Rams ready for Gladiators
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GAME OF THE WEEK - RINGGOLD AT SOUTH ALLEGHENY
By By JEFF OLIVER MVI Sports 
August 22, 2025
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...
SPORTS SNAPSHOTS – PRESEASON
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BELLE VERNON GIRLS SOCCER
August 22, 2025
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GOLF RECAPS
August 22, 2025
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...
Title chase begins for heavy-hitting ’Dores
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August 21, 2025
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...
Leps looking for on-court consistency
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By ADAM BREWER MVI SPORTS 
August 21, 2025
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...
Chemistry noticeable for Yough volleyball team
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By ANDREW WHITE, MVI Sports 
August 21, 2025
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...
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By ANDREW WHITE, MVI Sports 
August 21, 2025
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...
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GOLF RECAPS
August 21, 2025
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...
SPORTS SNAPSHOTS
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August 21, 2025
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Poppin’ pads and takin’ stats … football is back
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August 21, 2025
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...
Huge challenge for BVA in Bryer’s first season
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By JEREMY SELLEW 
August 21, 2025
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...
Bearcats aiming to make history this season
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By ADAM BREWER MVI SPORTS 
August 21, 2025
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...
TCS title is the annual goal for California
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By ADAM BREWER MVI SPORTS 
August 21, 2025
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...
Cougars will rely heavily on freshman class
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By By JEFF OLIVER MVI Sports 
August 21, 2025
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...
2025 COUGARS
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Charleroi
August 21, 2025
Ultra-talented Bears may be ‘badder’ than ever
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By By JEFF OLIVER MVI Sports 
August 21, 2025
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...
It’s always been more than football
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By JEREMY SELLEW 
August 21, 2025
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...
Warriors feel ‘overlooked’ as new season begins
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By JEREMY SELLEW 
August 21, 2025
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...
2025 WARRIORS
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Elizabeth Forward
August 21, 2025
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Battaglini eyes return of Frazier’s glory days
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FRAZIER
By JEREMY SELLEW 
August 21, 2025
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...