Clairton falls in WPIAL championship game
High school, Sports
By By PAUL SCHOFIELD Trib Total Media 
November 25, 2024
Fort Cherry managed to convert two trick plays in its game-winning drive. Fort Cherry captured its second consecutive WPIAL Class A title by using a little trickery and luck to stun Clairton, 21-20, S...
Decisive victory puts Jaguars in PIAA semifinals
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By By MICHAEL LOVE Trib Total Media 
November 25, 2024
Lampeter-Strasburg is up next after TJ shut down Clearfield, 35-0. ALTOONA — There was no hangover for WPIAL champion Thomas Jefferson against District 9 champion Clearfield in Saturday’s PIAA Class 4...
LAZUR TO MILLERSVILLE
High school, Sports
November 23, 2024
Belle Vernon Area volleyball’s Hailey Lazur (center) signed her national letter of intent to continue her academic and athletic career at Millersville University. Joining her for her signing were her ...
Dunn, Davis headline 13 All-PSAC West honors
High school, Sports
November 23, 2024
For the Mon Valley Independent The California (Pa.) football team secured 13 selections to the All-PSAC Western Division Teams, highlighted by senior quarterback Davis Black being named the PSAC West ...
Jaguars ‘business trip’ won’t be affected by move to Saturday
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By By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com 
November 23, 2024
Thomas Jefferson will face D-9 champ Clearfied at 1 p.m. at Mansion Park in Altoona. Snowfall is finally upon us in Western Pennsylvania, and that has altered many plans for the Class 4A and 6A state ...
Leopards eager to fill full lineup
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By By JEFF OLIVER MVI Sports 
November 23, 2024
Defending 2A champion Elijah Brown, Kole Doppelheuer and Colby Hibner expected to lead BVA wrestling squad. Belle Vernon Area wrestling coach Bob Bove knew this day would come again. Some day. Well, s...
High school, Sports
November 23, 2024
CLEARFIELD (12-0) VS. THOMAS JEFFERSON (13-0) 1 p.m. Saturday, Mansion Park, Altoona Coaches: Myles Caragein, Clearfield; Bill Cherpak, Thomas Jefferson Last week: Clearfield 27, General McLane 26; T....
Serra Catholic’s Regus announces retirement
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By By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com 
November 22, 2024
The now former head coach led the Eagles to a WPIAL title and PIAA runner-up finish in 2021. After eight seasons at the helm of the Serra Catholic football program, head coach Jose Regus announced his...
Commodores enter season under new leadership
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By By JASON BLACK For MVI Sports 
November 22, 2024
Senior Ryan Celaschi and juniors Jonah Erdely and Jackson Angelo return for Frazier wrestling. In recent seasons, the Frazier wrestling team has established itself as one of the most solid programs in...
All-Big 6 teams filled with local players
High school, Sports
By JEREMY SELLEW 
November 21, 2024
Five local players were All-Big 6 First Team performers on offense and defense. Winning a WPIAL championship leads to post-season honors, just ask Thomas Jefferson’s Jaguars. The Jaguars dominated the...
COUGARS’ BARCUS TO UPG
High school, Sports
November 21, 2024
Charleroi soccer’s Landon Barcus (center) signed his national letter of intent to continue his soccer and academic career at the University of Pittsburgh’s Greensburg campus. Barcus was joined by his ...
Bears looking to dethrone Sieg and Fort Cherry
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By By KYLE DAWSON Trib Total Media 
November 21, 2024
Saturday’s WPIAL Class A championship features a test for both teams the likes of which they’ve yet to see this season when defending champion and top-seeded Fort Cherry takes on No. 2 Clairton at Acr...
Warriors rule Interstate awards and team
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By JEREMY SELLEW 
November 20, 2024
The EF football team had 12 first-team honorees and six award winners on the All-Interstate squad. Elizabeth Forward head football coach John DeMarco admits he’s still getting over the sting of last w...
Jaguars back on top of WPIAL
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TJ dominates McKeesport to give Bill Cherpak his 10th WPIAL title
By By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com 
November 20, 2024
Thomas Jefferson’s football team has a tradition of competing with the best in the WPIAL over the tenure of head coach Bill Cherpak. So the four-year period from 2020’s district championship to Saturd...
Cherpak moving on to Game 379
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By By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com 
November 19, 2024
Mike Darnay / MVI Sportsnt After setting a new record with his 10th WPIAL title, Bill Cherpak is simply preparing for the next game. The Thomas Jefferson football program won its 11th WPIAL championsh...
Jaguars back on top of WPIAL
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TJ dominates McKeesport to give Bill Cherpak his 10th WPIAL title
By By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com 
November 18, 2024
Thomas Jefferson’s football team has a tradition of competing with the best in the WPIAL over the tenure of head coach Bill Cherpak. So the four-year period from 2020’s district championship to Saturd...
Bearcats settle for state runner-up finish
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By By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com 
November 16, 2024
Lancaster Mennonite’s Msafiri Amisi scored on a free kick from 20 yards out 10 minutes into extra time. Msafiri Amisi has been the main attraction for Lancaster Mennonite’s boys soccer team this year,...
Warriors’ season ends again in WPIAL semifinal
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By ADAM BREWER MVI SPORTS 
November 16, 2024
Big plays led Central Valley to a 31-15 win over Elizabeth Forward. Sometime when you get this far in the playoffs where the matchups are tightly contested and the momentum swings are momentous, just ...
Tigers get another shot at TJ in 4A title game
High school, Sports
By ByPAUL SCHOFIELD Trib Total Media 
November 16, 2024
McKeesport is hoping to get some pay back after the Jaguars’ overtime win earlier this season. It is somewhat surprising that Thomas Jefferson and McKeesport, despite their proximity to one other, hav...
Bears shut out Crusaders to return to Acrisure
High school, Sports
By ANDREW WHITE, MVI Sports 
November 16, 2024
Clairton’s defense pitches another shutout to send the Bears back to championship game. In a season defined by dominance, the Clairton Bears added another chapter to their storied history Friday, shut...