Valley athletes among meet’s top performers
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FAYETTE COUNTY COACHES ASSOCIATION CHAMPIONSHIP
By By JIM DOWNEY The Daily Courier 
April 28, 2025
Belle Vernon’s Ryan Kent was awarded Field MVP honors. Ryan Kent had an event remaining on his schedule as the annual Fayette County Coaches Association Championship wound down to a close Saturday, so...
Epps has long-term plans to build SA girls basketball
Sports
By By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com 
April 28, 2025
He wants to set up a development system just like the boys have. The South Allegheny girls basketball program recently went in a new direction with the announcement of a familiar name as its head coac...
No WPIAL players in NFL Draft for first time since 1993
High school, News, NFL, ...
By By CHRIS HARLAN TribLive 
April 28, 2025
The league’s highest-rated player, Donovan McMillon, signed with the Browns Saturday as a free agent. A WPIAL streak that started more than three decades ago ended quietly Saturday. For the first time...
Steelers’ draft performance was better than predictions
Pittsburgh, Sports, Sports Columns
SPORTLIGHT
By By JEFF OLIVER MVI Sports 
April 28, 2025
Maybe I’m just getting old. I dunno. But I can’t remember a time when I was so wrong all the way around on a Steelers draft. No matter what it was, over the three-day event I missed it. There were pla...
Sports
April 28, 2025
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Andy Pages hit a home run, drove in a career-high four runs and tied a career best with four hits as the Los Angeles Dodgers rebounded from an early deficit to earn a 9-2 victory ov...
Time will tell if patient QB plan pays off for Steelers
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By By JOE RUTTER TribLive 
April 28, 2025
They selected Ohio State signal caller Will Howard in the sixth round. For much of the NFL Draft, the Pittsburgh Steelers’ plan for adding a third quarterback was that they didn’t seem to have one. Th...
Nebraska reminisces over walk-ons as numbers wane
NCAA, News, Sports
April 28, 2025
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Derek Wacker is living the dream of many boys who grew up in small town Nebraska, and he’s holding onto it as long as he can. Wacker is a walk-on football player for the Nebraska ...
Steve Kerr defends Jalen Brunson after profane jeers
Sports
April 28, 2025
DETROIT (AP) — New York Knicks guard Jalen Brunson was booed almost every time he touched the ball in Game 3 against the Detroit Pistons. Brunson heard much worse than that Thursday night during a win...
After long road to recovery, Kane contributing in big way
Sports
By By STEPHEN WHYNO AP 
April 28, 2025
Evander Kane could barely stand up in the immediate aftermath of complicated, invasive surgery. Rarely does a professional athlete go under the knife to have two adductor muscles, one in either hip, a...
Benn, Seguin still getting it done for Dallas at old age
Sports
April 28, 2025
DENVER (AP) — Jamie Benn and Tyler Seguin shared a brief, light-hearted moment in the locker room after Game 3. Just a pair of 30-somethings for the Dallas Stars chuckling over the fact that both scor...
Even NFL teams found Sanders’ fall in draft puzzling
Sports
By By ROB MAADDI AP 
April 28, 2025
Shedeur Sanders’ dramatic fall to Day 3 of the NFL draft baffled fans, analysts and some general managers and coaches. Sanders was considered a top-five overall pick after finishing his career at Colo...
Nats erase 6-run deficit, beat Mets 8-7 on error
Sports
April 28, 2025
WASHINGTON (AP) — CJ Abrams scored the winning run on Pete Alonso’s throwing error with one out in the ninth inning, and the Washington Nationals rallied from a six-run deficit to defeat the New York ...
Sports
HIGH SCHOOL ROUNDUP
By JEREMY SELLEW 
April 26, 2025
Mt. Pleasant used an eight-run third inning to take the lead and held off Belle Vernon, 8-7, in a battle of top Westmoreland County baseball teams. An error and a two-run single got things started as ...
Wade heading to The Rock
Sports
By By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com 
April 26, 2025
After one of the best basketball careers in WPIAL history, Clairton’s Iyanna Wade announced her decision to continue her academic and athletic career at Slippery Rock on Friday. Wade, who held offers ...
BVA’s Moore to play at D1 junior college Marcum
Sports
By By CHRIS HARLAN TribLive 
April 26, 2025
Belle Vernon senior Zion Moore, one of the WPIAL’s top basketball players, has committed to Harcum College in suburban Philadelphia. Harcum competes at the highest level of junior college basketball, ...
Rain suspends Bentworth’s big section tilt
Sports
By ADAM BREWER MVI SPORTS 
April 26, 2025
In a brutal Section 4-2A, Brownsville and Bentworth need a win to keep pace with frontrunners Waynesburg and Frazier. The Bentworth and Brownsville softball teams were ready to go Friday afternoon ahe...
RADUSEWICZ WINS VIA TKO
Sports
April 26, 2025
G-Force Athletic Club’s Dragan Radusewicz (center) picked up an impressive TKO win over Adin St. Clair of Burnside Boxing Club in Youngstown last weekend. Radusewicz forced a standing eight count afte...
Steelers go with Iowa RB Johnson in third round
NFL, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By JOE RUTTER TribLive 
April 26, 2025
Getting their running back to replace Najee Harris — and passing on a quarterback for the second day in a row — the Pittsburgh Steelers selected Iowa’s Kaleb Johnson in the third round of the NFL Draf...
Sports
April 26, 2025
Valley HOF banquet sells out The annual induction banquet for the Mid Mon Valley Hall of Fame has been announced as a sellout. This year’s class of inductees includes Tom DeRosa (Elizabeth Forward), S...
Pirates’ sweep effort falls short in loss to Angels
MLB, Pittsburgh, Sports
THURSDAY’S LATE GAME
By By JUSTIN GUERRIERO TribLive 
April 26, 2025
It took just under a month into the season, but Thursday night in Anaheim, the Pittsburgh Pirates were presented with their first opportunity at a sweep in 2025. They couldn’t cash in, losing 4-3 to t...