Musial looks back on his time in Donora
Local Sports, Sports, Sports Columns
By By WAYNE STEWART For MVI Sports 
March 29, 2025
Some time ago, a column in the Mon Valley Independent featured letters Stan Musial wrote back home, mainly from 1939-1946, to Joe Barbao. During that span, Musial was making sure to keep in touch with...
Wash. County DA probing youth football finances
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By By PATRICK VARINE & JEREMY SELLEW TribLive jsellew@yourmvi.com 
March 15, 2025
WPYFL president Bill Spencer tendered his resignation March 11. The largest youth football league in Pennsylvania is part of a police probe as officers investigate accusations of financial impropriety...
Hostetler reflected on playing days at Clemson and Charleroi
Local Sports, Sports, Sports Columns
SPORTS STEW
By By WAYNE STEWART MVI Sports 
March 13, 2025
Editor’s note: We are rerunning Part 1 of our Sports Stew feature on Charleroi’s John Hostetler. Below is Part 2. John “Hoss” Hostetler was featured in a 2021 MVI story, but his story is so rich, ther...
Local Sports, Sports, Sports Columns
By By WAYNE STEWART For MVI Sports 
March 13, 2025
Part 1 of the Hostetler story featured him discussing select Charleroi High stars. He continued, moving on to the highly successful Jeff Petrucci. “I didn’t see too much of him during my senior year b...
High school, Local Sports, Sports
WEEKEND ROUNDUP
By JEREMY SELLEW 
December 2, 2024
First-year Belle Vernon girls basketball coach Cornelious Nesbit picked up his first win with his new program Sunday. After a lopsided loss Saturday, the Leopards bounced back with a 64-8 rout of West...
Dumbroski hits 1,000 as Eagles roll over Falcons
High school, Local Sports, Sports
By JEREMY SELLEW 
November 30, 2024
The Serra Catholic senior hit a buzzer beater at the end of the first half to hit the milestone. Serra Catholic head coach AJ Corso was looking for a “team game” from his Eagles in their season opener...
MVI Shootout Classic: Gladiators storm by Warriors
High school, Local Sports, Sports
By JEREMY SELLEW 
November 30, 2024
South Allegheny pounced on EF early as Drew Cook finished with a game-high 19 points. Last year in South Allegheny’s holiday tournament, the Gladiators suffered a heartbreaking 63-61 loss to rival Eli...
MVI Shootout Classic: Dungee, Lowe lead Rams over Cougars to open season
High school, Local Sports, Sports
By ADAM BREWER MVI SPORTS 
November 30, 2024
Szyair Dungee and Demetri Lowe each scored 13 points to lead Ringgold. It was a typical season- opener for the Ringgold and Charleroi boys basketball squads — not pretty with some sloppy play — Friday...
High school, Local Sports, Sports
HIGH SCHOOL ROUNDUP
By JEREMY SELLEW 
November 30, 2024
The Thomas Jefferson girls basketball team has a new Big 3, and they each hit double figures in a season-opening win at the Montour tip-off tournament Friday. Kaylee DeAngelo led the way with a team-h...
Local Sports, Sports
October 18, 2024
Frazier-GCC postponed The Frazier-Greensburg Central Catholic football game scheduled for tonight at Commodores Field has been postponed. According to a statement from the school’s athletic department...
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BVA MS boys shut out Yough
September 25, 2024
The Belle Vernon Area Middle School girls soccer team dominated play throughout a 4-0 win Tuesday over visiting Elizabeth Forward as the Leopards’ eighth-graders celebrated their final home game. Whil...
Leftover Stew to get you through the week
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SPORTS STEW
By By WAYNE STEWART For MVI Sports 
September 19, 2024
Many Valley sports tales are so detailed, they can’t be squeezed into one article. As radio legend Paul Harvey put it, “Here’s the rest of the story.” More information, making up a tasty leftover stew...
EF hosts 10th annual Camp of Champions
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By By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com 
September 18, 2024
The 10th annual Camp of Champions was held Tuesday at Elizabeth Forward High School with 11 nearby school districts represented, 10 football-skill stations and endless fun for students with special ne...
Local Sports, Sports
September 18, 2024
Titans runners set new personal records West Mifflin cross-country runners participated in Tuesday’s meet with McKeesport, Ringgold and Laurel Highlands at Mingo Creek Park. While the Titans don’t sco...
Monessen’s Mizerak Jr. returns from ‘frustrating’ setback
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By By CHUCK CURTI Trib Total Media 
September 17, 2024
Mark Mizerak Jr. was the quintessential big fish in a small pond. To his Class A opponents, Mizerak, at 6-foot-4 and near 300 pounds, must have looked like an eclipse in shoulder pads. Regardless of w...
Local Sports, Sports
September 16, 2024
BVA MS girls tie Burrell The Belle Vernon Area Middle School girls soccer team battled to a 2-2 tie Friday against Burrell. Deaulla Lightfoot finished with a goal and assist for the Leopards (4-0-1). ...
Charleroi Soccer HOF adding 58th member
Local Sports, Sports
September 13, 2024
For the Mon Valley Independent The Charleroi High School Soccer Hall of Fame will induct its 58th member Tuesday when the Cougars host Derry at Myron Pottios Stadium. Eugene Marraccini Jr. is a 1977 g...
Adkins shares love for alma maters Ringgold and W&J
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SPORTS STEW
By By WAYNE STEWART For MVI Sports 
September 12, 2024
Editor’s note: This is the second part of a story about the athletic career of Monongahela’s Bob Adkins. Bob Adkins went from a WPIAL football title to the campus of Washington & Jefferson, and his hi...
Local Sports, Sports
September 12, 2024
BVA MS boys battle to draw The Belle Vernon Area Middle School boys soccer team surrendered a second-half goal and ended up tying Mt. Pleasant, 1-1, Tuesday. Logan Metzger was the lone goal scorer for...
Roundup: Kershaw scores 6 TDs as Hounds blast Beth-Center
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WEEKEND ROUNDUP
September 9, 2024
MVI Sports TyVaughn Kershaw scored six touchdowns for Monessen Friday as the Greyhounds (3-0) traveled to Beth-Center and left with a 56-30 victory. The junior finished with 149 rushing yards and thre...