BVA sets up Trinity showdown with dominant win at Ringgold
High school, Sports
By By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com 
October 19, 2024
Curty Wade completed all 10 of his passes for 233 yards and three TDs. Entering Friday’s contest at Ringgold looking for a win to stay in contention for a second-place finish in the Big 6 Conference, ...
Waynesburg Central wins at Charleroi
High school, Sports
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL ROUNDUP
By By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com 
October 19, 2024
Charleroi suffered a tough 49-23 setback to Waynesburg Central in Central Conference action Friday night. Waynesburg Central (5-4, 3-2) took a 35-7 advantage into halftime and scored two more times in...
Qualk runs wild as California wins at B-C
High school, Sports
By ADAM BREWER MVI SPORTS 
October 19, 2024
The WPIAL’s rushing leader ran for 261 yards and five touchdowns on just 20 carries. Another Friday night, another monster game for California’s Lee Qualk. The senior tailback continued his stellar fa...
West Mifflin stays in playoff race by beating Knoch
High school, Sports
By By JOSH RIZZO For MVI Sports 
October 19, 2024
Sophomore running back Armand Hill posted 334 rushing yards and four touchdowns. Any available space was the perfect amount of room for West Mifflin sophomore running back Armand Hill to make somethin...
9 area teams reach volleyball playoffs
High school, Sports
By JEREMY SELLEW 
October 19, 2024
Section champions Frazier and Thomas Jefferson are the highestseeded local teams. The WPIAL announced the brackets for the annual volleyball playoffs and nine local teams will begin making their run t...
Sports
October 19, 2024
AUSTRALIAN RULES FOOTBALL (WOMEN) 4 a.m. - FS2 — AFL: Fremantle at West Coast Midnight - FS2 — AFL: North Melbourne at Essendon 2 a.m. (Sunday) - FS2 — AFL: Port Adelaide at Collingwood AUTO RACING 1:...
Starting Wilson makes sense for Steelers
NFL, Sports
By By ROB MAADDI AP Pro Football Writer 
October 19, 2024
Starting Russell Wilson makes sense for the Pittsburgh Steelers. Sure, Justin Fields has played well enough to keep his job. He has made steady progress, used his athletic ability to compensate for th...
Payton triumphs in his return to New Orleans
NFL, Sports
THURSDAY’S LATE GAME
October 19, 2024
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Sean Payton made a point of getting to the Superdome long before he normally would for a game — six hours before kickoff — so he could ease into his emotional return to a place wher...
Cardinals’ tough schedule continues with Chargers
NFL, Sports
October 19, 2024
GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Kyler Murray and the Arizona Cardinals aren’t going to start talking about mustwin games in mid-October. Even so, the prospect of a third straight lost season makes Monday night...
Pats to practice on Churchill’s old stomping grounds
NFL, Sports
October 19, 2024
LONDON (AP) — They’ll toil and sweat but hopefully without the blood and tears. A London game is more than just a typical road trip for NFL teams. It’s a chance to learn about local history, too. In f...
Jackson, Ravens look to extend streak over Buccaneers
NFL, Sports
October 19, 2024
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Todd Bowles could barely contain his laughter when asked to share his thoughts on Baker Mayfield’s mobility and ability to run. The usually stoic coach of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers c...
Oregon exploited loophole against Ohio State
NCAA, Sports
By By WILL GRAVES AP National Writer 
October 19, 2024
By his own admission, Oregon coach Dan Lanning and the rest of his staff — currently at 30 and counting — spend “an inordinate amount of time” exploring all kinds of potential situations that may pop ...
High school, Sports
By By BILL BECKNER JR. TribLive 
October 19, 2024
Turnovers hurt the Cougars in the 37-8 conference loss. Cole Savage was in the mood for a big-man touchdown. His team is in the mood to make the WPIAL playoffs. Savage had a scoop-andscore, one of fou...
Sports
October 19, 2024
BVA girls sweep G’burg Salem The Belle Vernon Area Middle School girls basketball team swept its way to victory Friday over the visiting Golden Lions. The 8th-grade team (2-1) got a dominant 20-point ...
Leps advance past Titans
High school, Sports
By By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com 
October 18, 2024
It took 104 minutes to decide a winner at “The Beach” at James Weir Stadium in Thursday night’s WPIAL Class 3A playoff qualifier between No. 16 Belle Vernon and No. 17 West Mifflin, but after a hard f...
Interstate title on the line
High school, Sports
By By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com 
October 18, 2024
GAME OF THE WEEK - SOUTHMORELAND AT ELIZABETH FORWARD Two of the conference’s best quarterbacks will face off in the Scotties’ Anthony Smith and EF’s Ryan Messina. We’re getting to the end of the regu...
Scotties will challenge, but Interstate belongs to EF
High school, Sports
October 18, 2024
It’s going to be one of the top games of the season, but when Southmoreland comes to Warriors Stadium tonight are they a favorite in EF’s house? Undoubtedly this should be one of the top games I’ve ha...
High school, Sports
By By BILL BECKNER JR. Trib Total Media 
October 18, 2024
Greensburg Central’s Riley Kerr scored five goals in the Centurions’ 10-0 win at Trojans Stadium. Four soccer players, four cheerleaders, two cross-country runners and two basketball players are movin...
Bill Contz went from one Valley to another
Sports, Sports Columns
SPORTS STEW
By By WAYNE STEWART For MVI Sports 
October 18, 2024
Belle Vernon’s Bill Contz went from the Mon Valley to Happy Valley. He then ascended to the summit of football’s Mt. Everest, playing at the peak of the sport in the NFL. When asked for a career highl...
High school, Sports
October 18, 2024
By the Mon Valley Independent South Allegheny tuned up for the WPIAL playoffs by sweeping rival East Allegheny in both teams’ section finale Thursday. Game scores were 25-7, 25-15 and 25-9. Ally Chizm...