Vulcans set for opener against West Liberty
High school, Sports
By JEREMY SELLEW 
November 8, 2024
California (Pa.) will go by committee to replace the scoring of All-American Dejah Terrell. While the California (Pa.) women’s basketball team will have to replace All-American Dejah Terrell, the expe...
Warriors host Trojans in WPIAL quarterfinal
High school, Sports
By JEREMY SELLEW 
November 8, 2024
North Catholic is seeded 11th in the 3A bracket and defeated No. 6 Deer Lakes in the first round. On paper, the Elizabeth Forward football team is excited to be facing the overall No. 11 seed in the W...
High school, Sports, Sports Columns
FRIDAY NIGHT PICKS
By JEREMY SELLEW 
November 8, 2024
The pickins’ are getting slimmer as we’re down to the nitty gritty of the WPIAL football season. While there are fewer games involving local teams, the importance of those games grows as we get closer...
Jaguars, Quips face off in 4A showdown
High school, Sports
By By CHRIS HARLAN Trib Total Media 
November 8, 2024
Go back in time four years to when Thomas Jefferson and Aliquippa met in the 2020 WPIAL finals. It seemed then that a new rivalry was blossoming with the Quips’ arrival in Class 4A. Yet, they haven’t ...
Steelers face Commanders in a clash of teams on unexpected playoff track
NFL, Sports
November 8, 2024
ASHBURN, Va. (AP) — The odds were against the Pittsburgh Steelers and Washington Commanders making the playoffs before the season started, for various reasons on either side. They meet up just past th...
Diaz Graham embraces leader role – in Spanish or English
NCAA, Sports
By By JERRY DIPAOLA Trib Total Media 
November 8, 2024
Guillermo Diaz Graham is 21 years old now, no longer a newcomer to the rigors of ACC basketball like he was in 2022. He’s a Pitt junior, entrusted by coach Jeff Capel to shoot 3s, rebound and launch h...
New receiver Williams ‘moving everywhere’
NFL, Sports
By By CHRIS ADAMSKI Trib Total Media 
November 8, 2024
Mike Williams was asleep Tuesday when his trade from the New York Jets to the Pittsburgh Steelers was finalized. But the man whose playing time Williams is most likely to siphon isn’t sleeping on what...
Smith excited to play in Steelers’ 3-4 defense
NFL, Sports
By By KEVIN GORMAN Trib Total Media 
November 8, 2024
When Preston Smith received the phone call that his trade request was granted by the Green Bay Packers, he admitted that he checked the AFC North standings to look up the record of the Pittsburgh Stee...
NFL, Sports
AP PRO PICKS
By By ROB MAADDI AP Pro Football Writer 
November 8, 2024
Six teams are road favorites and two more are slight underdogs in Week 10. The 49ers, Bills, Vikings, Falcons, Eagles and Lions each are favorites on the road. The Jets and Dolphins both are only 1-po...
Dobbins makes the case for Comeback Player
NFL, Sports
November 8, 2024
EL SEGUNDO, Calif. (AP) — J.K. Dobbins knows midseason plaudits don’t mean much. However, the fact that he is mentioned as a candidate for Comeback Player of the Year does provide even more incentive ...
No. 23 Pitt looks to bounce back from loss
NCAA, Sports
November 8, 2024
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Pittsburgh safety Javon McIntyre would have preferred a different wake-up call after getting drilled on the road at SMU, a game in which the 23rdranked Panthers were outplayed from s...
No. 5 Longhorns look to find offensive mojo
NCAA, Sports
By By JIM VERTUNO AP Sports Writer 
November 8, 2024
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Texas Longhorns are still very much in the thick of the Southeastern Conference title chase and the hunt for the College Football Playoff. But even they say something is missi...
Bucks remain confident they can turn things around
NBA, Sports
November 8, 2024
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Milwaukee Bucks coach Doc Rivers says the team isn’t putting any extra pressure on itself as it tries to bounce back from the franchise’s slowest start in three decades. The Bucks (1-...
Sports
November 8, 2024
2012 • Belle Vernon Area senior Dorian Johnson is narrowing his college choices. The 6-6, 290-pound tackle had committed early to Penn State but withdrew it after the NCAA announced sanctions on PSU a...
Will Bears’ defense shut down Cal’s Qualk?
High school, Sports
By ADAM BREWER MVI SPORTS 
November 7, 2024
On Friday at Charleroi High School, it will be a classic matchup of the Unstoppable Force vs. the Immoveable Object in the WPIAL Class 1A quarterfinals between a pair of Mon Valley squads, No. 2 Clair...
Koteles continues winning ways with division title
Other Sports, Sports
By By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com 
November 7, 2024
Despite competing against drivers older and more experienced in the Hobby Stocks Division at the Pittsburgh Motor Speedway, Stockdale’s Logan Koteles clinched the division title recently with 744 poin...
A big week for Spell, Vipperman
High school, Sports
WEEKLY HONORS
By By JEFF OLIVER MVI Sports 
November 7, 2024
It’s often said, “To the winners go the spoils,” and so it is with McKeesport’s Kemon Spell and Bentworth’s Andrew Vipperman. Spell led McKeesport to an impressive 34-11 4A football playoff win over B...
Frazier back at practice, expects to play Sunday
NFL, Sports
By By CHRIS ADAMSKI Trib Total Media 
November 7, 2024
Center Zach Frazier has missed the past two weeks since being injured in Las Vegas. So much for easing back into things. After a two-week absence, Zach Frazier is back as a full participant at Pittsbu...
Patterson upgraded, poised to return Sunday
NFL, Sports
STEELERS NOTEBOOK
By By CHRIS ADAMSKI Trib Total Media 
November 7, 2024
Cordarrelle Patterson appears poised for a return to game action for the Pittsburgh Steelers. The veteran return man and running back was a full practice participant Wednesday, according to the league...