Warriors advance to semifinals
High school, Sports
By ADAM BREWER MVI SPORTS 
February 21, 2025
No. 4 Elizabeth Forward will face top-seeded Blackhawk Monday without senior Michelle Jellison after being disqualified after two technical fouls It is an old sports cliché, but it’s true. Styles make...
Wade drops 30 as Bears advance to semifinals
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By By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com 
February 21, 2025
Karma Fuqua added 18 points and JuJu Childs went for 15 in Clairton’s win over St. Joseph. When it comes to postseason basketball, lower-seeded teams traveling on the road are looking to play upset wh...
Caterino: BVA boys job ‘too exciting’ to pass up
High school, Sports
By JEREMY SELLEW 
February 21, 2025
Tyler Caterino, 25, was most recently the head coach at California High School. The Belle Vernon Area School Board officially hired a new soccer coach Tuesday, voting to hire former Monessen and Westm...
PIAA alters language of transgender athlete policy to comply with Trump’s order
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By By CHRIS HARLAN Trib Total Media 
February 21, 2025
The PIAA has changed its transgender athlete policy and no longer will ask member schools to determine those students’ “gender” but rather their “sex.” The changes were approved Wednesday by the PIAA ...
FLIPPING OUT
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February 21, 2025
PLAYOFF SNAPSHOTS
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February 21, 2025
No. 1 Leps outlast rival Warriors
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By ADAM BREWER MVI SPORTS 
February 20, 2025
Despite only scoring 6 points in the fourth quarter, BVA dominated the boards and held off No. 8-seed Elizabeth Forward. Ahead of their WPIAL Class 4A Quarterfinal matchup Wednesday against Mon Valley...
Late run lifts Eagles over Summit Academy
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By ANDREW WHITE, MVI Sports 
February 20, 2025
No. 2 Serra Catholic used a late 21-1 run to push their way into WPIAL semifinals. Serra Catholic used a dominant second-half run to pull away from Summit Academy and secure an 80-61 victory in the fi...
Jaguars knock off unbeaten Penn-Trafford to advance
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By By BILL BECKNER JR. TribLive 
February 20, 2025
A nine-point fourth quarter lead was gone. One of their star players fouled out in the closing minute of regulation. And their undefeated and higher-seeded opponent went on a sudden heater. Essentiall...
Heated debate surrounds hiring of new BVA soccer coach
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By LADIMIR GARCIA lgarcia@yourmvi.com 
February 20, 2025
Former Charleroi coach Jon Ducoli said he was offered the position originally before the school board changed course. The Belle Vernon Area School Board approved hiring a new varsity boys head soccer ...
PLAYOFF SNAPSHOTS
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February 20, 2025
Leps, Warriors set for Round 3 tonight in quarterfinal
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By By JEFF OLIVER MVI Sports 
February 19, 2025
Elizabeth Forward visits top-seeded Belle Vernon Area in a WPIAL 4A quarterfinal game tonight. The game has a lot of storylines to it going in. For starters, BVA (18-4) is the top seed in the tourname...
Epps, Cook shoot Gladiators past Cougars
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By JEREMY SELLEW 
February 19, 2025
Cam Epps (24) and Drew Cook (18) combined for 10 3-pointers and 42 points in SA’s win over Charleroi. Charleroi head coach Joe Dunn joked that if his Cougars pulled the upset over No. 2 South Alleghen...
Big shots lead Colts over TJ
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By By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com 
February 19, 2025
Coming into Tuesday night’s WPIAL Class 5A playoff matchup at No. 4 Chartiers Valley, Thomas Jefferson coach Dom DeCicco said that his squad would have to avoid turnovers and rushed possessions despit...
PLAYOFF SNAPSHOTS
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February 19, 2025
Hopewell no match for No. 4 Warriors
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By ANDREW WHITE, MVI Sports 
February 18, 2025
Balanced scoring helped Elizabeth Forward move on to Thursday’s WPIAL quarterfinal. The Elizabeth Forward girls wasted no time making a statement in their WPIAL Class 4A playoff matchup against Hopewe...
Gladiators host Cougars in All-Valley playoff showdown
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By JEREMY SELLEW 
February 18, 2025
Has anyone heard of the Charleroi River? Maybe after tonight you will. “Well you know we changed the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America. I got a call from the State Department,” Charler...
Jaguars face familiar foe in No. 4 Chartiers Valley
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By By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com 
February 18, 2025
Thomas Jefferson has competed with the best of the best in Class 5A this season. Looking at the WPIAL playoff bracket, the Jaguars have battled the No. 1 seed in Montour, No. 2 Baldwin twice, No. 3 Un...
Eagles’ scoring king Dumbroski, Genes earn weekly honors
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ATHLETES OF THE WEEK
By By JEFF OLIVER MVI Sports 
February 18, 2025
Nine days ago, the Philadelphia Eagles dominated the national news by winning a Super Bowl title. This week, the Eagles are once again in the limelight. The Serra Catholic Eagles, that is. Serra’s Owe...
Bad third quarter leads to young Leps’ downfall
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WPIAL PLAYOFF ROUNDUP
By JEREMY SELLEW 
February 18, 2025
The Belle Vernon Area girls basketball team’s first season under head coach Cornelious Nesbit came to a close Friday, but not before the 10th-seeded Leopards put a scare into No. 7 Central Valley. The...