TJ pulls away from Serra in second half
Boys and Girls High School Basketball, High school, Sports
By By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com 
November 29, 2025
Justin Fry, Kane Eggerton and Noah Sear combined for 68 points in the victory. Serra Catholic battled hard in its opening contest of the 2025 basketball season against Class 5A opponent Thomas Jeffers...
Basketball season arrives with holiday feast
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By By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com 
November 28, 2025
The annual MVI Shootout Classic will feature eight games today and Saturday. The WPIAL basketball season begins this afternoon with some entertaining early season matchups for Mon Valley teams and fan...
New season, new goals: Welcome to Hoops 2025
Boys and Girls High School Basketball, High school, Sports
November 28, 2025
Don’t look now, but it’s time for another basketball season here in the Mon Valley. Is it me, or did the fall sports season just blow by us at a ludicrous speed? While there is still one team playing ...
New BVA coach aims to defend WPIAL title
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By JEREMY SELLEW 
November 28, 2025
Ricky Tyburski plans to keep the program at a high level despite graduation losses. Being the coach hired after a legend retires, it’s never easy filling those shoes. But first-year Belle Vernon coach...
Brown leads talented BVA girls squad
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By JEREMY SELLEW 
November 28, 2025
The team has two exciting newcomers in Lyla McConnell and Isis Almyty. Heading into year two of Cornelious Nesbit’s tenure as head girls basketball coach at Belle Vernon, the buzz is continuing to gro...
Soccer success cuts into basketball season
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By ADAM BREWER MVI SPORTS 
November 28, 2025
Coach Bob Kennedy hopes his team can handle the adjustment as well as it did last winter. It was a tale of two seasons for the Bentworth boys’ basketball squad last winter. The Bearcats opened sluggis...
New coach ready for opportunity with Bearcats
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By ADAM BREWER MVI SPORTS 
November 28, 2025
Shannon Squire hopes to build on the success of the school’s soccer and softball teams. It’s a new era for the Bentworth girls basketball program as firstyear coach Shannon Squire takes over. “I am ve...
Trojans hope to leave ‘struggle’ in the past
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By ADAM BREWER MVI SPORTS 
November 28, 2025
Cal coach Brent Baker believes they’re headed in the right direction coming off a 3-18 season. Reenergize. That’s the word California boys’ basketball coach Brent Baker has been using to describe the ...
Cal girls should benefit from deeper roster
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By ADAM BREWER MVI SPORTS 
November 28, 2025
Coach Brandi Sutherland has 14 players available after operating shorthanded last season. In Class 1A or 2A girls basketball, sometimes it’s all about the numbers. Teams need depth not only to compete...
Dunn hopes to lead Cougars back to playoffs
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By ANDREW WHITE, MVI Sports 
November 28, 2025
He has an experienced roster after deciding to come back for his second season as head coach. Charleroi enters the season with a sense of stability and renewed optimism. After originally stepping in a...
With older roster, Cougars ready to start winning
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By ANDREW WHITE, MVI Sports 
November 28, 2025
They were winless last year with four freshmen starting, and coach Sean Lee believes they’re headed in the right direction. Charleroi girls basketball enters this season with a sense of renewal. The C...
A LEGEND ENJOYING RETIREMENT
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November 28, 2025
Despite thoroughly enjoying his retirement, former Belle Vernon head coach Joe Salvino popped in to check out his former Leopards, and his protege Ricky Tyburski, during one of their first official pr...
Practice makes perfect!
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November 28, 2025
Football is once again a factor in hoops season
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By By JEFF OLIVER MVI Sports 
November 28, 2025
Most of Clairton’s roster won’t be available until the school’s gridiron playoff run ends. If there is one thing that RaShawd Hatten has gotten used to as boys basketball coach at Clairton, it’s that ...
Bears ready to face life without Iyanna Wade
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By By JEFF OLIVER jsellew@yourmvi.com 
November 28, 2025
Coach Carlton Wade is looking for a more balanced offensive attack after losing his high-scoring daughter to graduation. Things will be different with the Clairton girls basketball team this year. To ...
Warriors have talent to capture section title
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By JEREMY SELLEW 
November 28, 2025
Three double-figures scorers return from last year’s 18-7 squad. Elizabeth Forward boys head coach Nolan Larry wouldn’t come straight out and say that he thinks his team is the favorite in Section 3-4...
High-scoring Sostaric, Settles lead EF girls
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By JEREMY SELLEW 
November 28, 2025
Both seniors are nearing the 1,000-point mark. Despite losing nearly 25 points per game in scoring from last year’s team, there’s still a lot of excitement brewing around the Elizabeth Forward girls b...
Frazier hopes to surprise with improved chemistry
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By By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com 
November 28, 2025
The Commodores are again dealing with a challenging section as they try to improve on last season’s 5-17 record. The Frazier boys’ basketball team won’t be the most experienced group when it hits the ...
Frazier girls hoping to tighten up defense
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By JEREMY SELLEW 
November 28, 2025
The Commodores gave up 53.3 points per game last season, which doomed their playoff hopes. Last season, the Frazier girls had playoff aspirations. But an eight-game losing streak, including an 0-5 ski...
Tigers’ new coach inherits ‘senior heavy’ roster
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By ANDREW WHITE, MVI Sports 
November 28, 2025
Dan DeRose brings an aggressive, up-tempo style that he hopes will excite McKeesport fans. McKeesport boys basketball enters the 2025-26 season with a fresh voice and a familiar urgency. After a stret...