ELIZABETH FORWARD VS. DERRY –– MIKE DARNAY / MVI SPORTS

Ayear ago, Bentworth’s softball team was denied a WPIAL title when the Bearcats lost in the 2A championship game to powerhouse Neshannock, 4-1. This season, the Lancers, who have won 47 straight games...

Belle Vernon’s tennis ace dominated the field in cruising to 4 straight wins. Belle Vernon tennis player Max Henson has a saying. “I like medals.” In his first year of high school tennis as a junior, ...

The top seed features one of the best pitchers in the WPIAL. On the back of strong defense, potent pitching and timely hitting, Elizabeth Forward is back in the WPIAL championship game for the fourth ...

Lee Qualk followed up his WPIAL title with a state gold in the long jump Friday. For the second time in the school’s history, California Area can boast of a PIAA champion in track and field. Lee Qualk...

Serra Catholic’s set baserunning play in the bottom of the 6th scored the game-winning run. Looking back on Friday’s WPIAL semifinal with Greensburg Central Catholic, it can be recalled as the game wh...

Neshannock wins 47th straight game, tags Sydney Gonglik for two homers in 4-1 win. The resurgent Bentworth softball team and ace pitcher Sydney Gonglik kept the lethal Neshannock offense at bay with o...

BELLE VERNON 7, DERRY 0 –– MIKE DARNAY / MVI SPORTS

Neshannock and Bentworth will face off in a rematch of last year’s WPIAL championship at 7 p.m. at North Allegheny. There is good news and bad news for the Bentworth softball team and its fans. The go...

No. 1 Serra Catholic takes on No. 5 Greensburg Central Catholic today at 4 p.m. at Gateway. For the last 11 years, Serra Catholic’s baseball team has appeared in the WPIAL semifinals. Season after sea...

The Quips were WPIAL runner-up and a state semifinalist this past season. Aliquippa boys basketball coach Nick Lackovich was holding an open gym Wednesday, unaware that the school board gathered nearb...

THOMAS JEFFERSON VS. ARMSTRONG –– JEFF HELSEL / MVI SPORTS

AMD races past Monessen Florist with strong first half; Marie Slagus Howard Hanna tops Trailside in nightcap. The second night of the young Steel City Summer Basketball League season was kicked off wi...

It’s not like the Belle Vernon Area School Board hasn’t made good hires in the past. But I will say that I commend it on making the right choice whne it comes to the boys basketball job. I know who th...

RINGGOLD VS. BLACKHAWK –– JENN CODELUPPI / MVI SPORTS

Owen Dumbroski got the win and Matt McNeal and Chris Johnson each had three hits in Serra’s 11-1 win. Coming into his team’s quarterfinal matchup against No. 8 Jefferson-Morgan, Serra Catholic head co...

EF hurler JB Crovak allowed only four hits and struck out 12 as the Warriors beat Central Valley, 4-1, in a semifinal game at Gateway. All year long, the Elizabeth Forward baseball team has relied on ...

Joe Salvino’s longtime assistant will look to continue tradition of what was built with the Leps. Belle Vernon Area athletic director Matt Humbert didn’t have to look too far to find the next leader o...

The Leps will face No. 7 Central Valley in the WPIAL consolation game next week. Belle Vernon’s quest for a WPIAL championship came to an end Tuesday night under the lights at Gateway Sports Complex w...

The Warriors must win a consolation game against No. 6 Beaver to clinch a spot in the PIAA playoffs. Elizabeth Forward softball’s quest for a second straight WPIAL Class 4A championship ended abruptly...