Sports
May 2, 2025
Last week for Steel City Summer Basketball signups Registration for the Steel City Girls Summer Basketball League will end today at noon. Any rising freshmen through seniors entering next season can r...
’Dores beat Bearcats to clinch share of section title
High school, Sports
By ADAM BREWER MVI SPORTS 
May 1, 2025
Grace Polkabla had three hits and Zoey Zurenski drove in three runs in Frazier’s 9-1 win. When the Frazier softball team was bumped up to Class 2A in the offseason, coach Don Hartman knew that winning...
Jaguars pay back Black Hawks
High school, Sports
HIGH SCHOOL ROUNDUP
By JEREMY SELLEW 
May 1, 2025
Thomas Jefferson’s softball team got some sweet revenge on Bethel Park Wednesday, avenging an early season loss to the Black Hawks in Section 4-5A play. Sophie Janosko’s RBI triple in the bottom of th...
Rands-Evans aims to be Donora Olympian
Olympics, Sports
SPORTS STEW
By By WAYNE STEWART For MVI Sports 
May 1, 2025
Donora native and 2015 Ringgold graduate Chrysta Rands-Evans may achieve something few Valley athletes have ever done — she has a shot at representing her country in the next Winter Olympics to be hel...
McCutchen’s double lifts Pirates to 4-3 win
MLB, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By JUSTIN GUERRIERO TribLive 
May 1, 2025
Pittsburgh Pirates manager Derek Shelton has said repeatedly, as recently as Tuesday, that the club’s experiment featuring Carmen Mlodzinski as a starting pitcher will continue. Mlodzinski had startin...
Fan falls from Clemente Wall
MLB, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By JUSTIN GUERRIERO TribLive 
May 1, 2025
A fan fell from the Clemente Wall onto the right-field warning track Wednesday at PNC Park, halting play of the game between the Pittsburgh Pirates and Chicago Cubs. Andrew McCutchen had just arrived ...
MLB, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By KEVIN GORMAN TribLive 
May 1, 2025
Doctors recommended that Endy Rodriguez immobilize his right index finger for another week, a setback for the Pittsburgh Pirates catcher/first baseman’s timeline to return to playing. Rodriguez suffer...
A legacy of hope and laughter for Gaudreau brothers
NHL, Sports
May 1, 2025
Family, friends and the hockey community continue to grieve after the death of Johnny and Matthew Gaudreau. WESTVILLE, N.J. (AP) — The family called him John. It wasn’t until John Gaudreau played for ...
NHL players are all about pregame routine
NHL, Sports
By By PAT GRAHAM AP Sports Writer 
May 1, 2025
Before games, Dallas forward Matt Duchene relies on the same, tried-and-true routine. He blocks out a twohour window for a nap, eats an identical meal — pasta and salmon — and spends time reviewing no...
Skenes enjoying ‘cat-and-mouse game’ in Year 2
MLB, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By TIM BENZ TribLive 
May 1, 2025
For many successful Major League Baseball rookies, Year 2 can be a challenge. The league figures out what you do well and counters it. “There is definitely adjustand-adjust-back. Year 2 was definitely...
Jarry bracing for challenge from young goalies
NHL, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By JUSTIN GUERRIERO TribLive 
May 1, 2025
Tristan Jarry is under no illusions as to what awaits him this fall when the Pittsburgh Penguins commence their 2025-26 preseason training camp: competition. Following a turbulent individual campaign ...
Hulk Hogan launching Real American Freestyle wrestling
Sports
By By CLIFF BRUNT AP Sports Writer 
May 1, 2025
Hulk Hogan felt sure he was onto something. After watching the NCAA Division I wrestling championships, he was absolutely certain. Hogan is one of the most popular professional wrestlers of all time, ...
Giannis enters offseason with big question
NBA, Sports
By By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer 
May 1, 2025
Giannis Antetokounmpo had to have known the question was coming. “Do you think that you can still win that second championship here in Milwaukee after a third straight first-round exit?” The question ...
SPORTS SNAPSHOTS
High school, Sports
May 1, 2025
Sports
May 1, 2025
BASKETBALL AFRICA LEAGUE 10:30 a.m. - NBATV — Petro de Luanda vs. US Monastir, Diamniadio, Senegal 1:30 p.m. - NBATV — AS Ville de Dakar vs. Kriol Star, Diamniadio, Senegal BEACH SOCCER (MEN) 8:20 a.m...
Sports
May 1, 2025
Last week for Steel City Summer Basketball signups Registration for the Steel City Girls Summer Basketball League is in its last week. Registrations will end Friday at noon. Any rising freshmen throug...
Ringgold sweeps its way to team titles
Sports
SCOTT FREDERICK MID-MON TRACK CLASSIC
By JEREMY SELLEW 
April 30, 2025
The 23rd annual Scott Frederick Mid-Mon Track Classic, hosted by Ringgold, found a new temporary home Monday. The annual event was held at neighboring Charleroi High School, but the Rams made themselv...
Cubs batter Pirates with four homers in 9-0 loss
MLB, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By KEVIN GORMAN TribLive 
April 30, 2025
The loss was the worst blowout of the season, so far, for Pittsburgh. What was expected to be a battle between left-handed pitchers Shota Imanaga and Andrew Heaney turned out to be a one-sided affair....
Some local teams get games in before storms
Sports
HIGH SCHOOL ROUNDUP
By JEREMY SELLEW 
April 30, 2025
The Belle Vernon baseball team picked up a series sweep of Albert Gallatin with an 11-0 win on the Colonials’ home field Tuesday. Connor Bergman carried the big bat for the Leopards, finishing with a ...
Warriors lead critical contest at West Mifflin
Sports
By By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com 
April 30, 2025
The big Section 2-4A game will be continued this afternoon at the Titan Evolution Complex. On the second day of Elizabeth Forward and West Mifflin’s pivotal Section 2-4A baseball series, another highl...