Mike Darnay / MVI Sports South Allegheny beat Ringgold last season 28-14 in Week 0. Every football season, teams enter the first game feeling hopeful. Things are no different with Ringgold and South A...

By the Mon Valley Independent Ringgold used a medalist performance from Evan Callaway to edge McKeesport 207-211 in a tightly contested Section 2-3A matchup at Rolling Green. Callaway’s 33 set the ton...

Last year’s disappointment turned into this year’s motivation for Frazier volleyball. jsellew@yourmvi.com The Frazier volleyball team has been conditioning for a few weeks now, and a week into practic...

First-year coach Ina Helmick sees potential in her new team, which returns some experience. It’s a new era for Belle Vernon Area volleyball as firstyear head coach Ina Helmick takes over a program eag...

Six seniors will lead a team that’s been rejuvenated with nine freshmen. The Yough volleyball team enters the fall with a mix of experience, energy and quiet confidence, hoping this is the year everyt...

For Serra Catholic’s golf team, this season marks a transitional chapter — one that head coach Matt Sedlak sees as full of potential, even if it comes with a learning curve. “I got a fresh set of seni...

By the Mon Valley Independent Bentworth broke through for its first win of the season, holding off Burgettstown 221230 in a nonsection match at Chippewa Golf Club. The Bearcats relied on balance acros...

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The time has come once again to get the pads poppin’ and the helmets boppin’. It’s the best time of the year in the Mon Valley. Football season is back, and from everyone here at the Mon Valley Indepe...

The new head coach will have to overcome heavy graduation losses. It’s a new era on “The Beach” at James Weir Stadium. Scott Bryer has taken over as the head coach of the Belle Vernon Area football pr...

After reaching the postseason a year ago, this Bentworth team wants to deliver a rare playoff win. Accountability, attitude and hustle — those are the three guiding principles for Bentworth football u...

Quarterback Logan Hartley returns to lead an offense that averaged 37.5 points per game last year. Since veteran coach Ed Woods took over the head coaching duties at California years ago, he always te...

Coach Scooter DeUnger is determined to restore respectability to the program after three down seasons. Charleroi’s Scooter DeUnger has a daunting task ahead of him as he takes over as head football co...

They’re loaded with elite players as they move into their new home at Tyler Boyd Stadium. In the 1990s, when Clairton was running roughshod over football programs throughout the WPIAL and PIAA, they w...

The football field has become a safe haven and a source of pride for members of the Bears’ football team. There’s a mystical aura around the City of Clairton. It comes with success — success of the st...

Ryan Messina returns to run the EF offense after an outstanding junior season. Coming off another conference championship and a semifinal loss to Central Valley in the Class 3A playoffs, the Elizabeth...

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Junior quarterback Brady Secrest will be the leader of the offensive unit. Settling in as Frazier’s new head coach, Tony Battaglini begins to think more and more that the team has underachieved the pa...