to a magical season
High school, Sports
By By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com 
November 18, 2025
There was no doubt Ryan and Adam Moessner would find a way to bring home state title. The culmination of years of work from the entire Bentworth soccer program came with one swing of a leg on Saturday...
WPIAL denies Farrell request to join once again
High school, Sports
By By CHRIS HARLAN TribLive 
November 18, 2025
For the second time in two years, the WPIAL board has denied a request from Farrell to rejoin the district. The board on Monday voted unanimously to reject Farrell’s request to leave PIAA District 10 ...
OT goal gives Bearcats PIAA title
High school, Sports
By By JOSH RIZZO Trib Total Media 
November 17, 2025
Adam Moessner connected off a high bounce to give Bentworth a 1-0 win over Delaware County Christian. Bentworth coach Nick Malarbi had plenty of discussions with sophomore Adam Moessner about differen...
Acrobatic TD catch wraps up Quips’ win over Tigers in Class 4A title game
High school, Sports
By By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com 
November 17, 2025
McKeesport dropped a 21-12 decision despite two touchdown runs by Kemon Spell. Late in the fourth quarter of Saturday’s WPIAL Class 4A championship game, it looked like McKeesport would get one more c...
Bearcats want the elusive state championship
High school, Sports
By JEREMY SELLEW 
November 15, 2025
Bentworth (24-0) meets Delaware County Christian (21-3) at 4 p.m. today for the PIAA Class 1A title. After winning their third straight WPIAL championship a couple of weeks ago, there’s still somethin...
Tigers, Spell and more ready for showdown with Quips
High school, Sports
By JEREMY SELLEW 
November 15, 2025
When two of the most successful and proudest football programs tangle for the WPIAL Class 4A football championship today, fans will get a look at some of the top players in the nation. Aliquippa quart...
Bears heading back to WPIAL championship
High school, Sports
By By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com 
November 15, 2025
Clairton will face No. 4 Laurel, who upset No. 1 Fort Cherry in Friday’s other semifinal. The Clairton football program hasn’t won a WPIAL championship since 2019. For most schools, that wouldn’t be m...
20 football teams will move to different classes
High school, Sports
By By CHRIS HARLAN TribLive 
November 15, 2025
Recent state champions Thomas Jefferson, Belle Vernon and Central Valley are among 20 WPIAL football teams in position to switch classifications next season. The PIAA this week released updated enroll...
Norwin to sell naming rights for stadium – at right price
High school, Sports
By By JOE NAPSHA TribLive 
November 15, 2025
The Norwin School District hopes to sell the naming rights to its stadium to recoup some of the cost of a $25.4 million renovation that began this month. School leaders want the funds to defray the co...
PIAA releases enrollments and classifications
High school, Sports
By JEREMY SELLEW 
November 14, 2025
The numbers have been released and local high schools know where the chips have fallen when it comes to PIAA’s biannual reclassification. The state governing body released enrollment figures for all h...
Clairton one step from another title shot
High school, Sports
By By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com 
November 14, 2025
One year after Clairton and Fort Cherry matched up in the WPIAL Class 1A championship, they’ve got a chance to set up another rematch tonight if both sides prevail. Standing in the way of the No. 2 Be...
MVI Shootout Classic set for West Mifflin High School
High school, Sports
By JEREMY SELLEW 
November 13, 2025
The annual event features eight teams with four games per day on Nov. 28 and 29. The Mon Valley Independent will celebrate the fifth anniversary of the MVI Shootout Classic with a new venue and a grea...
BVA KICKS OFF THE BASKETBALL SEASON WITH CAMP
High school, Sports
November 13, 2025
The Belle Vernon Area boys and girls basketball programs kicked off their season by hosting a skills clinic last weekend. Campers attended Saturday and Sunday in two sessions, for grades K to 4 and 5 ...
What we learned in Week 11 of the season
High school, Sports
By By CHRIS HARLAN TribLive 
November 12, 2025
Aliquippa will compete in the WPIAL Class 4A championship game for the fifth time in six years, an accomplishment that Quips coach Mike Warfield says should always come with a footnote. His note would...
Bearcats will play for state title
High school, Sports
By By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com 
November 12, 2025
Adam Moessner scored the eventual game-winning goal in the second half to push Bentworth into the PIAA championship game. The stakes were high once again during Tuesday night’s meeting between the Ben...
MVI BASKETBALL MEDIA DAY
High school, Sports
November 11, 2025
The Mon Valley Independent Sports Department hosted their annual basketball media day for local boys and girls basketball teams Wednesday at The Trailside in West Newton. Local boys and girls players ...
Bearcats face OLSH for state title berth
High school, Sports
By By JEFF OLIVER MVI Sports 
November 11, 2025
Bentworth beat OLSH, 3-1, to win their third straight WPIAL title on Oct. 30. In a short span of time, the Bentworth and Our Lady of Sacred Heart boys soccer programs have gotten very familiar with ea...
Bearcats reach PIAA semis with 5-0 win
High school, Sports
By By ADAM BREWER jsellew@yourmvi.com 
November 10, 2025
Bentworth will get a rematch with OLSH after defeating Winchester Thurston. It doesn’t matter whether the Bentworth boys’ soccer team plays at Highmark Stadium or at its home-awayfrom- home field in P...