The Leopards’ Curty Wade hit a 3-pointer with less than three seconds remaining to give Coach Ricky Tyburski his first win as head coach. There’s nothing like an old-fashioned rivalry game to start th...

The Gladiators’ defense shut down the Titans in a 70-30 win. The South Allegheny boys basketball team rode a stifling defense to the Class 3A championship last winter. Despite some graduation losses, ...

Bishop Canevin doubled up the Warriors, 24-12, in the second quarter and led by 15 at the half. A 24-point second quarter proved to be the difference for Bishop Canevin, as the Crusaders opened the se...

Thanks to its stunning speed, Clairton is sprinting to the state finals for the first time in nearly a decade. Sophomore Brandon Murphy returned a punt 81 yards to the end zone Friday night, one of si...

The Jaguars had four players reach double figures in the 64-29 win. By the Mon Valley Independent Thomas Jefferson’s girls opened their season with a strong statement Friday night, rolling to a 64–29 ...

Justin Fry, Kane Eggerton and Noah Sear combined for 68 points in the victory. Serra Catholic battled hard in its opening contest of the 2025 basketball season against Class 5A opponent Thomas Jeffers...

The annual MVI Shootout Classic will feature eight games today and Saturday. The WPIAL basketball season begins this afternoon with some entertaining early season matchups for Mon Valley teams and fan...

Don’t look now, but it’s time for another basketball season here in the Mon Valley. Is it me, or did the fall sports season just blow by us at a ludicrous speed? While there is still one team playing ...

Ricky Tyburski plans to keep the program at a high level despite graduation losses. Being the coach hired after a legend retires, it’s never easy filling those shoes. But first-year Belle Vernon coach...

The team has two exciting newcomers in Lyla McConnell and Isis Almyty. Heading into year two of Cornelious Nesbit’s tenure as head girls basketball coach at Belle Vernon, the buzz is continuing to gro...

Coach Bob Kennedy hopes his team can handle the adjustment as well as it did last winter. It was a tale of two seasons for the Bentworth boys’ basketball squad last winter. The Bearcats opened sluggis...

Shannon Squire hopes to build on the success of the school’s soccer and softball teams. It’s a new era for the Bentworth girls basketball program as firstyear coach Shannon Squire takes over. “I am ve...

Cal coach Brent Baker believes they’re headed in the right direction coming off a 3-18 season. Reenergize. That’s the word California boys’ basketball coach Brent Baker has been using to describe the ...

Coach Brandi Sutherland has 14 players available after operating shorthanded last season. In Class 1A or 2A girls basketball, sometimes it’s all about the numbers. Teams need depth not only to compete...

He has an experienced roster after deciding to come back for his second season as head coach. Charleroi enters the season with a sense of stability and renewed optimism. After originally stepping in a...

They were winless last year with four freshmen starting, and coach Sean Lee believes they’re headed in the right direction. Charleroi girls basketball enters this season with a sense of renewal. The C...

Despite thoroughly enjoying his retirement, former Belle Vernon head coach Joe Salvino popped in to check out his former Leopards, and his protege Ricky Tyburski, during one of their first official pr...

Most of Clairton’s roster won’t be available until the school’s gridiron playoff run ends. If there is one thing that RaShawd Hatten has gotten used to as boys basketball coach at Clairton, it’s that ...

Coach Carlton Wade is looking for a more balanced offensive attack after losing his high-scoring daughter to graduation. Things will be different with the Clairton girls basketball team this year. To ...