TJ cruises to first-round playoff victory
High school, Sports
By ADAM BREWER MVI SPORTS 
October 21, 2024
Franklin Regional is up next after an 8-0 win over Armstrong. After securing first place in a highly competitive Section 2-3A this fall, the Thomas Jefferson boys’ soccer team knew it would be battle-...
Latrobe’s first playoff win comes at Ringgold’s expense
High school, Sports
By By BILL BECKNER JR. Trib Total Media 
October 21, 2024
Latrobe will remember its first playoff win in boys soccer for a number of reasons. • The Agostoni brothers each scored a goal. • The defense posted a shutout on the Wildcats’ home turf. • Traffic fro...
High school, Sports
HIGH SCHOOL ROUNDUP
October 21, 2024
MVI Sports In a pivotal Black Hills Conference matchup Saturday night, Bishop Canevin sent Monessen home with a 56-20 loss. The Crusaders (6-2, 4-1) scored the first 14 points and continued to pile it...
WPIAL playoff spots up for grabs with one week left
High school, Sports
By By DON REBEL Trib Total Media 
October 21, 2024
One week remains in the 2024 WPIAL football regular season with plenty of postseason berths and conference crowns still up for grabs. It’s also one week closer to the new-look WPIAL football playoffs,...
No shootout as EF’s defense stifles Scotties
High school, Sports
By JEREMY SELLEW 
October 19, 2024
The Warriors only allowed three points as they moved to the top of the Interstate Conference. Fans expecting a shootout between Southmoreland and Elizabeth Forward Friday were instead treated to a bat...
BVA sets up Trinity showdown with dominant win at Ringgold
High school, Sports
By By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com 
October 19, 2024
Curty Wade completed all 10 of his passes for 233 yards and three TDs. Entering Friday’s contest at Ringgold looking for a win to stay in contention for a second-place finish in the Big 6 Conference, ...
Qualk runs wild as California wins at B-C
High school, Sports
By ADAM BREWER MVI SPORTS 
October 19, 2024
The WPIAL’s rushing leader ran for 261 yards and five touchdowns on just 20 carries. Another Friday night, another monster game for California’s Lee Qualk. The senior tailback continued his stellar fa...
Waynesburg Central wins at Charleroi
High school, Sports
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL ROUNDUP
By By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com 
October 19, 2024
Charleroi suffered a tough 49-23 setback to Waynesburg Central in Central Conference action Friday night. Waynesburg Central (5-4, 3-2) took a 35-7 advantage into halftime and scored two more times in...
West Mifflin stays in playoff race by beating Knoch
High school, Sports
By By JOSH RIZZO For MVI Sports 
October 19, 2024
Sophomore running back Armand Hill posted 334 rushing yards and four touchdowns. Any available space was the perfect amount of room for West Mifflin sophomore running back Armand Hill to make somethin...
9 area teams reach volleyball playoffs
High school, Sports
By JEREMY SELLEW 
October 19, 2024
Section champions Frazier and Thomas Jefferson are the highestseeded local teams. The WPIAL announced the brackets for the annual volleyball playoffs and nine local teams will begin making their run t...
High school, Sports
By By BILL BECKNER JR. TribLive 
October 19, 2024
Turnovers hurt the Cougars in the 37-8 conference loss. Cole Savage was in the mood for a big-man touchdown. His team is in the mood to make the WPIAL playoffs. Savage had a scoop-andscore, one of fou...
Leps advance past Titans
High school, Sports
By By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com 
October 18, 2024
It took 104 minutes to decide a winner at “The Beach” at James Weir Stadium in Thursday night’s WPIAL Class 3A playoff qualifier between No. 16 Belle Vernon and No. 17 West Mifflin, but after a hard f...
Interstate title on the line
High school, Sports
By By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com 
October 18, 2024
GAME OF THE WEEK - SOUTHMORELAND AT ELIZABETH FORWARD Two of the conference’s best quarterbacks will face off in the Scotties’ Anthony Smith and EF’s Ryan Messina. We’re getting to the end of the regu...
Scotties will challenge, but Interstate belongs to EF
High school, Sports
October 18, 2024
It’s going to be one of the top games of the season, but when Southmoreland comes to Warriors Stadium tonight are they a favorite in EF’s house? Undoubtedly this should be one of the top games I’ve ha...
High school, Sports
By By BILL BECKNER JR. Trib Total Media 
October 18, 2024
Greensburg Central’s Riley Kerr scored five goals in the Centurions’ 10-0 win at Trojans Stadium. Four soccer players, four cheerleaders, two cross-country runners and two basketball players are movin...
High school, Sports
October 18, 2024
By the Mon Valley Independent South Allegheny tuned up for the WPIAL playoffs by sweeping rival East Allegheny in both teams’ section finale Thursday. Game scores were 25-7, 25-15 and 25-9. Ally Chizm...
High school, Sports
October 18, 2024
Belle Vernon (3-3, 2-1) at Ringgold (1-7, 0-3) 7 p.m. Last week: The Leopards hammered Laurel Highlands, 47-10; Ringgold forfeited to Thomas Jefferson. BVA: The offense has been clicking on all cylind...
Vikings hand Cougars first loss with OT win
High school, Sports
By ADAM BREWER MVI SPORTS 
October 16, 2024
Mt. Pleasant may have dealt Charleroi a blow as it looks for the No. 1 seed in 2A bracket today. After already clinching the Section 4-2A boys soccer championship a couple of days ago, some may have t...
Elizabeth Forward drops section finale to Rebels
High school, Sports
By By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com 
October 16, 2024
There was one final section match for the Elizabeth Forward boys soccer team before the regular season ends in a friendly with Thomas Jefferson and the WPIAL playoffs start on Monday, but EF coach Dou...