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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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). ...

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...

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...

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...

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...