Mon Valley squad looks to reach Series
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By By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com 
July 11, 2024
THe Mon Valley PONY All-Stars will play in the Host Area qualifying tournament later this month. With the world renowned PONY League World Series less than a month away, a Mon Valley team is hoping to...
Belle Vernon advances to championship
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By ADAM BREWER MVI SPORTS 
July 10, 2024
A 6-run second inning helped BV get past Charleroi to Fayette County championship against Connellsville. Both Belle Vernon and Charleroi legion baseball teams had to battle some unusual, windy conditi...
Charleroi pulls even in semifinal
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By By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com 
July 9, 2024
Belle Vernon suffers first loss as Charleroi forces deciding Game 3 tonight at the DiVirgilio Complex. With their backs against the wall facing elimination after a loss on Monday, it was Charleroi Pos...
CyberAthletix hosting Sunday Shootout
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July 9, 2024
By the Mon Valley Independent Cyber Athletix Skills Academy will host the Sunday Shootout at Ringgold Middle School Sunday. The event will be held from 1 p.m. to 4. The skills clinic and shooting comp...
Monessen Florist streak hits four with lopsided loss
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By JEREMY SELLEW 
July 8, 2024
After an extended break for AAU play, the Steel City Summer Basketball League picked back up Monday. Things remain the same in the standings as Marie Slagus Howard Hanna Simon remained unbeaten and mo...
Hampton’s Ballintine looking to hit target at Cal
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By By JOHN GRUPP Trib Total Media 
July 8, 2024
With no long snapper on the roster, the incoming freshman is expected to start for Vulcans. Hampton’s Braeden Ballintine was about 10 years old when his dad challenged him to try something with a foot...
Belle Vernon shakes slow start to top Charleroi
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By By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com 
July 8, 2024
Kaden Faychak went 3 for 4 with a double and triple to help lead Belle Vernon to a Game 1 win. Charleroi started off on the front foot, but it was Belle Vernon that rallied back and stayed undefeated ...
Valley rivals to meet in Legion semifinals
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By By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com 
July 7, 2024
Top-seeded Belle Vernon will host Charleroi today in the opener of a three-game playoff series. It’ll be a battle of Mon Valley squads in the Fayette County American Legion Baseball league semifinals ...
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Alonso to compete in Home
July 7, 2024
Ed Ritzer of Scenery Hill had a hole in one at Chippewa Golf Course in Bentleyville Friday, July 6 while playing in the Holy Ghost Golf League. He aced the Par 3, 17th hole with a gap wedge, from 107 ...
Charleroi advances with win, Belle Vernon next
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By By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com 
July 5, 2024
Charleroi Legion uses four-run first inning to vault itself to a 6-3 win over Smithfield-Fairchance. It doesn’t matter how you score runs in an elimination baseball game, it’s just about putting up mo...
McKeesport captures E.S.B.L. 12U title
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By By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com 
July 4, 2024
McKeesport No. 1 defeated Woodland Hills, 14-3, Wednesday to claim the E.S.B.L. 12U championship. McKeesport managed 12 hits on the day as Ryder Alfer and Jax Blackwell each had three. Alfer scored fo...
Shields tosses a gem to lead Charleroi
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By By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com 
July 2, 2024
Ben Shields threw a one-hitter as Post 22 dispatches Smithfield-Fairchance in Game 1 of their quarterfinal series. Ben Shields threw seven innings of one-hit ball and Tyler O’Neil went 3 for 3 as Char...
Growth of women’s game evident since Allen’s days
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By By WAYNE STEWART For MVI Sports 
July 2, 2024
(Editor’s Note: This is the final of a three-part story on the success of Monessen and Notre Dame star Charel Allen). Part one and two of the Charel Allen story dealt mainly with her high school and c...
LaCarte, Black earn All-State honors
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By By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com 
July 1, 2024
The Mon Valley pair were the only local players named to the teams in their respective classifications. The Pennsylvania State Baseball Coaches Association announced its All-State teams for 2024 Monda...
Senior Legion baseball playoffs set
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By JEREMY SELLEW 
June 30, 2024
Belle Vernon earns No. 1 seed, could see No. 4 Charleroi in semifinal series. Charleroi hosts Colonial #3 beginning Tuesday. Playoff action in the Fayette County American Legion Baseball League gets s...
Wilson leading Marie Slagus Howard Hanna’s turnaround
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By By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com 
June 28, 2024
Steel City Summer Basketball League’s top pick is thriving with her new team. When Slagus Howard Hanna selected Allie Wilson first overall in the Steel City Summer Basketball League draft, it envision...
Umpire walks off, Belle Vernon-Charleroi ‘no contest’
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By ADAM BREWER MVI SPORTS 
June 27, 2024
After a bad call at home, umpire calls the game and walks off the field after arguments and ejections during Belle Vernon-Charleroi legion game. There was a walk-off in the PA Legion Baseball game Thu...
Scrappy Belle Vernon Jr. Legion falls to Trafford
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By By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com 
June 27, 2024
Despite missing some key contributors due to the PONY League playoffs, Belle Vernon’s Junior Legion team put up a valiant effort in a 13-9 loss to a strong Trafford Post 331 squad on Thursday. Belle V...
O’Neil’s power leads Charleroi past Colonial
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By JEREMY SELLEW 
June 26, 2024
Tyler O’Neil hit a pair of homers and had five RBIs as Charleroi Senior Legion rolled past Colonial #3. Charleroi’s Senior Legion squad bounced back from Tuesday’s loss to Uniontown in a big way Wedne...