Jesse Sobczak scored in overtime to give the Leopards a 2-1 win over the Red Raiders. When Belle Vernon’s Jesse Sobczak finished off Tuesday night’s 2-1 win over Uniontown in extra time, the Leopards ...

The BVA volleyball team is in a good spot in Section 3-3A as the second half of section play begins. The Belle Vernon Area volleyball team closed out the first half of its Section 3-3A slate with auth...

Bentworth continued its unbeaten start to the season in emphatic fashion, rolling past Freedom 9–1 in nonsection play Tuesday. The Bearcats wasted little time taking control, pouring in five first-hal...

Belle Vernon shook off an early deficit to beat Steel Valley 3–1 in Section 1-2A play. After the Ironmen struck first, the Leopards answered with a goal before halftime, then controlled the second hal...

Baldwin football coach Dana Brown Jr. saw the social media comments saying he should immediately kick a player off the team for unsportsmanlike actions captured Friday in a viral video. Brown strongly...

In a Monday night non-section matchup between two local Mon Valley rivals, it was Belle Vernon’s Chris Showman that came up with the winning goal in extra time to capture a 2-1 victory at Ringgold. Af...

Belle Vernon’s Jack Edwards (left) is tied for fifth place in the Class 3A individual championships, while Charleroi’s Levi Large is tied for eighth place in the Class 2A championships after Monday’s ...

South Allegheny’s senior outside hitter has a chance to reach 600 kills this season. Despite a brutal 3-2 loss to South Park last week as the South Allegheny volleyball team dropped the final set of t...

Joey Gamret led the Gladiators’ powerful rushing attack with 139 yards and four touchdowns. South Allegheny had a chip on its shoulder coming into Friday night’s clash against reigning WPIAL champions...

Jaguars coach Bill Cherpak was unhappy with his team’s tackling after the 35-14 victory. It wasn’t always pretty, but Thomas Jefferson got the job done Friday night. The Jaguars leaned on a punishing ...

He ran for a touchdown and returned an interception for another. When it comes to his football team, first-year Southmoreland coach Dustin Shoaf often says he wants all the arrows pointing in the same...

The senior quarterback reached the end zone three times in Fort Cherry’s 55-6 victory. Matt Sieg and the Fort Cherry Raiders extended their WPIAL winning streak to 29 games Friday night with a 55-6 vi...

By the Mon Valley Independent Elizabeth Forward left no doubt Friday night, overwhelming Baldwin 57–0 with a dominant showing on offense, defense and special teams. Quarterback Ryan Messina set the to...

Gabby Dusi was able to tough out her third WPIAL championship win despite battling an abdominal injury. Entering Thursday afternoon’s WPIAL Class 2A singles tennis championship, Belle Vernon’s Gabby D...

This fall, the Charleroi boys’ soccer team has been known for their offensive prowess, tallying 50 goals in their first eight games of the season. But in a pivotal Section 4-2A clash Thursday night at...

By the Mon Valley Independent The Elizabeth Forward girls golf team celebrated senior day by finishing the first undefeated regular season in program history Thursday. The Warriors knocked off Penn-Tr...

Monessen (4-0, 1-0) at Fort Cherry (4-0, 1-0) 7 p.m. ‘Hounds: The Greyhounds haven’t missed a beat this season with a 4-0 start, but now comes their biggest challenge yet against the back-to-back WPIA...

South Allegheny has looked like a well-oiled machine so far this season, rolling to a 4-0 overall record and outscoring opponents by an average of 41-8 along the way. However, the next road block in t...

By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com Some big games are on tap for this week and some of our teams continue to ride a wave of wins into Week 4. Now, I wouldn’t classify this week’s schedule as being f...

Ringgold tuned up for a big section matchup coming up against Bethel Park Thursday. After wanting to see more from his squad in last week’s loss to Thomas Jefferson, Ringgold boys soccer coach Rob Fab...