Commodores storm past Cougars
Sports
By JEREMY SELLEW 
March 31, 2025
Zoe Zurenski had a pair of doubles and a triple to help lead Frazier over Charleroi, 13-1. The Frazier softball team put a lackluster performance in their season opener behind them with an offensive s...
Loss won’t define Gladiators’ season
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SPORTLIGHT
By By JEFF OLIVER MVI Sports 
March 31, 2025
The greatest basketball season in South Allegheny history ended on a sour note in a 60-51 loss to West Catholic in the PIAA 3A championship game Saturday. However, losing a championship game in which ...
Bednar takes the loss as Pirates walked off again
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By By JERRY DIPAOLA TribLive 
March 31, 2025
The Bucs lost 3 of 4 to the Marlins in their opening series of the season. The inability to perform one of baseball’s most basic and important tasks — hitting safely with runners in scoring position —...
Riverhounds show offensive spark
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By By JOHN PHILLIPS TribLive 
March 31, 2025
After beating Hartford a week ago in the team’s 2025 home opener, Pittsburgh Riverhounds coach Bob Lilley said his goal scorers needed to finish better when on the attack. It seems that a week of mess...
Auburn wins to send all No. 1s to Final Four
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March 31, 2025
ATLANTA (AP) — Johni Broome had 25 points and 14 rebounds, and Auburn took command with 17 unanswered points in the first half to beat Michigan State 70-64 on Sunday and complete a sweep of No. 1 seed...
Cherington praises Henry Davis’ work behind the plate
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By By JERRY DIPAOLA TribLive 
March 31, 2025
Catcher Henry Davis started his fifth season in professional baseball in Triple-A Indianapolis, but Pittsburgh Pirates general manager Ben Cherington still believes in Davis, the first player selected...
Yankees’ torpedo-shaped bats draw attention
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March 31, 2025
NEW YORK (AP) — New torpedo bats drew attention when the New York Yankees hit a team-record nine homers that traveled a combined 3,695 feet on Saturday. Using a strikingly different model in which woo...
Bueckers, UConn hope to take next step
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March 31, 2025
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — UConn coach Geno Auriemma caused a minor stir during last year’s NCAA Tournament when he proclaimed that his star guard, Paige Bueckers, was the best player in the country. It ra...
RAINY SNAPSHOTS
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March 31, 2025
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March 31, 2025
Crosby’s OT winner lifts Penguins past Senators PITTSBURGH (AP) — Sidney Crosby scored a power- play goal in overtime and the Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Ottawa Senators 1-0 on Sunday. Crosby has eig...
Cruz’s blast helps Keller, Bucs get 1st win
Sports
By By JERRY DIPAOLA Trib Total Media 
March 29, 2025
The Pittsburgh Pirates showed Friday night what can happen when the baseball lands where it’s supposed to go — in the fielders’ gloves. After two passed balls, an error and a fly ball that should have...
Musial looks back on his time in Donora
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By By WAYNE STEWART For MVI Sports 
March 29, 2025
Some time ago, a column in the Mon Valley Independent featured letters Stan Musial wrote back home, mainly from 1939-1946, to Joe Barbao. During that span, Musial was making sure to keep in touch with...
Gladiators look to accomplish mission
Sports
By JEREMY SELLEW 
March 29, 2025
Head coach Tony DiCenzo knows his team faces “big challenge” against D-12’s West Catholic. The final game of the season has arrived for the South Allegheny boys basketball team and the Gladiators have...
Trojans up big on Hounds before rain
Sports
By ADAM BREWER MVI SPORTS 
March 29, 2025
The California and Monessen softball teams were looking to dodge some raindrops and get their non-section contest in at Coal Center, but Mother Nature had other plans. Persistent rains and an unplayab...
Gonzales added to injured list
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By By JERRY DIPAOLA Trib Total Media 
March 29, 2025
The Pittsburgh Pirates placed second baseman Nick Gonzales on the 10-day injured list Friday with a non-displaced fracture in his left ankle. Gonzales, who hit a home run Thursday in the loss to the M...
Tennessee back to Elite 8 after beating Wildcats
Sports
March 29, 2025
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Zakai Zeigler had 18 points and 10 assists, and Tennessee outhustled and outplayed Kentucky on both ends of the court in a 78-65 victory Friday night that sent the Volunteers to a ...
Cruz’s mental lapse in CF costly for Pirates
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By By KEVIN GORMAN TribLive 
March 29, 2025
Oneil Cruz has a history of heroics on Opening Day for the Pittsburgh Pirates, serving as the difference maker in one-run wins at the Cincinnati Reds in 2023 and at the Miami Marlins last year. But Cr...
Flagg flies as Blue Devils reach Elite 8
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THURSDAY’S LATE GAME
March 29, 2025
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Duke stud Cooper Flagg’s highlight reel included a 3-pointer from just in front of the logo at the halftime buzzer, one no-look pass for an alley- oop and another for a 3, and a hu...
Watkins’ injury leaves large void in tournament
Sports
March 29, 2025
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Dawn Staley sent JuJu Watkins a text as soon as she saw the star Southern California sophomore suffer a season-ending knee injury on Monday night. It was “really tough” to see ...
SPORTS SNAPSHOTS
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March 29, 2025