West Allegheny coach Bob Palko and TJ coach Bill Cherpak talk before last week’s game. Mike Darnay / MVI Sports

BVA’s Jace Gedekoh accounted for 229 total yards and four touchdowns against Mt. Pleasant. Jeff Helsel / MVI Sports

Elizabeth Forward will host the Spartans in a nonconference matchup between top teams in Class 4A and 3A. Week 8 of the WPIAL football season usually signals the start of the home stretch for playoff ...

Frazier (4-3, 3-1) at Beth-Center (7-0, 4-0) 7 p.m. Frazier takes a three-game winning streak into one of its toughest tests of the season against the Bulldogs. The Commodores are coming off a 48-0 wi...

For the first time since suffering a toe injury during a game four weeks ago, Pittsburgh Steelers running back Rico Dowdle on Thursday made it through a full practice. That bodes well for a return to ...

BVA Metro hoops set to hold tryouts The Belle Vernon Area Metro Basketball Association will hold tryouts for the upcoming season during the week of Oct. 26. Any boy currently in third-sixth grade, att...

Maicee Smith and Mia Johnston found the back of the net in EF’s 2-0 win over Thomas Jefferson. Before the 2026 season, it had been three years since Elizabeth Forward and Thomas Jefferson last met in ...

Week 5 of the 2026 NFL season delivered huge fantasy performances, dramatic finishes and results that could change the outlook of the season. Detroit bounced back from its Week 4 loss by crushing Ariz...

Brielle Dillon’s hat trick led Bentworth closer to another section title. With overcast and rainy skies, the Bentworth girls soccer team honored its seven seniors on Senior Night on “the Hill” the onl...

For the second week in a row, Clairton’s opponent will not take the field against the Bears. WPIAL officials provided some clarity Wednesday, a day after a Class A Eastern Conference football game was...

Belle Vernon closed out section play with a 2-0 win over Laurel Highlands, getting goals from Raegan Sobczak and Deaulla Lightfoot. The Leopards (9-2-4, 7-1-2) led 1-0 at halftime before adding anothe...

Brandon Lowe is best known for his bat after leading the Pittsburgh Pirates in home runs and RBIs, but his defense put him in position for a postseason honor. Lowe and Jared Triolo, his double play pa...

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Defining chemistry with a wide receiver is easy for Aaron Rodgers. It’s a nod. A wink. A glance. A gesture. Sometimes there are no verbal or physical cues at all, but an ESP of sorts...

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — Even though Penn State’s results don’t show it, Matt Campbell believes his team is making progress. With a trip to Michigan looming, the Penn State coach would like to see mo...

There were few surprises in regards to which offensive players saw the most action while reviewing snap counts of Pitt’s loss to North Carolina on Saturday. Quarterback Holden Geriner and the Panthers...

Ville Koivunen wasn’t quite sure of the conversion rate. After all, he is from Finland and the arithmetic is different in the United States. How much weight did the Pittsburgh Penguins forward add thi...

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — A once prominent youth gymnastics coach was sentenced to 90 years in prison Wednesday for secretly recording his young female students undressing and using the bathroom at a Mis...

HENDERSON, Nev. (AP) — The Raiders ‘ young secondary calmed a lot of nerves in the first four games, making plays and showing maybe it won’t be an area of concern this season. Then New England quarter...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The moment Joe Lacob walks into the Chase Center and heads for his courtside seats, he and his family immediately feel the enormous energy and wholesome vibe that is the Golden St...

COLLEGE BASKETBALL (MEN) 9 p.m. - SECN — Exhibition: Alabama vs. Mississippi, Birmingham, Ala. COLLEGE FOOTBALL 7:30 p.m. - ESPN — East Carolina at UAB 7:30 p.m. - ESPN2 — Georgia Southern at Old Domi...