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December 13, 2024
Monessen-Brownsville canceled next week The Monessen boys basketball game against Brownsville scheduled for Monday has been canceled, but the Greyhounds will still take the floor. Westinghouse will re...
Young Leps fall to Connellsville without Lee
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By By JASON BLACK For MVI Sports 
December 12, 2024
With a handful of losses to start the season, the Connellsville girls basketball team was in desperate need of a confidence boost and some positive vibes. On Wednesday, the Falcons got exactly what th...
Cummings scores 30 off the bench to lead Pitt
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By By JERRY DIPAOLA Trib Total Media 
December 12, 2024
Brandin Cummings is the fourth Panthers’ freshman to score 30 points in a game. On a team with veteran guards Jaland Lowe and Ishmael Leggett, freshman Brandin Cummings found himself in the brightest ...
Monessen’s Allen was one of the Valley’s most memorable ‘Reggies’
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By By WAYNE STEWART For MVI Sports 
December 12, 2024
(Editor’s note: This is the first of a two-part story featuring Monessen’s Reggie Allen). There’s something magical about the first name Reggie in the world of football. It brings back memories of Hal...
Bearcats grapplers pin down ’Dores
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By ANDREW WHITE, MVI Sports 
December 12, 2024
Bentworth dug deep to secure a hard-fought 42-26 victory over Frazier Wednesday night, using timely wins, clutch performances and key forfeits to pull away late in a tense wrestling dual in Section 3-...
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December 12, 2024
IRVING, Texas (AP) — The NFL will consider expanding replay assist to include facemask penalties and other plays. Officials have missed several obvious facemask penalties this season, including two in...
Steelers have stopped just about everybody, ‘Mr. Barkley’ up next
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December 12, 2024
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Mike Tomlin started going down the checklist of the myriad ways Saquon Barkley can beat you. It took the Pittsburgh Steelers coach a while — by his usually measured standards anyway ...
Southmoreland coach Bukowski resigns
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By By BILL BECKNER JR. Trib Total Media 
December 12, 2024
At most of his football coaching stops, Tim Bukowski stayed seven years. That was the case at Monessen, Charleroi, Clairton and, now, Southmoreland. “I am not making it to eight,” said Bukowski, who r...
Penn State to be ‘very aggressive’ in transfer portal
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December 12, 2024
PennLive.com via Trib Total Media The transfer portal officially opened Monday, starting a stretch of 20 days between Monday and Dec. 28 where players can enter the portal and find a new college progr...
Gastineau confronts Favre for ‘dive’ on Strahan sack
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By By DENNIS WASZAK JR. AP Pro Football Writer 
December 12, 2024
Former New York Jets star Mark Gastineau confronted Brett Favre last year at a memorabilia show and angrily accused the Pro Football Hall of Fame quarterback of deliberately going down on a record-bre...
In season filled with close games, no one wins more than Chiefs
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By By JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer 
December 12, 2024
In a season on pace for a record number of close games, no team has been better at pulling them out late than the two-time defending champion Kansas City Chiefs. Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs tied an...
Samuel says frustration led to deleted social-media post
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December 12, 2024
SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — The least productive four-game stretch of Deebo Samuel’s career sent the frustrated wide receiver for the San Francisco 49ers to social media. In a now-deleted post on X, fo...
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December 12, 2024
CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) — The expanded College Football Playoff brings something new for coaches who are used to planning for one game, maybe two: Rust vs. rest. The 12-team bracket released Sunday feature...
Gabriel’s run similar to that of Mariota
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By By ANNE M. PETERSON AP Sports Writer 
December 12, 2024
Dillon Gabriel was faced with a quandary when he arrived at Oregon this year. Gabriel had worn No. 8 at Oklahoma before transferring for his sixth season of eligibility. But in Eugene, that number had...
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December 12, 2024
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December 12, 2024
2013 • The Belle Vernon Area boys basketball team has given new coach Kyle DeGregorio his first win. The BVA boys jumped out to a 16-point halftime lead on their way to a 52-41 victory over Mt. Pleasa...
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December 12, 2024
BVA MS boys swarm GCC The Belle Vernon Area Middle School boys basketball team remained unbeaten with a pair of lopsided wins at Greensburg Central Catholic Wednesday. The 8th-grade Leopards (4-0) pic...
Leopards roar past Tigers in 4th quarter
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By JEREMY SELLEW 
December 11, 2024
Defense helped BVA outscore McKeesport, 24-12, in the final period of Tuesday’s win. The Belle Vernon Area boys basketball team upped its winning streak to three Monday with a non-section win over vis...
Defense pushes Cougars to big win over Carmichaels
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By ANDREW WHITE, MVI Sports 
December 11, 2024
Charleroi put on a defensive clinic Tuesday, cruising to a 65-30 victory over Carmichaels behind a relentless press, balanced scoring, and contributions from the bench. The Cougars jumped out to an ea...
Kaszer’s big night lifts Jaguars over Titans
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By By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com 
December 11, 2024
Noah Kaszer hit five 3-pointers and scored 23 points for Thomas Jefferson. WPIAL basketball teams across the area are preparing for section play with tough matchups, and West Mifflin was no different ...