By the Mon Valley Independent Penn-Trafford (6-9) pulled away for a 5743 nonsection win over Thomas Jefferson (16-2). Thomas Jefferson led 17-11 after the first quarter, but Penn-Trafford took control...

Entering the fourth quarter of Tuesday night’s contest, Ringgold led Monessen 48-46 in what was anyone’s game. But in the end, the Rams closed the game strong with an 18-5 fourth quarter that pushed t...

By the Mon Valley Independent Belle Vernon opened Tuesday night by scoring 27 first-quarter points and never let Yough recover in a 79-43 Section 3-4A boys basketball win. The Leopards (11-7, 7-1) bui...

Aubrey Brown (17) and Lyla McConnell (12) combined for 29 points in the Leopards’ rout. The Belle Vernon girls basketball team reeled off 15 straight points to start their game against West Mifflin Tu...

Local soccer coaches offer mixed reactions to removing overtime from regular-season games. When the PIAA announced its fall sports championship sites last week, there was a big change to the soccer sc...

The Tigers have already surpassed their win total from last season and find themselves in the playoff hunt. It’s been a battle for the teams in Section 1-5A so far this season, and a resurgent McKeesp...

The Belle Vernon girls basketball team opened the game with a strong first quarter and never let up Monday night, rolling to a 68-19 victory over Yough in Section 3-4A girls basketball action. The Leo...

By the Mon Valley Independent Belle Vernon was led by a major performance from Elijah Brown at the Escape the Rock tournament on Jan. 17, as the 215-pounder went 5-0 to win first place. Brown also rec...

Monessen guard Madison Johnson eclipsed the 1,000-point mark for her career as Monessen (4-9, 3-5) earned a 31-24 win over Ellis School (2-9, 0-4) at the MLK Classic at Neighborhood Academy. Johnson l...

McKeesport (8-6, 5-3) earned a Section 1-5A win Friday by outscoring Laurel Highlands 20-14 in the fourth quarter to finish off a 5953 decision. The Tigers led 16-9 after the first quarter and took a ...

Nick Trklja and Justin Fry were too much offensively for the Peters Township defense. Anytime a coach is struggling to come up with ways his squad can improve after a game, it’s typically a great sign...

Every basketball team wants it, and every basketball team needs it to be successful. Tenacity. Class 3A Southmoreland had it Friday night in its non-section matchup with Class 4A Elizabeth Forward. Th...

The BVA girls forced 43 Ringgold turnovers to roll to a win in the rivalry game. Belle Vernon used suffocating defense in the first half and a 21-2 advantage in the second quarter to roll to a 6119 wi...

Despite a 20-point fourth quarter, it was just a little too late for the Monessen girls’ basketball team, as it fell short to Bishop Canevin, 45-42, at home Thursday night in a critical Section 2-1A c...

TJ outscored the Indians, 40-21, over the final 16 minutes for key section win Thursday. After a sluggish second quarter that saw Thomas Jefferson fall behind a Peters Township squad it was desperate ...

Belle Vernon continued its strong start to section play Thursday night, defeating West Mifflin 68-46 in a Section 3-4A matchup. The Leopards (10-7, 6-1) controlled the game early, building a 33-18 hal...

Former BVA and Monessen boys basketball coach Joe Salvino will be inducted June 5. Last year, the WPIAL Hall of Fame welcomed in a number of athletes with ties to the Mid-Mon Valley. This year, anothe...

A state championship event is coming to Southwestern Pennsylvania for the rest of the decade. The PIAA board of directors approved Wednesday sites for the fall sports championships, bringing the state...

Both Bentworth and Charleroi entered Wednesday night coming off key section wins and looking to carry that momentum into a non-section matchup before the second half of their section schedules begins....

A slow start led to a slow game Wednesday, too slow for Belle Vernon boys head coach Ricky Tyburski. The Leopards failed to score in the opening five minutes of their non-section game against Gateway,...