California erased a big deficit, but couldn’t score on a two-point conversion that decided the game. The California football team uncharacteristically shot itself in the foot over and over in the firs...

Five years of frustration ended with a 36-26 victory over Chartiers Valley. For the first time since 2019, Ringgold celebrated a conference win, snapping a 42-game losing streak in such games with a 3...

The 56-26 victory ensures the Warriors will host a playoff game next week. Interstate Conference leader Elizabeth Forward seemed on the way to another dominating victory Friday at Mt. Pleasant when an...

The Barksdale brothers led the attack in a 45-7 win. Steel Valley and South Allegheny were among the better offensive squads coming into a de facto second-place game in Class 2A’s Allegheny Conference...

Armond Hill scored three first quarter TDs as the Titans squashed Hampton, 70-12. West Mifflin made some noise for the WPIAL football committee, saying maybe it deserves a wildcard playoff berth over ...

WPIAL QUARTERFINAL SERRA CATHOLIC AT FRAZIER PHOTOS BY MIKE DARNAY

Trio of Addison Schultz (12), Maddy Salisbury (10) and Grace Vaughn (9) combined for 31 kills in the win. The Frazier and Serra Catholic volleyball teams have battled in several big playoff matches ov...

Bentworth advanced to the WPIAL semifinals behind three second-half goals in a 3-0 win late Wednesday. Despite a lengthy lightning delay, the Bentworth boys soccer team was able to advance past No. 9 ...

By the Mon Valley Independent The Belle Vernon Area boys cross-country team had its best finish ever at the WPIAL Championships Thursday with a 12th-place overall finish. The BVA girls finished 13th o...

It’s not going to be hard to find a high school football game with big implications this week. Numerous games are on the slate with playoff berths, seeding implications and conference championships at...

The winner of tonight’s matchup will win the TCS and likely host a playoff game next week. The winner of the Tri-County South Conference will be crowned tonight when Jefferson-Morgan travels to Califo...

Belle Vernon quarterback Curty Wade was 10 for 10 for 233 yards and three TDs.

Belle Vernon (4-3, 3-1) at Trinity (4-5, 3-1) 7 p.m. Last week: The Leopards beat rival Ringgold, 49-7; The Hillers beat Laurel Highlands, 48-3. BVA: The Leopards are healthy and clicking since the re...

Eliz. Forward (6-3, 4-0) at Mt. Pleasant (5-4, 3-1) 7 p.m. Last week: The Warriors cooled down Southmoreland, 31-3; The Vikings beat Derry, 31-14. EF: Charlie Nigut will hit the 1,000-yard rushing mar...

South Allegheny (8-1, 4-1) at Steel Valley (6-3, 4-1) 7 p.m. Last week: Riverview rolled over Frazier, 55-20; The Bears beat Leechburg, 44-7. SA: The Gladiators have the No. 2 offense in Class 2A and ...

McKeesport (5-4, 4-0) at Knoch (3-5, 2-2) 7 p.m. Last week: The Tigers dominated Indiana, 54-0; The Knights lost 48-21 at West Mifflin. Port: Kemon Spell (887 rushing yards) and Anthony Cromerdie (521...

Monessen (7-2, 3-2) at Cornell (7-2, 3-2) 7 p.m. Last week: The Greyhounds lost to Bishop Canevin, 56-20; The Raiders beat Chartiers-Houston, 46-14. Mon: A promising start to the season has taken a tu...

South Allegheny will have to wait to next year to pick up the program’s first-ever playoff win after being swept by Burrell. It was a battle of two second- place teams out of Class 2A, and the great e...

The temperatures may be cooling off as we get deeper into the fall high school sports season. But for at least two area athletes, their games seem to be heating up. Belle Vernon Area’s Curty Wade had ...