One of the things that has stood out in the WPIAL playoffs is the depth of the Class 2A softball field, and Frazier head coach Don Hartman is thankful that his Commodores have been playing good ball l...

South Allegheny’s Adam Jackowski dominated a potent Rebels’ lineup to earn the win. South Allegheny battled tooth and nail Monday afternoon, relying on a timely run and a dominant pitching performance...

By the Mon Valley Independent Aubrey Shaffer dominated in the circle and Thomas Jefferson did just enough offensively to hold off South Fayette for a 3-2 victory Monday in the first round of the WPIAL...

Charleroi picked up its first playoff win in nearly three decades with a 4-2 victory over Mt. Pleasant in a WPIAL first-round contest. It took nearly three decades, but it was worth the wait for Charl...

Pitching dominated for most of the afternoon in the WPIAL Class 5A first-round matchup between No. 3 Thomas Jefferson and No. 14 Mars, but the Jaguars finally broke through when they needed it most. L...

Of the 43 players drafted, 19 are incoming freshmen; Serra Catholic, Norwin have most players picked. The Steel City Summer Basketball League officially set the stage for another competitive season du...

No. 5 Belle Vernon committed four errors in a 7-1 loss to Hampton. After a six-game winning streak ended last week, Belle Vernon dropped its final two regular season games and wasn’t playing its best ...

Weston Monticelli tossed a complete game allowing only four hits and one earned run. California leaned on timely baserunning and another strong outing from Weston Monticelli on Monday to edge Freedom,...

Hopewell’s Kingston Krotec had two hits and earned the victory in a 5-3 playoff win. Hopewell ace Kingston Krotec controlled the game from the mound Monday night, helping the Vikings hold off Ringgold...

By the Mon Valley Independent West Mifflin’s season came to a heartbreaking end Monday as North Catholic rallied for a 6-5 victory in 10 innings in the first round of the WPIAL Class 4A softball playo...

In a back-and-forth game that could have gone either way, the 13th-seeded Frazier baseball team was just one or two plays away from pulling off an upset of fourth-seeded Riverview in a WPIAL Class 2A ...

Coach Taylor Andrisko said Hampton is from a good baseball area and is “battle-tested.” In the first year of the Taylor Andrisko era at Belle Vernon, the Leopards earned the No. 5 seed in Class 4A and...

No. 7 West Mifflin vs. No. 10 Ambridge The Titans drew a squad from the tightly contested Section 1-4A after an up-and-down regular season. Coach Jeff Kuzma was frustrated with his team’s mental mista...

The Cougars have gone roughly three decades without a postseason victory. Charleroi’s baseball team under veteran coach Luke Mollis has qualified for the WPIAL playoffs for the fifth straight season, ...

Belle Vernon is the No. 5 seed in 4A, while West Mifflin (7) and Ringgold (11) are on the same side of the bracket. Ten local teams found out their path to a WPIAL championship Friday as the league an...

Kylee Fisher powered Yough at the plate and in the circle as the school rolled to an 11-1 nonsection softball victory over Charleroi Friday to officially end the regular season for both teams. Fisher ...

The Charleroi senior will be honored at the Washington-Greene Hall of Fame banquet June 7. By the Mon Valley Independent Charleroi senior Jacob Corrin has been named the recipient of the Second Annual...

League coaches Matt Regula (left) and Mike Voit (right) look over the list of draft-eligible players with trainer Nick Dizon, who was overseeing the workouts Friday at Marx’s Court Time. Jeremy Sellew...

The Valley will be represented by 10 teams in the WPIAL softball playoffs, which begin next week. The WPIAL unleashed the softball playoff brackets to the masses Thursday, and when it comes to seeding...

Charleroi stormed back from a six-run deficit Thursday with an eight-run fifth inning to rally past Serra Catholic, 11-9, in a wild nonsection game. The Cougars struck first in the opening inning when...