Commodores waste no time dispatching Geibel
High school, Sports
By By JASON BLACK For MVI Sports 
October 1, 2025
There was nothing flashy or fancy about the performance of the Frazier volleyball team during Tuesday’s Section 4 (1A) home match against Geibel Catholic. The Commodores, as they have done so many tim...
Vikings shut out Cougars, 2-0
High school, Sports
By By BILL BECKNER JR. TribLive 
October 1, 2025
Yough and Mt. Pleasant play with contrasting styles. Yough is more direct and physical, while Mt. Pleasant is organized and tactical. The latter approach prevailed in the teams’ second Section 4-2A bo...
Rams fall into tie for last playoff spot
High school, Sports
HIGH SCHOOL ROUNDUP
By JEREMY SELLEW 
October 1, 2025
Trinity outlasted Ringgold in a tightly contested Section 2-3A matchup, coming away with a 3–2 win to stay near the top of the standings. Ringgold kept pace early, with Michael Stasko and Izaiah Wilso...
NHL, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By SETH RORABAUGH TribLive 
October 1, 2025
Ben Kindel looks every bit like someone who just had his 18th birthday April 19. He has a thick shock of curly, unkempt hair and a complexion devoid of wrinkles. Plus, his five o’clock shadow looks as...
Western PA quarterbacks among nominees for National High School Football Hall of Fame
NFL, Sports
By By BILL BECKNER JR. TribLive 
October 1, 2025
The ballot for the fourth class of the National High School Football Hall of Fame again will have Western Pennsylvania flavor. Of course, it has its share of quarterbacks. The 52 nominees for the Clas...
Updated CFP projection for Penn State after Oregon loss
NCAA, Sports
October 1, 2025
USA Today via TribLive How much damage was done to Penn State’s postseason outlook after losing at home in double overtime to Oregon in Week 5? The Nittany Lions took a bit of a soft fall in the natio...
Broncos blast Bengals
NFL, Sports
October 1, 2025
DENVER (AP) — Jake Browning and the Cincinnati offense marched right down the field with relative ease for a field goal on the opening drive Monday night. They wouldn’t run a play on the other side of...
Goal-line gaffe costs Colts a road win
NFL, Sports
By By ARNIE STAPLETON AP Pro Football Writer 
October 1, 2025
The Indianapolis Colts are wickedly good at something that’s dreadfully bad: turning touchdowns into touchbacks. For the second time in nine months, a goal-line gaffe by the Colts proved costly in a r...
Sports
October 1, 2025
AUSTRALIAN RULES FOOTBALL (WOMEN) 5 a.m. (Thursday) - FS2 — AFL: Fremantle at Hawthorn COLLEGE SOCCER (MEN) 10 p.m. - ESPNU — UC Davis at Cal Poly COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL (WOMEN) 7 p.m. - ACCN — Duke at No...
Sports
October 1, 2025
The Belle Vernon Area boys and girls basketball teams will kick off the basketball seasons with a camp for local boys and girls. The camp will be held on Nov. 8 and 9 at the BVA High School gymnasium ...
Leps’ McDowell scores lone goal to beat Ringgold
High school, Sports
By By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com 
September 30, 2025
Jordyn McDowell’s penalty kick in the first half and steady defense helped Belle Vernon beat the Rams. In an important Mon Valley battle between Belle Vernon and Ringgold in Section 1-2A play Monday n...
Pirates extend contract of manager Don Kelly
MLB, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By KEVIN GORMAN TribLive 
September 30, 2025
The Pittsburgh Pirates’ season had just ended when general manager Ben Cherington discussed with Don Kelly the desire to extend his contract as manager, with a simple theme affirming the decision. Che...
Jaguars’ Hartman lone local qualifier for PIAA 3A tourney
High school, Sports
By JEREMY SELLEW 
September 30, 2025
The TJ sophomore finished 5th overall as top 14 qualified for state championship tournament. As of now, the Mon Valley will have one competitor at Penn State in a couple weeks looking for a PIAA state...
Cougars beat Waynesburg; Bearcats, Tigers earn wins
High school, Sports
HIGH SCHOOL ROUNDUP
By JEREMY SELLEW 
September 30, 2025
Charleroi continued its unbeaten run through Section 4-2A with a 3–1 victory over Waynesburg Central, using steady play on both sides of the ball to stay atop the standings. Adolph Noel was the differ...
Memphis men’s soccer forward Eben McIntyre
NCAA, Sports
September 30, 2025
Memphis men’s soccer forward Eben McIntyre, a Charleroi native, was named Offensive Player of the Week in the American Conference after Saturday’s 3-2 win over Tulsa. McIntyre logged an assist and sco...
The Minnesota perspective of Sunday’s loss
NFL, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By JULIA BURDELSKI TribLive 
September 30, 2025
The luck of the Irish was with the Pittsburgh Steelers on Sunday as they staved off a comeback effort from the Minnesota Vikings in the NFL’s first regular-season game in Dublin, Ireland. The Vikings ...
Big plays coming from all over the Steelers’ defense
NFL, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By CHRIS ADAMSKI TribLive 
September 30, 2025
A look at the NFL’s team statistical leaders Monday morning might have felt as familiar as it was heartening for fans of the Pittsburgh Steelers. The team that had made its very identity on defense — ...
Eagles send a message with fake tush push
NFL, Sports
September 30, 2025
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Nick Sirianni and the Philadelphia Eagles sent a message to the NFL and the 31 other teams in Week 4. The reigning Super Bowl champions don’t need a tush push to win. And for those ...
NFL, Sports
September 30, 2025
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Micah Parsons and Dak Prescott both said winning was the only thing that mattered in the Green Bay pass rusher’s hyped return to Dallas to face the Cowboys and their franchise ...
NFL, Sports
September 30, 2025
Irish police can’t substantiate Thompson’s claim DUBLIN (AP) — A formal complaint had not been filed as of Monday in connection to reports that Pittsburgh Steelers player Skylar Thompson was assaulted...