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HIGH SCHOOL ROUNDUP
By JEREMY SELLEW 
October 9, 2024
A pair of local golf teams will take part in the WPIAL boys team golf championships Thursday at Cedarbrook Golf Course. The Belle Vernon Area boys, which finished the regular season unbeaten, finished...
Sports Snapshots
High school, Sports
October 9, 2024
KEYSTONE OAKS AT BELLE VERNON PHOTOS BY JENN CODELUPPI
BVA falls to Keystone Oaks after wild ending
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By JEREMY SELLEW 
October 8, 2024
The Golden Eagles move into second place with two goals in a span of 1:54 late in the second half. A couple of blown calls and a missed penalty kick in a wild final eight minutes helped Keystone Oaks ...
Bearcats closer to section championship; EF girls win
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HIGH SCHOOL ROUNDUP
October 8, 2024
By the Mon Valley Independent Bentworth continued their hold on first place by a half game with a win over the Bulldogs (2-9, 1-8) at the Beth-Center multi-use facility Monday. Megan Keturakis had a p...
Late goal lifts first-place Lions over Jaguars
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By By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com 
October 8, 2024
The Thomas Jefferson and South Fayette girls soccer teams have established themselves as the class of Section 3-3A, but their initial meeting three weeks ago was one-sided in a 7-1 victory for the Lio...
Valley soccer teams in tight playoff races
High school, Sports
By By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com 
October 7, 2024
Several important games are left on the schedule before the regular season wraps up. The WPIAL soccer calendar is winding down to the end of its regular season and a few Mon Valley squads find themsel...
BVA sets school record for points in CV rout
High school, Sports
By JEREMY SELLEW 
October 5, 2024
Big plays were back for the Leopards in a 68-21 victory. Belle Vernon Area head coach Matt Humbert acknowledged through the opening four games of the Leopards’ schedule, one of the things missing from...
Ligonier Valley scores late TD to get by Charleroi
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By ANDREW WHITE, MVI Sports 
October 5, 2024
John Jablunovsky plunged in from a yard out to give the Rams a 20-14 road win. It was a night of homecoming festivities for Charleroi, but the Cougars weren’t able to deliver a storybook ending as the...
Nigut’s four-TD night leads EF to win at Derry
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HIGH SCHOOL ROUNDUP
By By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com 
October 5, 2024
Quarterback Ryan Messina threw 3 touchdown passes in the 56-14 win. Charlie Nigut scored four total touchdowns to lead Elizabeth Forward in a dominant road 56-14 victory at Derry Friday night. Nigut h...
Tigers pile up 310 rushing yards in ground battle with West Mifflin
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By By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com 
October 5, 2024
The Titans’ Armand Hill ran for 258 yards, but McKeesport came away with a 40-20 victory. On a night commemorating the 30-year anniversary of McKeesport’s 1994 WPIAL and PIAA championship football tea...
BVA boys could find their way to playoffs
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By By CHRIS HARLAN Trib Total Media 
October 5, 2024
Allderdice, which is in BVA’s section, can’t play in WPIAL playoffs so the Leopards may qualify. The WPIAL has erased some section wins and losses in boys and girls soccer. Games against Allderdice an...
Hays, Klinger earn recognition
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WEEKLY HONORS
By By JEFF OLIVER MVI Sports 
October 4, 2024
The Charleroi Cougars have built a reputation as a solid program in boys’ soccer. In football, Bentworth is trying to establish itself as a player in the WPIAL postseason. Charleroi (10-0, 11-0) remai...
Charleroi’s scoring barrage delayed in 7-1 win
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By ADAM BREWER MVI SPORTS 
October 4, 2024
The high-scoring Cougars finally broke loose after being frustrated early by Brownsville. Scoring goals has become a pretty easy task for the Charleroi boys soccer team this fall. Through 11 games, th...
Bentworth blanks California, 12-0
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HIGH SCHOOL ROUNDUP
By By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com 
October 4, 2024
In an all-Mon Valley soccer matchup, Bentworth dominated California, 12-0, in Section 2-1A action Thursday night. Ryan Moessner bagged four goals with an assist while Andrew Vipperman and Aiden McMurr...
Healthier Leopards look to rebound against Colts
High school, Sports
October 4, 2024
The Belle Vernon Area football team has struggled through the first half of the season, there’s no doubting that. With a young line, injured skill players and a gauntlet of tough teams to run through,...
Neighborhood rivals set to collide
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GAME OF THE WEEK - WEST MIFFLIN AT MCKEESPORT
By By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com 
October 4, 2024
The Titans and Tigers both feature plenty of offensive firepower. There will be running backs galore when West Mifflin and McKeesport square off tonight in the MVI Game of the Week. The big boys up fr...
High school, Sports
October 4, 2024
Carmichaels (2-2, 1-1) at California (4-2, 3-0) 7 p.m. Last week: The Mikes lost at Bentworth, 33-15; California crushed 58-0. Carmichaels: The Mikes led early last week before watching their lead sli...
High school, Sports
October 4, 2024
Chartiers Valley (3-2, 1-0) at Belle Vernon (1-3, 0-1) 7 p.m. Last week: The Colts beat Laurel Highlands, 42-14; Belle Vernon lost to Thomas Jefferson, 42-14. Belle Vernon: A good sign for the Leopard...
High school, Sports
October 4, 2024
Shady Side Ac. (2-4, 1-2) at South Allegheny (5-1, 2-1) 7 p.m. Last week: The Bulldogs lost to Steel Valley, 49-0; The Gladiators beat Ligonier Valley, 49-28 SSA: Darrin Haynes is the biggest weapon o...