ELIZABETH FORWARD AT BELLE VERNON

The SA and Serra Catholic boys and the TJ and Clairton girls all look like legitimate title contenders. The WPIAL basketball season is fully entering section play now that the new year is upon us, and...

Ringgold’s wrestling team posted a fourth-place finish over the weekend in the TRICADA Tournament at West Greene. The Rams had three firstplace finishers, including Jake Conroy (215), who was named th...

MCKEESPORT AT WEST MIFFLIN

In the last two games, the Belle Vernon girls have committed 65 turnovers. The Elizabeth Forward girls basketball team thrives on pressure defense, and it used it Thursday night to pick up a Section 3...

Freshman Sunny Harper joined Jess Miller with 15 points for McKeesport. Despite the youth of the McKeesport girls basketball team, it has been progressing well under the first year of head coach Anna ...

Madelyn Roberts scored a game-high 20 points to lead West Greene over Monessen. Inexperienced, turnovers and a lack of a consistent offense were the Monessen girls’ basketball team downfall Thursday n...

Chartiers-Houston continued its dominant season with an emphatic 57-23 victory over California, using a relentless full-court press and balanced scoring to maintain their perfect record. The Buccaneer...

WEST MIFFLIN AT SOUTH ALLEGHENY

By the Mon Valley Independent The South Allegheny girls basketball team earned its first win of the season Thursday night in a home matchup against East Allegheny. The Gladiators (1-8, 1-2) were led b...

Belle Vernon competed at the MyHouse Trojan Wars while Frazier was at the Southmoreland Holiday Classic. Led by a dominant performance by defending WPIAL champion Elijah Brown, the Belle Vernon Area w...

MVI SPORTS PHOTOGRAPHERS JEFF HELSEL (LEFT) AND MIKE DARNAY (RIGHT) SHARE THEIR FAVORITES OF 2024.

South Allegheny used its relentless pressure defense to break down the Titans. South Allegheny’s boys basketball team constantly forces opponents into difficult situations with its relentless pressure...

Tyler Basic and Cy Herchelroath scored 18 apiece for the Warriors. Elizabeth Forward picked up a strong 52-47 win on Saturday against Franklin Regional at South Allegheny’s holiday tournament. Tyler B...

Michelle Jellison led the Warriors with 26 points and 13 rebounds in the 59-45 victory. After winning its season opener, the veteran Elizabeth Forward girls basketball team fell into an early- season ...

Caden Monticelli led the Trojans with a 29-point night. Ringgold 56, Springdale 37 California hung on for a dramatic 64-63 victory over Westinghouse Friday at Monessen’s Delvin Miller Christmas Tourna...

Monessen kept the pressure on the visitors after jumping out to an early 9-0 lead. Monessen delivered a commanding performance against Beaver County Christian in a 67-46 victory Friday night, assertin...

Ringgold coach Shane Bertovich lamented turnovers that helped the Eagles erase a deficit. Ringgold opened the Charleroi Holiday Basketball Tournament Thursday evening with a thrilling 58-54 overtime l...

It will begin today with the start of Charleroi’s annual boys event. While Christmas has come and gone, the holiday spirit will be carried over to the basketball court over the next few days as plenty...

Bentworth and Thomas Jefferson dominate the awards after successful seasons. The beginning of the winter sports season means it’s time to honor the fall athletes who made an impression on the field fo...