SPORTS SNAPSHOTS
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ELIZABETH FORWARD VS. WEST MIFFLIN -- PRYORITY MEDIA
September 5, 2025
Missed chances leave Leps, Rams in scoreless tie
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By By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com 
September 4, 2025
Neither team could find the net despite several opportunities. The Belle Vernon and Ringgold girls soccer teams know it’s a battle every time the two Mon Valley rivals meet, and Wednesday night’s scor...
EF girls set record in huge golf victory over Hempfield
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HIGH SCHOOL ROUNDUP
September 4, 2025
They won by 29 strokes with a combined 162. By the MVI The Elizabeth Forward girls golfers have high expectations for this season, and they showed why during Wednesday’s match against Hempfield. The W...
Shady Side Academy to cancel Clairton game
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By By CHRIS HARLAN TribLive 
September 4, 2025
The school said its team has too many injuries “to field a competitive roster." Citing “an extraordinary rash of significant injuries," Shady Side Academy has canceled this week's football game agains...
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By ADAM BREWER MVI SPORTS 
September 4, 2025
Brielle Dillon & Alexandra Jackson scored for the Bearcats in a 2-0 win. The Bentworth girls’ soccer team used a stout defensive performance and took advantage of a pair of corner kicks in the first h...
Sobczak’s goal holds up in Leps’ 1-0 win
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By ADAM BREWER MVI SPORTS 
September 3, 2025
The Belle Vernon Area boys’ soccer team got back to its winning ways Tuesday night with a hard-fought 1-0 victory over non-section foe Mount Pleasant at James Weir Stadium. The Leopards (3-2-1) were c...
Rams sweep Warriors
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By By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com 
September 3, 2025
In a battle of Mon Valley adversaries Tuesday night, Ringgold defended its home court and grabbed a 3-0 win over Elizabeth Forward in Section 3-3A action. The Rams (2-0, 1-0) won sets by scores of 25-...
Bearcats’ Moessner hits 100-100 milestone
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ROUNDUP
By JEREMY SELLEW 
September 3, 2025
Bentworth kept its unbeaten run alive with a 4–0 non-section shutout of Elizabeth Forward. The Bearcats controlled play from the start, scoring twice in each half to secure the win. Ryan Moessner had ...
SPORTS SNAPSHOTS
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RINGGOLD AT SOUTH ALLEGHENY – AUG.22 – MIKE DARNAY / MVI SPORTS
September 3, 2025
All eyes are on college quarterbacks this season
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SPORTLIGHT
By By JEFF OLIVER MVI Sports 
September 2, 2025
With as many as six, maybe seven quarterbacks expected to be drafted in the first round of the NFL Draft in Pittsburgh next year, there will be tons of eyes on the nation’s top signal callers this sea...
Parks was the Leopards’ basketball wizard
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SPORTS STEW
By By WAYNE STEWART For MVI Sports 
September 2, 2025
(Editor’s note: This is the first of a two-part series on Belle Vernon Area star cager Tom Parks). In 1969, the rock opera Tommy introduced the world to a “pinball wizard.” Not long after, Belle Verno...
Teams warm up for section action with tournament play
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WEEKEND ROUNDUP
By JEREMY SELLEW 
September 2, 2025
Labor Day weekend was a hotbed for local soccer teams, who participated in a number of tournaments around the region. They all started early Saturday morning with the Bentworth girls playing a pair of...
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MONESSEN AT CHARLEROI – AUG. 22 – JENN CODELUPPI / MVI SPORTS
September 2, 2025
Aliquippa rolls over BVA at The Beach
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By JEREMY SELLEW 
August 30, 2025
In the second half, the Quips started with a drive that ate up half of the third quarter. Aliquippa head coach Mike Warfield made a triumphant return to the sidelines after taking a sabbatical last se...
Jaguars spot Warriors a 14-0 lead before Eber gets rolling
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FOOTBALL ROUNDUP
August 30, 2025
By the Mon Valley Independent After falling behind by two touchdowns in the first quarter, Thomas Jefferson turned to its workhorse back and never looked back. Senior running back Tyler Eber powered t...
Last-second conversion pushes Maples past Commodores
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By ANDREW WHITE, MVI Sports 
August 30, 2025
Carson Vanata’s touchdown and 2-point conversion gave Mapletown a 22-21 win. With three seconds left on the clock, Mapletown’s Carson Vanata plunged into the end zone from the 1-yard line. The Maples ...
Elizabeth Forward routs Highlands, 35-14
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By ADAM BREWER MVI SPORTS 
August 30, 2025
The Warriors forced three turnovers and held Highlands (1-1) to just 15 yards in the second and third quarters. A year ago, Elizabeth Forward and Highlands combined to score more than 100 points in a ...
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By By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com 
August 30, 2025
Without Kemon Spell, McKeesport was bottled up for less than 40 rushing yards. In preparation for a clash with top Class 5A opponent Peters Township, the McKeesport football team took a major blow Wed...
PRESEASON SNAPSHOTS
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MCKEESPORT VOLLEYBALL
August 30, 2025
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By By BOB ORKWIS For MVI Sports 
August 30, 2025
On their first drive of the game, West Mifflin suffered a bad snap that went over the quarterback’s head and landed inside the 5-yard line. It proved to be a sign of things to come, as Avonworth quick...