Yough survives to beat McGuffey
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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 ...
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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
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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
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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...
Telegdy’s walk-off single pushes Warriors past TJ
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By JEREMY SELLEW 
May 7, 2024
Shelby Telegdy drove in Hannah Evans with a walk-off single in the bottom of the ninth inning to give the Warriors a 2-1 win in a non-section thriller Tuesday at William Penn Field. Evans led off the ...
Frazier clinches another section title
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By Mon Valley Independent 
May 7, 2024
By Andrew White MVI Sports In a thrilling showdown between two local softball powerhouses, the Frazier Commodores emerged victorious over the Jeannette Jayhawks in a nail-biting 1-0 game.   The win no...
Bearcats’ first section crown since 2011
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By Mon Valley Independent 
May 7, 2024
By ADAM BREWER MVI Sports Expectations were raised for the Bentworth softball squad at the start of the 2024 season. With a young core returning and a stud, freshman pitcher coming into the fold, the ...
Golden Lions hold off Yough
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By Mon Valley Independent 
May 7, 2024
By BILL BECKNER JR. Trib Total Media Greensburg Salem felt it could have done more with its 15 hits and slew of opportunities on the base paths.   As it turned out, the Golden Lions did just enough to...
Jackowski family savors SA section title
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By Mon Valley Independent 
May 6, 2024
By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com When South Allegheny’s baseball team captured a section title for the first time since 1998 with a 9-2 victory over Keystone Oaks this past Tuesday, the feat was remar...
’Dores runs section streak to 49
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By Mon Valley Independent 
May 4, 2024
By ADAM BREWER MVI Sports Addison Hiles is just in her first year at the varsity softball level for Frazier. She doesn’t pitch like a freshman….and she doesn’t hit like one either. Hiles racked up 13 ...
Etling, Scotties bite Cougars, 12-2
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By Mon Valley Independent 
May 4, 2024
By BILL BECKNER JR. Trib Total Media If teams continue to pitch inside to Makayla Etling, they are probably going to continue to pay the price.   Etling’s bat is making a different sound right now.   ...
Warriors bring the bats to beat Cougars
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By Mon Valley Independent 
May 3, 2024
By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com Elizabeth Forward held its senior recognition ceremony prior to a 9-3 victory over Yough Thursday, but it was a pair of juniors that starred for the Warriors. Cy Herch...