Charleroi suffers third loss to Connellsville
High school, Sports
By By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com 
June 17, 2025
Ethan Porreca struck out 10 batters in the 4-2 victory. The Connellsville Senior Legion baseball team has gotten out to quite the start this summer, and it continued its winning ways Monday evening wi...
Williams scores 40 as Thunder take 3-2 lead
NBA, Sports
June 17, 2025
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander contributed 31 points in OKC’s 120-109 victory. OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Game 5 was starting to look like Game 1 all over again. Oklahoma City, at home, takes a huge lead. Indiana ...
BV dominates in twinbill sweep
High school, Sports
BASEBALL ROUNDUP
June 17, 2025
By the Mon Valley Independent Belle Vernon powered its way to an 11-0 mercy-rule victory over Colonial #3 in a dominant five-inning performance Monday, notching its first win of the season behind stro...
Soccer was first love for multi-sport star Tom DeRosa
High school, Sports, Sports Columns
June 17, 2025
He spent time as a professional in football and golf as well as soccer. By the Mon Valley Independent Few athletes can say they competed professionally in not one, but three different sports. Tom DeRo...
Crosby named to Canada’s preliminary Olympic roster
NHL, Sports
By By SETH RORABAUGH TribLive 
June 17, 2025
Every participating nation in the 2026 Games had to select six players by Monday. Pittsburgh Penguins forward Sidney Crosby was named to Canada’s preliminary roster for the 2026 Olympics, which will b...
U.S. hopes win over Trinidad starts upswing
Sports
June 17, 2025
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — The U.S. hopes a blowout win over the world’s 100thranked team can start to lessen the pessimism created by the Americans’ longest losing streak since 2007. Malik Tillman score...
Is McDavid producing enough for the Oilers?
NHL, Sports
By By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer 
June 17, 2025
It took until 13 minutes left in Game 5 of the Stanley Cup Final for Connor Mc-David to score his first goal of the series, and it was after he and the Edmonton Oilers fell behind 3-0 to the Florida P...
Van Gisbergen’s emotional win locks him into playoffs
Sports
June 17, 2025
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Very little went right for Shane Van Gisbergen in the buildup to NASCAR’s first international Cup Series points-paying race of the modern era. A mechanical issue on takeoff forced h...
SPORTS SNAPSHOTS
High school, Sports
WPIAL CHAMPIONSHIP: ELIZABETH FORWARD VS. INDIANA MIKE DARNAY / MVI SPORTS
June 17, 2025
Sports
June 17, 2025
BOWLING 7 p.m. - CBSSN — PWBA: The U.S. Women’s Open, Lincoln, Neb. COLLEGE BASEBALL 2 p.m. - ESPN — Men’s College World Series: Oregon St. vs. Louisville, Game 9, Omaha, Neb. 7 p.m. - ESPN — Men’s Co...
MLB, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By JUSTIN GUERRIERO TribLive 
June 17, 2025
The Pittsburgh Pirates announced a pair of roster transactions Monday, an off day for the club, ending the rehabilitation assignent of right-hander Dauri Moreta and designating catcher Brett Sullivan ...
NHL, Sports
STANLEY CUP NOTEBOOK
June 17, 2025
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — It’s anyone’s guess who starts in goal for the Edmonton Oilers when they face elimination in Game 6 of the Stanley Cup Final against the Florida Panthers on Tuesday night....
Sports
“THE SUPER GENIUS”
By By MARK MADDEN TribLive columnist 
June 17, 2025
Stephen A. Smith played solitaire on his phone during Game 4 of the NBA Finals at Indianapolis. He was on duty and on site for ESPN. ESPN pays Smith $20 million per year. But he couldn’t be bothered t...
Oakmont lives up to reputation
Sports
By By CHUCK CURTI & BILL HARTLEP TribLive 
June 17, 2025
The 2025 U.S. Open at Oakmont Country Club will certainly be remembered by golf fans for the thrilling finish, in addition to lengthy moments of pouring rain and frustrated stars dealing with lightnin...
Texas lineman commits to Pitt
NCAA, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By BILL HARTLEP TribLive 
June 17, 2025
Pitt nabbed its first four-star recruit in the Class of 2026 on Sunday when offensive lineman Day’Jon Moore committed to coach Pat Narduzzi. A 6-foot-3, 305-pound interior lineman at Willis High Schoo...
Sleith Schaffer dominated in the pitcher’s circle
Sports
MID-MON VALLEY ALL SPORTS HALL OF FAME
June 16, 2025
She put up exceptional numbers for Yough and is a member of the Robert Morris Hall of Fame. For the MVI For Nicole Sleith Schaffer, greatness began on a mound in western Pennsylvania — and it hasn’t s...
Cherington wasting elite pitching
MLB, Pittsburgh, Sports, ...
SPORTLIGHT
By By JEFF OLIVER MVI Sports 
June 16, 2025
Let’s forget about the fact, if we can, that the Pirates are in Year 6 of a five-year rebuilding plan that GM Ben Cherington has led from the start. Let’s also forget that it looks like Year 6 could v...
Quinn Construction blasts Upper St. Clair, 14-0
Sports
BASEBALL ROUNDUP
By By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com 
June 16, 2025
Quinn Construction dominated its Friday matchup against Upper St. Clair with a 14-0 win despite only six hits. Upper. St Clair (2-3) committed four errors and mustered only one hit as Corry Ryan, Dom ...
Bucs fall to Cubs in 10 innings
MLB, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By JUSTIN GUERRIERO TribLive 
June 16, 2025
Ian Happ drove in the game-winning run with a single off David Bednar. The Pittsburgh Pirates departed Chicago on Sunday having dropped three of four to the Cubs after another extra-innings loss at Wr...
Local baseball season extends into summer
High school, Sports
By By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com 
June 16, 2025
Players are involved in a number of leagues on area diamonds. Between senior and junior legion ball, county league play and Daily News League action, several Mon Valley athletes have continued playing...