Defending champ Eagles face difficult slate
High school, Sports
August 19, 2024
Section realignment pits Serra Catholic against “perennial contenders all together.” LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com The Serra Catholic volleyball team conquered Class 1A as WPIAL champions and won a st...
Cougars look to build on playoff berth with new coach
High school, Sports
By ADAM BREWER MVI SPORTS 
August 19, 2024
Alumnus and former assistant Samantha Fleming takes over as Charleroi’s head coach. Last fall was a truly historic one for the Charleroi volleyball squad, as they snapped a decade long playoff drought...
BVA girls ready for first season in WPIAL play
High school, Sports
By JEREMY SELLEW 
August 8, 2024
The Leopards will open section play Tuesday at Cedarbrook against Mt. Pleasant. A year after having the opportunity to play a few exhibition games last fall, things have ramped up for the fledgling Be...
Cougars looking to fill the net and key positions
High school, Sports
By JEREMY SELLEW 
August 7, 2024
Tom Cameron is heading into his fourth season as the Cougars head coach. The Charleroi girls soccer team will have an entirely new look this season after the graduation of six key contributors over th...
BVA counting on seniors in move into Class 3A
High school, Sports
By By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com 
August 5, 2024
Coach Al Yeschenko is unhappy about the long bus rides his team will face in Section 3. After losing three seniors from last year, the Belle Vernon boys soccer team is locked and loaded with a large g...
PIAA drops appeals court battle with Aliquippa football
High school, Sports
August 5, 2024
Chris HARLAN Trib Total Media The PIAA has ended its appeals-court efforts to move Aliquippa football into a higher classification this fall. The PIAA on Friday notified Commonwealth Court that it no ...
Belle Vernon’s season ends with 5-3 loss
High school, Local Sports, Sports
By JEREMY SELLEW 
July 30, 2024
Belle Vernon’s late rally fell just short as Northeastern advances in PA Legion State Tournament. The best season in the Belle Vernon Senior Legion program’s history came to an end Monday. Northeaster...
No. 4 Trailside rides upset to advance to championship
High school, Local Sports, Sports
By By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com 
July 30, 2024
STEEL CITY SUMMER BASKETBALL LEAGUE – SEMIFINALS Norwin’s Bella Furno and Serra Catholic’s Abby Genes each scored 16 points in the upset win. In a thrilling start to the Steel City Summer Basketball L...
AMD cruises into final
High school, Local Sports, Sports
By ADAM BREWER MVI SPORTS 
July 30, 2024
AMD Industries’ first 12 points of the night were on threes, and that long distance shooting carried them throughout the night in a 75-49 victory over BeeGraphix in the semifinals of the Steel City Su...
BV Legion team stays alive in state tournament
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By By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com 
July 29, 2024
They’ll face Northeastern today after defeating Murrysville on Sunday. After allowing eight runs in the seventh inning and suffering an 8-2 loss Saturday, the Belle Vernon Senior Legion baseball team ...
Belle Vernon wins regional
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By By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com 
July 23, 2024
Connellsville scored five runs in the bottom of the 7th to make things interesting, but Belle Vernon was able to hold on for a 9-8 win. When the Belle Vernon Senior Legion baseball team dropped the Fa...
Aliquippa will remain in Class 4A after ruling
High school, Sports
By By CHRIS HARLAN Trib Total Media 
July 20, 2024
The injunction keeping Aliquippa in Class 4A football remains in place after a Commonwealth Court judge denied a PIAA request for a stay. Appellate Judge Patricia McCullough issued her decision Thursd...
PIAA board supports 6 classes for girls volleyball
High school, Sports
By By CHRIS HARLAN Trib Total Media 
July 20, 2024
The PIAA wants to increase girls volleyball to six classifications, but a request to expand track and field to three was rejected by the board. Girls volleyball has four classifications currently, but...
Logjam builds for Steel City playoff spots
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By By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com 
July 19, 2024
AMD Industries and BeeGraphix each picked up wins to remain two games behind Marie Slagus Howard Hanna Simon. It was an even contest early, but Marie Slagus Howard Hanna Simon overcame a slow start to...
Valley baseball stars loaded with talent
High school, Sports
By JEREMY SELLEW 
July 18, 2024
The 2024 baseball season was a special one for a number of local baseball teams. To close out the season, it’s only fitting to award postseason honors. A pair of local teams – South Allegheny and Serr...
Pappasergi hired to guide Charleroi athletics
High school, Sports
By By JEFF OLIVER MVI Sports 
July 18, 2024
A Charleroi staple, Bruno Pappasergi was hired as the district’s athletic director Tuesday. When Ashley Abbott left her job as the athletic director at Charleroi to return home to a similar post at Co...
PIAA moving to remove ‘health and safety’ from rule
High school, Sports
By By CHRIS HARLAN Trib Total Media 
July 18, 2024
The competitive-balance rule without health and safety as a concern will need to be approved two more times. The PIAA board wants to remove some much-maligned words from its competitive-balance rule: ...
AMD takes advantage of absences, rolls to win
High school, Local Sports, Sports
By By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com 
July 17, 2024
AAU hoops decimated rosters in the Steel City Summer Basketball League Tuesday. The opening matchup of Tuesday’s Steel City Summer Basketball League action was slightly delayed as AMD Industries await...
PIAA asks appeals court to lift Aliquippa injunction
High school, Sports
By By CHRIS HARLAN Trib Total Media 
July 17, 2024
A Commonwealth Court judge must decide whether there was a proper basis for a lower court’s ruling that kept the Aliquippa football team in Class 4A. Appellate Judge Patricia McCullough heard opposing...
High school, Sports
By By CHRIS HARLAN Trib Total Media 
July 16, 2024
The WPIAL doesn’t favor a potential PIAA rule that forces two-time defending state champions into a higher classification. The proposed change to the competitive-balance rule was discussed and dislike...