Head coach Matt Loomis is looking to replace a state champion in the boys long jump. By the Mon Valley Independent California enters the 2026 track and field season with plenty of momentum after sweep...

Morgan Fisher drove home Addison Hiles with the winning run in the eighth inning. After a bad inning led to a lopsided loss Friday against Belle Vernon, Frazier softball coach Don Hartman was looking ...

Connor Bergman drove in four runs, while Jack Edwards had two extra-base hits & three RBIs. Belle Vernon broke the game open early and never let up, cruising to a 16-1 victory over Waynesburg Central ...

Several matchups of Mon Valley schools are on today’s schedule. Today is scheduled to be the beginning of section play for WPIAL baseball and softball teams, thus beginning the grind of the conference...

The Commodores had four errors in the bottom of the fifth, helping the Leopards score eight runs. The Belle Vernon and Frazier softball teams began their season Friday evening with a game on the turf ...

Jim “Mouse” Chacko, who will have the Charleroi High School basketball court posthumously named in his hono this fall, was quite the all-around athlete. Among his many honors were being named to the P...

Dominick Dunkel’s home run in the top of the ninth accounted for the go-ahead run as Valley edged Serra Catholic, 3-2, in nine innings. Serra Catholic scored two runs in the second inning, while Valle...

It’s early in the season, so both the Thomas Jefferson and Belle Vernon flag football teams are still figuring some things out. But both sides looked ready to compete this season as the Jaguars defend...

Lazer Glasser had two hits and two RBIs to lead Charleroi to an 11-1 win over Bentworth in a nonsection game shortened to six innings. Charleroi scored two runs in each of the first two innings and co...

The Jaguars scored 16 runs in the top of the third inning of a 22-3 Section 4-5A win. If you took out the top of the third inning, Thursday’s softball game between Thomas Jefferson and Connellsville m...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — As Colin Dorgan stood before a deafening crowd exploding in pride for his high school hockey team’s championship win, secured by a goal in an exhausting yet exhilarating quadru...

The school board unanimously approved the renaming of the basketball floor to “James ‘Mouse’ Chacko Court.” Just weeks after a movement to rename Charleroi High School’s basketball court after legenda...

Sydney Gonglik delivered a dominant performance in the circle, striking out 12 to lead Bentworth to a season-opening 2-1 victory over Jefferson County at the Ripken Experience in Pigeon Forge. Gonglik...

The Frazier softball team got into the spirit of St. Patrick’s Day for their practice Tuesday. Seated is head coach Don Hartman. Standing, from left, are Vera Miller, Emma Essington, Leah Teets, AK Li...

The WPIAL announced the new alignment for local boys and girls soccer teams last week, and there were some eyebrow-raising changes when it comes to who our local teams will be matched up against. On t...

McKeesport will kick off its flag football season Thursday against Clairton. In the third year of the program — and the first that the PIAA is overseeing flag football as an official sport — the McKee...

Cadence McBride powered South Allegheny with three hits and three RBIs in a 9-6 win over Monsignor Bonner-Pendergast at the Ripken Experience. South Allegheny (1-0) jumped ahead early and used a four-...

Anthony Bonari scored with 2:53 left in overtime to lead Ringgold over Burrell in the D2 championship. When Ringgold and Burrell met twice in the regular season of the PIHL campaign, both of their gam...

Five Mon Valley schools sent participants to Bucknell for the state competition. The PIAA Class 2A boys and girls swimming championships were held this past weekend with several Mon Valley squads part...

Jake Jellison and Aiden Corbett shut out Jeannette on three hits in the championship game. Serra Catholic used a strong pitching performance and a big day from Max Black to defeat Jeannette, 5-0, Satu...