Climes narrows list down to 3
High school, Sports
By JEREMY SELLEW 
June 28, 2024
The Warriors’ monster lineman expects to choose a school in the coming weeks. One of the top college football prospects in the Mon Valley is one step closer to making a decision on where he wants to p...
Wilson leading Marie Slagus Howard Hanna’s turnaround
High school, Local Sports, Sports
By By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com 
June 28, 2024
Steel City Summer Basketball League’s top pick is thriving with her new team. When Slagus Howard Hanna selected Allie Wilson first overall in the Steel City Summer Basketball League draft, it envision...
Umpire walks off, Belle Vernon-Charleroi ‘no contest’
High school, Local Sports, Sports
By ADAM BREWER MVI SPORTS 
June 27, 2024
After a bad call at home, umpire calls the game and walks off the field after arguments and ejections during Belle Vernon-Charleroi legion game. There was a walk-off in the PA Legion Baseball game Thu...
Scrappy Belle Vernon Jr. Legion falls to Trafford
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By By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com 
June 27, 2024
Despite missing some key contributors due to the PONY League playoffs, Belle Vernon’s Junior Legion team put up a valiant effort in a 13-9 loss to a strong Trafford Post 331 squad on Thursday. Belle V...
Wilson’s big game keeps her team unbeaten
High school, Local Sports, Sports
By ADAM BREWER MVI SPORTS 
June 26, 2024
Through four games of the Steel City Summer Girls Basketball League, Marie Slagus Howard Hanna Simon stands alone as the only unbeaten squad. Their fourth victory of the season was not an easy one Wed...
WPIAL will tweak sections due to GCC error
High school, Sports
By By CHRIS HARLAN Trib Total Media 
June 20, 2024
The Centurions basketball team will be in Class 3A due to the PIAA’s competitive balance rule. The WPIAL must amend its girls basketball section alignment for next season to move Greensburg Central Ca...
Williamson’s 20 leads Howard Hanna over AMD
High school, Sports
STEEL CITY BASKETBALL LEAGUE
By By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com 
June 19, 2024
Howard Hanna matched its win total from last season in the opening week of the summer. AMD Industries and Slagus Howard Hanna went head-to-head during the second night of Steel City Summer Basketball ...
PIAA will appeal Aliquippa decision
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By By CHRIS HARLAN Trib Total Media 
June 18, 2024
The PIAA is taking its legal battle with Aliquippa to Commonwealth Court, hoping to undo a Beaver County judge’s ruling that says the Quips can play football in Class 4A next season. Common Pleas Judg...
High school, Sports
By By BILL BECKNER JR. Trib Total Media 
June 18, 2024
When her playing career ended, Jenna Lusby often played pickup to satisfy her basketball needs. That is what hoop junkies and gym rats do. (Lusby is fine with those labels because they suit her.) One ...
Winter sports alignment changes announced
High school, Sports
By By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com 
June 18, 2024
Local schools will have new alignments and opponents over the next two years. The WPIAL officially released its new winter sports classifications for the 2024-25 and 2025-26 seasons Tuesday, shuffling...
AMD’s comeback stings BeeGraphix in OT
High school, Sports
STEEL CITY SUMMER BASKETBALL LEAGUE
By By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com 
June 17, 2024
Makayla Canty sank a pair of 3-pointers in overtime as the defending champions overcame a 14-point halftime deficit. AMD Industries has long been the team to beat in the Steel City Summer Basketball L...
Warriors shut down by Blue Mountain
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PIAA CLASS 4A CHAMPIONSHIP
By By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com 
June 14, 2024
“Uncharacteristic” EF held to just five hits in a 4-0 loss to District 11 champion Eagles in state title game. After an impressive season that was highlighted by a WPIAL championship and a strong appe...
One for ‘Hoppy’
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JAGUARS ROAR TO THRILLING WIN TO CAPTURE 1ST STATE TITLE
By By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com 
June 13, 2024
Taylor Karpac’s walk-off single in the bottom of the 8th gave TJ a 2-1 win in the Class 5A title game. The Thomas Jefferson softball team has been through a lot over the past 13 months. Days after end...
Time for the Warriors to finish their story
High school, Sports
By JEREMY SELLEW 
June 13, 2024
EF will face Blue Mountain for the Class 4A state championship today at 1:30 p.m. The Elizabeth Forward softball team is past the point they reached last season, and now it’s time for this group of Wa...
Jaguars ready to play for program’s first state title
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By By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com 
June 12, 2024
Thomas Jefferson’s softball team has spent the entire postseason defying the odds, and they’re now just one game away from claiming a state championship today. After earning the No. 10 seed in the WPI...
Warriors’ mental toughness key to PIAA run
High school, Sports
By JEREMY SELLEW 
June 11, 2024
Head coach Harry Rutherford made mental conditioning and classroom work a priority this season. Elizabeth Forward softball’s Shelby Telegdy admits last season’s WPIAL semifinal against rival Belle Ver...
High school, Sports
By By BILL BECKNER JR. Trib Total Media 
June 11, 2024
Yough on Tuesday night promoted junior varsity coach Will “Boo” Sherbondy to head varsity boys basketball coach. Sherbondy, a Yough alum, was a longtime assistant to Jim Nesser, who resigned after six...
Warriors to play for state championship
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By By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com 
June 10, 2024
Shelby Telegdy continued her dominance in the circle as she struck out 9 in EF’s semifinal win. Elizabeth Forward has dominated its opposition throughout the season, and Archbishop Wood became the lat...
High school, Sports
June 10, 2024
By Trib Total Media Thomas Jefferson will play for the Class 5A softball state championship after rallying from a 6-0 deficit to stun Central Mountain. Morgan Aliesky hit the go-ahead two-run single i...
Colleagues share fond memories of Phil Pergola
High school, Sports
SPORTLIGHT
By By JEFF OLIVER MVI Sports 
June 9, 2024
The longtime Mon Valley high school basketball coach died Saturday at 78. The dean of all Mon Valley coaches is gone. Phil Pergola, whose basketball coaching career spanned more than 50 years and six ...