Indians take advantage of miscue to upset Jaguars
High school, Sports
By By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com 
May 22, 2026
For five innings Thursday, Thomas Jefferson looked poised to return to the WPIAL Class 5A championship game behind another strong pitching performance from Aubrey Shaffer and a timely offensive breakt...
BeeGraphix only unbeaten in league play
High school, Sports
By JEREMY SELLEW 
May 22, 2026
BeeGraphix entered the Steel City Summer Basketball League as the defending champion, and Coach Larry Cash’s team still looks like the one to beat in 2026. The champs used their size and hit big shots...
Warriors returning to WPIAL Class 4A title game
High school, Sports
By JACK HVOZDIK MVI Sports 
May 21, 2026
Brayden Kollar’s RBI single in the bottom of the sixth was the deciding run in EF’s semifinal win. Elizabeth Forward erased a tworun deficit with a clutch fifth inning and then leaned on timely defens...
Serra Catholic downed by unbeaten Centurions
High school, Sports
By By BILL BECKNER JR. TribLive 
May 21, 2026
Greensburg Central Catholic’s baseball playoff game was given a noon start Wednesday to accommodate the school’s graduation later in the day. Several Centurions will try to add championship rings to t...
Warriors, Talbots face off again in WPIAL semifinal
High school, Sports
By JEREMY SELLEW 
May 21, 2026
For the second time in three seasons, the Elizabeth Forward and Hampton softball teams will face off in a big WPIAL Class 4A softball game. This time, the Warriors and Talbots are vying for a spot in ...
Powerhouses Bentworth, Char-Houston meet in semi
High school, Sports
By ADAM BREWER MVI SPORTS 
May 21, 2026
When it comes to high school softball this late in the postseason, a team needs a dependable X-factor. Bentworth doesn’t have to look too far to find its X-factor, as junior hurler Sydney Gonglik can ...
Sewickley Academy moves up to 4A in realignment
High school, Sports
AROUND THE WPIAL
By By JONATHAN BOMBULIE TribLive 
May 21, 2026
Four reigning WPIAL champions will be changing classifications as the WPIAL announced its section alignments for the next two school years Tuesday. Sewickley Academy, the Class 2A champ that ignited t...
Hempfield no-hits Canon-Mac to reach finals
High school, Sports
By By BILL BECKNER JR. TribLive 
May 21, 2026
Senior pitcher Julia Varhola isn’t a regular in the Hempfield batting order, but she is always ready to dig in and hit. “We’ll see her hitting in practice, and she’ll drive one and give me that look, ...
Cinderella North Hills next up for Thomas Jefferson
High school, Sports
By By MATTHEW PURUCKER TribLive 
May 21, 2026
Whether they were in the batter’s box or in the field, North Hills looked almost unstoppable Tuesday afternoon. The 11th-seeded Indians put together a complete performance, grabbing an early lead and ...
No. 1 Avonworth survives Charleroi with walk-off walk
High school, Sports
By JACK HVOZDIK MVI Sports 
May 20, 2026
After Charleroi took the lead in the top of the 7th, the Antelopes scored twice in their final at-bat. A four-pitch walk with the bases loaded in the bottom of the seventh inning sent Avonworth to the...
Thomas Jefferson walks off Bethel Park for quarterfinal win
High school, Sports
By By DON REBEL TribLive 
May 20, 2026
Tim Vickers is retiring as a teacher in the Steel Valley School District, and he and his wife have already purchased a home in Florida where they will move this summer. His high school coaching career...
Jaguars reach semifinals with shutout of Plum
High school, Sports
By By DAVE MACKALL TribLive 
May 20, 2026
Aubrey Shaffer continued her dominant postseason run Tuesday, firing her second straight three-hit shutout and striking out 12 as No. 2 Thomas Jefferson rolled past No. 10 Plum, 8-0, in the WPIAL Clas...
Warrior bats come alive late
High school, Sports
By By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com 
May 20, 2026
Elizabeth Forward scored seven runs in the bottom of the sixth inning to move on to the semifinals. After Derry hit its second home run of the game in the top of the sixth inning to reclaim the lead a...
BeeGraphix wins thriller; MoFlo, Cedarbrook win
High school, Sports
STEEL CITY SUMMER BASKETBALL LEAGUE
By JEREMY SELLEW 
May 20, 2026
The Steel City Summer Basketball League started the 2026 season with a pair of the league’s new coaches in action. Serra Catholic head coach Mike Voit picked up his first win as his Cedarbrook team pi...
Crovak dominates Titans as Warriors advance
High school, Sports
By By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com 
May 19, 2026
For the third time this season, Elizabeth Forward and West Mifflin found themselves in a tightly-contested battle Monday afternoon at Norwin. With EF’s JB Crovak and WMs Jackson Fite dialed in, both s...
Steel City summer basketball season begins tonight
High school, Sports
By JEREMY SELLEW 
May 19, 2026
The Steel City Summer Basketball League is bringing together one of its deepest and most diverse fields yet this summer, with 69 players from 27 different school districts set to compete across six te...
Eagles, Bearcats advance to semis; Frazier, Serra ousted
High school, Sports
By JEREMY SELLEW 
May 19, 2026
Serra Catholic continued its late-season surge Monday, rolling past Aquinas Academy 13-3 in five innings in the WPIAL Class 1A quarterfinals for its fifth straight victory. The Eagles (13-6) erupted f...
Cougars ready for quarterfinal with ’Lopes
High school, Sports
By By JEFF OLIVER MVI Sports 
May 19, 2026
Last week, Charleroi snapped a playoff drought that stretched more than three decades with a 4-2 victory over Mt. Pleasant in the opening round of the WPIAL Class 3A playoffs. Now, the Cougars will tr...
Big innings lift No. 1 Rangers over Trojans
High school, Sports
By ADAM BREWER MVI SPORTS 
May 19, 2026
Fort Cherry had two 5-run innings in its 11-7 quarterfinal win over section rival California. Even though California had been outscored 21-7 by Section 1-2A rival Fort Cherry during the regular , the ...
Serra, J-M appear even for playoff matchup
High school, Sports
By JACK HVOZDIK MVI Sports 
May 18, 2026
The Class 1A teams took similar paths to reach the WPIAL quarterfinals. Two of Class 1A’s hottest softball teams will meet tonight when Serra Catholic and Jefferson-Morgan square off in the WPIAL quar...