By the Mon Valley Independent West Mifflin picked up a dramatic win over Connellsville to win the championship game of the Mt. Pleasant Tournament to finish off their holiday season. The Titans (5-6) ...

Elijah Majors (20) and Dane Daugherty (14) combined for 34 points in Belle Vernon’s loss. During the holiday season, local basketball teams play in tournaments hoping to be challenged by different opp...

When the Bentworth and Carrick boys’ basketball teams took the court ahead of their Bentworth Holiday Hoops Classic championship game Tuesday night, there was one major problem. Both squads were weari...

By the Mon Valley Independent Belle Vernon used a strong fourth quarter to pull away from Allderdice and earn a 62–53 victory Monday to close out the California Hoopfest at the Convocation Center. The...

The Greyhounds will look to rebound today against California to close out the tournament. After a valiant early effort, Monessen simply couldn’t keep pace with Our Lady of the Sacred Heart in a 59-25 ...

The Leopards got 11 points from Isis Almyty and 10 from Aubrey Brown in the 39-36 loss. It was a back-and-forth contest between Bethel Park and Belle Vernon Sunday in California (Pa.)’s Holiday Hoopfe...

Takeo Tolliver led the way for Ringgold with 17 points. Ringgold improved to 7-2 with a 79-37 victory over Brownsville (0-7) in play at the Charleroi Holiday Tournament. The Rams set the tone early, b...

Kaelynn Settles finished with 18 points, 11 rebounds and 10 steals for Elizabeth Forward. On the Elizabeth Forward girls’ basketball roster, Kaelynn Settles is listed at 5-6. But if you watched her on...

Three weeks after winning a state title, Clairton has six more reasons to celebrate. Bears coach Wayne Wade and five of his players earned statewide recognition Tuesday when the Class A all-state foot...

When it came down to crunch time during Elizabeth Forward and South Allegheny’s showdown Friday evening, it was the Warriors who executed on offense and did what they had to do to pull out a gutsy 79-...

Starting at Serra, Brayden and Tyler are showing they inherited some of their father’s basketball talent. Brayden Graham and Tyler Graham are proving the old adage that claims “the apple doesn’t fall ...

Brayden Graham and Kris Sharp had answers for Greyhound buckets to squash their comeback. Monessen opened its Section 2-1A schedule against Neighborhood Academy before traveling to Serra Catholic Tues...

Daniel Spence scored 30 points in the win. BVA’s Daugherty nailed eight 3-pointers in losing effort. You usually don’t see that much energy, intensity and excitement in a section game in the first mon...

McKeesport outlasted Uniontown, 71-65, in overtime Tuesday night to secure a Section 1-5A victory and hand the Red Raiders their fourth consecutive loss. The Tigers (4-2, 2-1) were led by a dominant p...

West Mifflin pulled out a 76-71 double-overtime win in Section 2-5A play over rival McKeesport at Neenie Campbell Gymnasium. The Titans scored 10 points in the second overtime to seal the result. Kend...

Nick Trklja (27) and Justin Fry (24) scored 51 points in TJ’s win over visiting Ringgold. In a highly anticipated battle of Mon Valley rivals Ringgold and Thomas Jefferson, it was the host Jaguars who...

The Bentworth girls’ basketball team started the season with three straight losses under first-year coach Shannon Squire. The Bearcats could have hit the panic button — but they didn’t. Behind a stifl...

BVA’s 6-1 freshman Isis Almyty scored 24 points and grabbed 16 rebounds in a dominant effort. There’s nothing like a rivalry game to get the blood flowing before heading into Christmas break, and roun...

Elizabeth Forward closed strong to earn a 50–45 nonsection victory over Kennedy Catholic on Saturday. After trailing 28–21 at halftime, the Warriors (6–2) held Kennedy Catholic to just nine points in ...

Neighborhood Academy’s Julius Page scored a game-high 17 points to lead all scorers. The upset-minded Monessen boys’basketball team was looking to shock the WPIAL by knocking off defending district an...