The PIAA will let a transgender girl compete in the state track and field championships next week if the Eastern Pennsylvania student qualifies, the PIAA’s top administrator said Friday. The state ass...

State champions in team wrestling and competitive spirit will be crowned in Johnstown for the next three years. The PIAA announced 1st Summit Arena at Cambria County War Memorial will host the champio...

By the Mon Valley Independent In a battle of Mon Valley foes in the first round of the WPIAL Class 2A softball playoffs, it was No. 12 Bentworth that pulled off a 9-1 upset over No. 5 South Allegheny....

The Bucs scored a pair of runs in the bottom of the sixth to take the lead and hold on against Charleroi. Many first-round playoff baseball games are grudge matches on the mound with one or two runs b...

The Cougars left eight runners stranded and were unable to get run support for pitcher Ariahna Blouse. The Charleroi softball team pounded out 10 hits in their WPIAL Class 3A first-round game against ...

The Steel City Summer Basketball League held their annual player draft Tuesday at The Trailside in West Newton, as a new crop of young players entered the regional girls summer basketball league for t...

Tyler Fisher twirled a gem and Paul Dzyak and Demetri Lowe each drove in a pair of runs. The Ringgold Rams pulled the stunner in the first round of the WPIAL Class 4A playoffs Wednesday, knocking off ...

Dom Metz threw a complete game on only 84 pitches in TJ’s 4-1 win over Upper St. Clair. Defense and pitching has been Thomas Jefferson’s calling card in 2025. That same game plan continued in the post...

The Kent State recruit struck out 13 in a 3-hit shutout to lead No. 5 BVA past No. 12 Derry. The Belle Vernon baseball program’s streak of playoff futility is over after the Leopards picked up their f...

No. 1 EF put up 14 runs in the second inning on its way to a rout of No. 8 Derry. Ahead of Wednesday’s WPIAL Class 4A softball quarterfinal matchup against Derry, Elizabeth Forward coach Harry Rutherf...

CALIFORNIA AT CHARTIERS-HOUSTON –– MIKE DARNAY / MVI SPORTS

Belle Vernon (13-6) will travel to Norwin to face No. 12 Derry (6-10) in a first-round contest. Could 13 be the Belle Vernon Area baseball team’s lucky number? The Leopards look to end their playoff l...

After a six-run inning for the Trojans put West Mifflin in a 6-1 hole, the Titans scored the next eight runs. Rylie Dobnak was in full control of Monday’s playoff matchup between No. 4 West Mifflin an...

BVA hung around until the Bobcats put up four runs in the bottom of the 6th inning. The No. 11-seeded Belle Vernon Area softball team had an upset on their minds Monday evening as they were hanging ar...

South Allegheny may have had a little chip on its shoulder, being thrown into a preliminary round game just to make the WPIAL first round. But No. 18 Keystone Oaks was just fine with their seed, and p...

California (Pa.) offensive coordinator Chad Salisbury was among the coaches at the camp. Jaden Wall has the same routine every Saturday morning. He heads down to Valley High School to lift weights to ...

FRAZIER AT WEST MIFFLIN –– JEFF HELSEL / MVI SPORTS