STEEL CITY SNAPSHOTS
High school, Sports
July 22, 2025
AMD INDUSTRIES VS. MONESSEN FLORIST –– JEFF HELSEL / MVI SPORTS
Clairton player part of Hank Aaron Invitational
High school, Sports
By By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com 
July 19, 2025
Jakob Ramsey, who will play at Serra Catholic, is among a select group of young participants. After years of hard work and dedication with Pittsburgh Hardball Academy, Clairton resident and soonto- be...
Rain delays start of Region 6 Senior Legion Tournament
High school, Sports
By By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com 
July 19, 2025
Blackhawk won the early game, while Baden and Uniontown were still playing at press time. After hours of delay due to rain at John DiVirgilio Sports Complex, the Region 6 Senior Legion baseball tourna...
Big challenges for BV Legion in quest to repeat
High school, Sports
By By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com 
July 18, 2025
Five quality opponents await the host team in the Region 6 tournament. After winning the Region 6 tournament and booking a spot in the state bracket last year, the Belle Vernon Senior Legion baseball ...
USC rises to fifth with 10-0 victory
High school, Sports
DAILY NEWS LEAGUE
By By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com 
July 18, 2025
Matchups are set for the playoffs, which will begin Saturday afternoon. With Upper St. Clair’s 10-0 win over Base Invaders on Thursday, the Daily News League regular season is officially over, and the...
PIAA board supports adding shot clock to high school basketball for 2028-29 season
High school, Sports
By By CHRIS HARLAN TribLive 
July 17, 2025
The measure will have to be approved two more times before it’s official. The PIAA took a big step toward adding a shot clock to Pennsylvania high school basketball, a long-debated move supported by a...
High school, Sports
BASEBALL ROUNDUP
By By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com 
July 17, 2025
Youghiogheny Valley picked up a 10-8 victory over Charleroi in Fayette County Baseball League action on Wednesday. With the game tied at 6-6 entering the bottom of the sixth, the winning Bulldogs (611...
GREBB LEAGUE BASKETBALL
High school, Sports
July 15, 2025
California High School’s Hayley Gibson shoots a layup during Budd Grebb Basketball League action Monday at Mechanic Street Park. Her squad, Mariscotti Insurance, fell to Dax Thomas State Farm by a sco...
High school, Sports
DAILY NEWS LEAGUE ROUNDUP
By By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com 
July 15, 2025
Bulldogs 10, Base Invaders 0 (5) The Bulldogs tallied seven runs in the second inning to clinch a 10-0 victory after five innings on Monday. Cole Matusik was charged with the loss on the mound for Bas...
Daily News League playoff picture clearing up
High school, Sports
By By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com 
July 14, 2025
Rain washed out an important doubleheader Sunday between Quinn Construction and the Plum Pterodactyls. As often happens in Western Pennsylvania, the rain showed up Sunday and affected some of the Dail...
AVA wraps up title with 2 doubleheader sweeps
High school, Sports
BASEBALL ROUNDUP
By By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com 
July 14, 2025
Allegheny Vision Associates swept a doubleheader against Aul Bat Company on Saturday and won two more against Upper St. Clair on Sunday to capture the Daily News League regular season championship for...
NFHS bringing double first-base bags to baseball
High school, Sports
By By CHRIS HARLAN TribLive 
July 10, 2025
No, you’re not seeing double. High school baseball will have two first-base bags starting in 2027, a change already in use by colleges as a way to avoid injury-causing collisions. The National Federat...
High school, Sports
DAILY NEWS LEAGUE RECAPS
By JEREMY SELLEW 
July 10, 2025
Christian Hoffman’s complete-game effort lifted Netto’s Snack Shack to a 3-1 victory over the Port Vue River Cats in a Daily News League. Hoffman was in command from the start, tossing all seven innin...
Magicians back on track
High school, Sports
By JEREMY SELLEW 
July 9, 2025
BASEBALL ROUNDUP The Magicians snapped a mini twogame losing skid behind great pitching from Colton Brightwell, topping host Mill Run, 3-1, Tuesday. Brightwell tossed a complete game, allowing just th...
Charleroi misses out on Regionals with 7-0 loss
High school, Sports
By JEREMY SELLEW 
July 9, 2025
Noah Lion delivered a masterful performance on the mound Tuesday, shutting down Charleroi Post 22 as Uniontown rolled to a 7-0 victory and punched its ticket to the Regional Tournament hosted by Belle...
Aul Bat Co. keeps winning streak going
High school, Sports
By By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com 
July 9, 2025
It took eight innings to decide a winner between Aul Bat Company and Base Invaders during Daily News League baseball action Tuesday evening, but TJ Dailey proved to be the difference with a walkoff gr...
STEEL CITY SNAPSHOTS
High school, Sports
July 9, 2025
AMD INDUSTRIES VS. TRAILSIDE –– JEFF HELSEL / MVI SPORTS
Big 6th inning pushes BV past Uniontown
High school, Sports
By By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com 
July 8, 2025
Cam Matusik and Jacob Peterson each drove in three runs for Belle Vernon in the 10-2 win. There was little to split the Belle Vernon and Uniontown Post 51 senior legion squads during Monday’s Fayette ...
Connellsville cruises past Charleroi
High school, Sports
By By JIM DOWNEY For MVI Sports 
July 8, 2025
Three errors in the bottom of the sixth inning allowed Connellsville to invoke the mercy rule for an 11-1 victory over visiting Charleroi Monday night in the opening round of the Fayette County Americ...
High school, Sports
BASEBALL RECAP
By JEREMY SELLEW 
July 8, 2025
Mill Run combined early offense with a dominant complete-game performance from Beau Bigam to secure a 5-1 win over the Youghiogheny Valley Bulldogs on Monday. Mill Run wasted no time grabbing the lead...