After slow start, BVA routs visiting Derry
Boys and Girls High School Basketball, High school, Sports
By By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com 
December 20, 2025
Playing without Curty Wade, the Leopards remained unbeaten in Section 3-4A play. Every athlete knows they have to stay prepared at all times, because there’s no telling when an opportunity to make a b...
Boys and Girls High School Basketball, High school, Sports
HIGH SCHOOL ROUNDUP
By JEREMY SELLEW 
December 20, 2025
Serra Catholic exploded offensively in the second half to defeat Geibel 98–69 in Section 2-1A action. The Eagles scored 66 points in the final 16 minutes, and ended the game with three players with 20...
Leps come back, but fall short in loss to Eagles
Boys and Girls High School Basketball, High school, Sports
By JEREMY SELLEW 
December 19, 2025
Hayley Bennett’s free throws with 3.5 seconds remaining gave South Park a 39-38 win. South Park jumped out to a big lead to start the game, and it was just enough to come away with a big Section 3-4A ...
Gibson, Trojans hammer Mikes
Boys and Girls High School Basketball, High school, Sports
By ADAM BREWER MVI SPORTS 
December 19, 2025
The California girls basketball team has faced a stiff non-section slate to open the 2025-26 season. So when the Trojans tipped off Section 3-2A play Thursday night, they were eager to make a statemen...
Penn-Trafford too much for West Mifflin
Boys and Girls High School Basketball, High school, Sports
By By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com 
December 19, 2025
Torrie DeStefano poured in a game-high 24 points to lead the Warriors over the Titans. For a stretch late in the first half of Thursday’s game, West Mifflin coach Justin Walther saw his basketball tea...
McKeesport girls drop section game at Latrobe
Boys and Girls High School Basketball, High school, Sports
HIGH SCHOOL ROUNDUP
By JEREMY SELLEW 
December 19, 2025
Latrobe edged McKeesport in a tightly contested section matchup, holding off a late push to secure a 52-49 win. The teams traded momentum throughout before Latrobe closed strong in the fourth quarter....
SIGNING DAYS
High school, Sports
December 18, 2025
Charleroi soccer’s Dylan Klinger (seated, center) was joined by his teammates to sign his letter of intent to play at Mercyhurst University. Jenn Codeluppi / MVI Sports
Signing Days
High school, Sports
December 18, 2025
Belle Vernon Area’s Kelsey Roskovich signed her letter of intent to continue her academic and athletic career at Carlow University in Pittsburgh. Belle Vernon Athletics
Bearcats, Leps fall in section duals
High school, Sports
By JEREMY SELLEW 
December 18, 2025
Jefferson-Morgan edged Bentworth 39–32 on Wednesday in a Section 3-2A wrestling matchup, winning eight of the 14 bouts, including several key falls that swung the team score. Bentworth earned victorie...
Runnin’ Rams roll over West Mifflin
Boys and Girls High School Basketball, High school, Sports
By By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com 
December 17, 2025
Coming into Tuesday night’s non-conference matchup between Ringgold and West Mifflin, the home Titans wanted to play the game at a slow pace. However, the Rams have gotten off to a hot start by pushin...
Balance leads ’Dores over Cougars
Boys and Girls High School Basketball, High school, Sports
By ADAM BREWER MVI SPORTS 
December 17, 2025
Chloe Harger (16), Allie Yauch (15) and Malana Burton (10) combined for 41 points as Frazier beat Charleroi. Throughout his years on the basketball sidelines, Frazier girls’ coach Jonathan Bass has al...
Cook drops 30 as Gladiators pull away from Eagles
Boys and Girls High School Basketball, High school, Sports
HIGH SCHOOL ROUNDUP
By JEREMY SELLEW 
December 17, 2025
South Allegheny pulled away in the second half to secure a 79–62 win over Serra Catholic on Tuesday in non-section play. South Allegheny (5–2) built a 40–25 halftime lead and extended its advantage wi...
Leps beat Red Raiders after ring celebration
Boys and Girls High School Basketball, High school, Sports
By JEREMY SELLEW 
December 16, 2025
Curty Wade scored 25 of his game-high 32 points in the second half and overtime to lead BVA over Uniontown. It was a championship celebration and a championship atmosphere inside Belle Vernon Area Hig...
Eagles get some payback with blowout win
Boys and Girls High School Basketball, High school, Sports
By By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com 
December 16, 2025
Bella Dumbroski scored 29 points in Serra Catholic’s revenge win over Bishop Canevin. After Bishop Canevin ended Serra Catholic’s season last year and denied the Eagles a trip to the state playoffs, S...
BVA, EF girls and Ringgold boys roll to wins
Boys and Girls High School Basketball, High school, Sports
HIGH SCHOOL ROUNDUP
By JEREMY SELLEW 
December 16, 2025
Elizabeth Forward remained unbeaten in section play with a 65–24 victory over Laurel Highlands on Monday. The Warriors (4–2, 2–0) set the tone early, jumping out to a 20–2 first-quarter lead and carry...
SA overcoming heavy graduation losses
Boys and Girls High School Basketball, High school, Sports
By By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com 
December 15, 2025
Several players have contributed to the team’s strong 4-2 start. A year after making school history with their first WPIAL championship, the South Allegheny boys basketball team knew that the early pa...
Greyhounds outlast Cougars in overtime
Boys and Girls High School Basketball, High school, Sports
By ADAM BREWER MVI SPORTS 
December 13, 2025
The Monessen and Charleroi boys’ basketball teams did not play perfect games Friday night. Both squads committed several turnovers and combined for a high number of fouls, but they also played with en...
Sear buries 3-pointer at buzzer to beat Indians
Boys and Girls High School Basketball, High school, Sports
By By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com 
December 13, 2025
When Thomas Jefferson travels to Peters Township’s AHN Arena for Section 3-5A play, the games are almost always decided in the final minutes. Friday night was no different. The lead changed hands thre...
Leps open section play by beating up on Titans
Boys and Girls High School Basketball, High school, Sports
HIGH SCHOOL ROUNDUP
By JEREMY SELLEW 
December 13, 2025
Belle Vernon used a decisive second quarter to pull away from West Mifflin and earn a 70–51 victory Friday night in both teams’ Section 3-4A basketball opener. After trailing 12–10 at the end of the f...
Dumbroski’s 27 lifts Eagles over Clairton
Boys and Girls High School Basketball, High school, Sports
By By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com 
December 12, 2025
After some tweaks from non-section play ahead of their Section 2-1A debut at Clairton, the Serra Catholic girls basketball team earned a big 57-34 win on Thursday night. The Eagles (2-2) jumped ahead ...