Valley athletes earn WPIAL medals, trip to PIAA meet
High school, Sports
By JEREMY SELLEW 
May 16, 2024
A number of local athletes are bringing home medals from the WPIAL Track & Field Championships. The usually one-day event was suspended Wednesday after being delayed twice by rain. In Class 3A, four b...
PIAA one step closer to adding girls flag football
High school, Sports
By By BILL HARTLEP Trib Total Media 
May 16, 2024
High school girls flag football took an important step toward becoming an official PIAA-sponsored sport Wednesday. The PIAA board of directors unanimously approved on a first reading to sanction girls...
Big inning pushes OLSH past No. 4 Eagles
High school, Sports
By By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com 
May 16, 2024
Cassidy Trahan had two hits and Kelly Morrissey hit a two-run homer for Serra Catholic in the loss. In a battle of softball programs looking to reach their third consecutive WPIAL semifinal and their ...
No. 1 Leopards upset by Blackhawk
High school, Sports
By By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com 
May 15, 2024
Heading into the 7th leading by a run, the Cougars scored four insurance runs. They say that records get thrown out the window when it comes to postseason baseball, and that was the case on Wednesday ...
Warriors ousted by North Catholic … again
High school, Sports
By ADAM BREWER MVI SPORTS 
May 15, 2024
It was the third time in four seasons Elizabeth Forward met the Trojans in the WPIAL’s first round. For the third time in four seasons, the Elizabeth Forward baseball team faced off with North Catholi...
Warriors eliminate familiar foe
High school, Sports
PLAYOFF ROUNDUP
By JEREMY SELLEW 
May 15, 2024
There isn’t a lack of familiarity when it comes to the Elizabeth Forward and West Mifflin softball teams. The two teams play annually, including the Warriors’ 5-0 win over the Titans on April 27. Less...
Slow start no problem for TJ
High school, Sports
By By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com 
May 15, 2024
After a slow start that saw them go down two runs against Ringgold, Thomas Jefferson outscored their Mon Valley counterparts by 10 runs the rest of the way to capture an 11-3 victory in the first roun...
Eagles top Bulldogs to advance
High school
By Mon Valley Independent 
May 15, 2024
By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com With six starters never playing in a playoff game, Serra Catholic head coach Denny Willaman isn’t surprised how Tuesday’s WPIAL first-round game against Beth-Cente...
Yough survives to beat McGuffey
High school
By Mon Valley Independent 
May 15, 2024
By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com When McGuffey started the bottom of the seventh with two singles during Tuesday’s WPIAL Class 3A first round matchup against Yough, the Cougars (9-4) needed to make a ...
Celaschi no-hits GCC as Cougars roll
High school
By Mon Valley Independent 
May 15, 2024
By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com When it comes to the postseason, it’s typically a recipe for success when you’re able to play a clean game. Not only did No. 6 Charleroi take advantage of three costly...
Blackhawk gets upset win, ends Leps’ season
High school
By Mon Valley Independent 
May 14, 2024
By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com In what was a tumultuous season for the Belle Vernon softball team, it still managed to put together a 13-6 record and grab a No. 6 seed in the WPIAL Class 4A playoffs...
Jaguars move on past Lions
High school
By Mon Valley Independent 
May 14, 2024
By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com Thomas Jefferson used a three-run fourth inning to take the lead for good to upset No. 7 South Fayette and pull off a 6-4 win in a WPIAL Class 5A first-round conte...
Leopards, Eagles earn No. 1 seeds
High school
By Mon Valley Independent 
May 11, 2024
By Liam Belan lbelan@yourmvi.com The WPIAL officially released its district playoff baseball brackets Friday with the Mon Valley well represented throughout three classifications. In all, seven area t...
Tigers’ Charles heading to Pitt-Greensburg
High school
By Mon Valley Independent 
May 11, 2024
By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com McKeesport’s Kaylee Charles was looking for the perfect fit when it comes to playing basketball in college, and now the Tigers’ forward is ready to take the next s...
Softball brackets unveiled by WPIAL
High school
By JEREMY SELLEW 
May 9, 2024
Elizabeth Forward (No. 1), Bentworth (No. 2), Frazier (No. 4) earn first-round byes in their respective classifications. After a nearly hour-long delay, the WPIAL announced the field for the 2024 soft...
Leps celebrate with ring ceremony
High school
By Jeremy Sellew 
May 9, 2024
By Liam Belan lbelan@yourmvi.com For the second time in two seasons, Belle Vernon’s football team commemorated a state championship season with a ring ceremony at Leopard Hall Wednesday night. The cur...
Local teams ready for playoffs
High school
By Jeremy Sellew 
May 9, 2024
By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com Over the next two afternoons, local baseball and softball teams will learn where they fall in the WPIAL championships. Softball brackets will be released today at ...
High school
By Jeremy Sellew 
May 9, 2024
By ADAM BREWER MVI Sports The Serra Catholic softball team wanted a playoff tune-up at the end of the regular season. The Section 2-2A champions got exactly that and then some Wednesday afternoon when...
Spartans no match for heavy-hitting Eagles
High school
By Mon Valley Independent 
May 8, 2024
By Liam Belan lbelan@yourmvi.com With an 18-3 victory at Brentwood on Tuesday, the Serra Catholic baseball team finished the season with a perfect 12-0 record in Section 3-2A play as they had already ...
Cougars settle for 3rd
High school
By Mon Valley Independent 
May 8, 2024
By ADAM BREWER MVI Sports What a difference 24 hours make. After compiling a seven-run sixth inning in a 10-4 victory over Chartiers-Houston Monday, the Charleroi baseball team could not muster that s...