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Black Hills - 1A
September 12, 2025
McKeesport (1-2) at Belle Vernon (1-1) 7 p.m. ‘ Port: Coming off a brutal loss to Thomas Jefferson, the Tigers will be hungry against another rival in Belle Vernon. Kemon Spell’s status is up in the a...
Conference play is here, tough games ahead for local teams
High school, Sports
September 12, 2025
Conference play is upon us for the WPIAL’s lower classifications, while the higher classes will continue playing exhibition games against some rivalry opponents this week. Last week was pretty good fo...
MVI SPORTS-BEEGRAPHIX PLAYER OF THE WEEK
High school, Sports
September 12, 2025
Ringgold’s Amoni Ward (1) was an unstoppable force in the Rams’ win over visiting Yough last week at Joe Montana Stadium. Charlee Foster / MVI Sports
SPORTS SNAPSHOTS
High school, Sports
September 12, 2025
First-place Bearcats shut out Falcons
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By By ADAM BREWER jsellew@yourmvi.com 
September 11, 2025
After celebrating the program’s 200th all-time victory earlier in the week, the Bentworth girls’ soccer team kept rolling Wednesday night with a 4-0 Section 2-1A win over Brownsville at Redstone Field...
Teammates headed in Leopards HOF
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BVA FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME
September 11, 2025
(Editor’s note: This is the second of two stories highlighting the four newest members of the Belle Vernon Area Football Hall of Fame.) The Class of 2011 produced two of the most dynamic players in Be...
Bradstock inducted into Presidents Hall of Fame
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SPORTS STEW
By By WAYNE STEWART MVI Sports 
September 11, 2025
Ancient alchemists tried to turn base metal into gold— and failed. Washington & Jefferson basketball star Alan Bradstock turned a piece of paper into a golden career. That paper was a degree from W&J,...
BVA girls win key showdown on Martin’s goal
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ROUNDUP
By JEREMY SELLEW 
September 11, 2025
The Belle Vernon girls soccer team pulled out a tight 1–0 Section 1-2A win over Keystone Oaks, to take possession of second place in Section 1-2A Wednesday. The lone goal of the game came in the secon...
PIAA board tables vote on adding shot clock
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By By CHRIS HARLAN TribLive 
September 11, 2025
The PIAA hit the snooze button on the shot clock debate. The board on Wednesday was expected to take a second step toward adding a shot clock to high school basketball for the 2028-29 season. Instead,...
SPORTS SNAPSHOTS
High school, Sports
September 11, 2025
Bell’s goal in double OT leads Leps to upset win
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By By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com 
September 10, 2025
Morgan Bunch had 10 saves in BVA’s win over previously unbeaten Franklin Regional. Franklin Regional generated chance after chance in its Section 3-3A matchup at Belle Vernon, but it was the Leopards ...
Frazier tunes for road trip with win over Gators
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By By JIM DOWNEY For MVI Sports 
September 10, 2025
The Frazier girls volleyball team swept to victory in Tuesday night’s Section 4-1A match, but host Geibel Catholic didn’t go away quietly in a 3-0 defeat. The Commodores (4-1, 2-0) won by scores of 25...
Sweitzers will be inducted together
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BVA FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME
September 10, 2025
By the Mon Valley Independent (Editor’s note: This is the first of two stories highlighting this year’s class of the Belle Vernon Area Football Hall of Fame.) The Belle Vernon Area Football Hall of Fa...
EF girls golfers clinch section share
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ROUNDUP
September 10, 2025
By the Mon Valley Independent Elizabeth Forward’s girls golf team officially clinched at least a share of the Section 3-3A championship Tuesday, staying unbeaten with a 169-193 victory over Franklin R...
SPORTS SNAPSHOTS
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ELIZABETH FORWARD AT WEST MIFFLIN – FLOYD KISH / MVI SPORTS
September 10, 2025
Bentworth’s Gonglik commits to LSU
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By By JEFF OLIVER MVI Sports 
September 9, 2025
The Bearcats’ standout said she plans to pitch and hit with the Tigers in the SEC. One of the top recruiting battles for a softball player in the mid-Mon Valley in recent years is over and the big win...
Watson scores lone goal in Leopards’ 1-0 section win
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By JEREMY SELLEW 
September 9, 2025
Belle Vernon outshot the Highlanders by a 27-8 margin to move to 2-1-1 in section play. A win is a win, is a win. And on her birthday, Belle Vernon Area girls soccer coach Tracy Lovett will surely tak...
Smith’s hat trick, two helpers lead Warriors over Indians
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By By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com 
September 9, 2025
The Elizabeth Forward girls soccer team was firing on all cylinders as Maicee Smith bagged a hat trick in a 6-0 win over Indiana on Monday. Smith scored three times and had two assists while Mia Johns...
Commodores rally in 3rd to sweep Scotties
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By By JASON BLACK For MVI Sports 
September 9, 2025
For the Frazier and Southmoreland volleyball teams, Monday’s non-section match provided a chance to work on some things in a highly-competitive contest. The Commodores posted a straight set win over t...
Bentworth girls crush Cal to nab program’s 200th victory
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ROUNDUP
September 9, 2025
By the Mon Valley Independent Bentworth flexed its depth and scoring power in a runaway 14–2 win over California in Section 2-1A action. The Bearcats kept the pressure on from start to finish, spreadi...