High school, Sports
November 9, 2024
Class 2A Quarterfinal Ellwood City 13, South Allegheny 12 No. 6 South Allegheny came up just short in its Class 2A quarterfinal matchup as a missed extra point came back to haunt them. The Gladiators ...
Unbeaten Ellwood City next for South Allegheny
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By By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com 
November 8, 2024
The South Allegheny football team picked up its first playoff win since 1986 last week, but it has no intention of stopping there as it prepares for a WPIAL Class 2A quarterfinal matchup at Ellwood Ci...
Vulcans set for opener against West Liberty
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By JEREMY SELLEW 
November 8, 2024
California (Pa.) will go by committee to replace the scoring of All-American Dejah Terrell. While the California (Pa.) women’s basketball team will have to replace All-American Dejah Terrell, the expe...
Warriors host Trojans in WPIAL quarterfinal
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By JEREMY SELLEW 
November 8, 2024
North Catholic is seeded 11th in the 3A bracket and defeated No. 6 Deer Lakes in the first round. On paper, the Elizabeth Forward football team is excited to be facing the overall No. 11 seed in the W...
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FRIDAY NIGHT PICKS
By JEREMY SELLEW 
November 8, 2024
The pickins’ are getting slimmer as we’re down to the nitty gritty of the WPIAL football season. While there are fewer games involving local teams, the importance of those games grows as we get closer...
Jaguars, Quips face off in 4A showdown
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By By CHRIS HARLAN Trib Total Media 
November 8, 2024
Go back in time four years to when Thomas Jefferson and Aliquippa met in the 2020 WPIAL finals. It seemed then that a new rivalry was blossoming with the Quips’ arrival in Class 4A. Yet, they haven’t ...
Will Bears’ defense shut down Cal’s Qualk?
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By ADAM BREWER MVI SPORTS 
November 7, 2024
On Friday at Charleroi High School, it will be a classic matchup of the Unstoppable Force vs. the Immoveable Object in the WPIAL Class 1A quarterfinals between a pair of Mon Valley squads, No. 2 Clair...
A big week for Spell, Vipperman
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WEEKLY HONORS
By By JEFF OLIVER MVI Sports 
November 7, 2024
It’s often said, “To the winners go the spoils,” and so it is with McKeesport’s Kemon Spell and Bentworth’s Andrew Vipperman. Spell led McKeesport to an impressive 34-11 4A football playoff win over B...
Commodores rally to stun D10 champion
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By JEREMY SELLEW 
November 6, 2024
An 8-0 run in the deciding fifth set helped the Frazier volleyball team to a 3-2 win over Saegertown. After finding themselves trailing, the Frazier volleyball team dug deep to rally and stun District...
Moessner goal lifts Bearcats
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By By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com 
November 6, 2024
Adam Moessner’s firsthalf goal was enough for Bentworth to move to PIAA quarterfinals. Despite prevailing in the WPIAL Class 1A championship against Our Lady of the Sacred Heart last Thursday, Bentwor...
Bearcats open PIAA play against Westmont Hilltop
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By By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com 
November 5, 2024
After claiming the WPIAL title in Class 1A for the second year in a row, the Bentworth boys soccer team will return to the state playoffs tonight with its eyes set on a PIAA trophy as well. The first ...
Commodores moving on
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By JEREMY SELLEW 
November 5, 2024
Frazier volleyball’s sights are set on a PIAA title now that the WPIAL title game is behind them. Great attitudes and hard work. Those were the two phrases Frazier volleyball coach Mandy Hartman used ...
Dusi reaches state tennis finals
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By By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com 
November 4, 2024
The BVA standout fell to a three-time PIAA champion after a dominant run through the tournament. Belle Vernon Area’s Gabby Dusi has long been a tennis standout in the Mon Valley, and over the weekend,...
GCC sweeps Frazier in WPIAL title match
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By JEREMY SELLEW 
November 4, 2024
The Commodores will move on to the PIAA tournament, starting Tuesday with Saegertown. Coming into Saturday’s WPIAL Class 1A volleyball championship game, No. 3 Greensburg Central Catholic had no lack ...
South Allegheny returns to the playoff party
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By By CHRIS HARLAN TribLive 
November 4, 2024
5 THINGS WE LEARNED FROM FIRST ROUND OF WPIAL FOOTBALL PLAYOFFS The Gladiators announced their presence with an emphatic 53-14 win over Waynesburg. The last time South Allegheny won a WPIAL playoff ga...
SA celebrates first playoff win since 1986
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By By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com 
November 2, 2024
The Gladiators took over the game in the second quarter on the way to a 53-14 victory. The South Allegheny faithful waited 38 years for a playoff game on the gridiron, and Friday night the Gladiators ...
Hounds drop shootout to GCC
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By By PAUL SCHOFIELD Trib Total Media 
November 2, 2024
Tyvaughn Kershaw had a stellar night rushing and passing in a losing effort. It was quite a show by two of the top juniors in Westmoreland County on Friday during the opening round of the WPIAL Class ...
McKeesport puts ‘Spell’ on Belle Vernon
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By By DAVE MACKALL Trib Total Media 
November 2, 2024
The sophomore running back had 277 yards and two touchdowns in the 34-11 win. McKeesport coach Matt Miller had a lot to smile about Friday night, but he secretly was fretting about his son’s physical ...
Frazier needs third win over GGC for WPIAL crown
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By JEREMY SELLEW 
November 2, 2024
The volleyball rivals will square off at 11 a.m. today at AHN Arena in Peters Township. For the third time this season, Frazier and Greensburg Central Catholic will meet on the volleyball court. This ...
Gladiators set for Waynesburg’s dual-threat QB
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By JEREMY SELLEW 
October 31, 2024
South Allegheny will host the Raiders Friday at Gladiators Stadium for a 7 p.m. kickoff. Despite coming off a 45-7 loss at Steel Valley last week, the South Allegheny Gladiators have turned the page a...