4 Mon Valley teams among the best in the district
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By By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com 
January 6, 2025
The SA and Serra Catholic boys and the TJ and Clairton girls all look like legitimate title contenders. The WPIAL basketball season is fully entering section play now that the new year is upon us, and...
Ringgold wrestlers fourth at TRICADA Tournament
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By By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com 
January 6, 2025
Ringgold’s wrestling team posted a fourth-place finish over the weekend in the TRICADA Tournament at West Greene. The Rams had three firstplace finishers, including Jake Conroy (215), who was named th...
Penguins fall to Hurricanes in overtime
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By By SETH RORABAUGH TribLive 
January 6, 2025
Sebastian Aho scored the gamewinner at 1:30 of the OT period. The Pittsburgh Penguins completed the first half of the 2024-25 season in a fashion that has been far too quotidian in their first 41 game...
Steelers to open playoffs Saturday in Baltimore
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By By JOE RUTTER TribLive 
January 6, 2025
They wound up as the sixth seed in the AFC after closing the season with four straight losses. Failing to get the help they needed Sunday to secure a higher playoff seed, the Pittsburgh Steelers will ...
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SPORTLIGHT
By By JEFF OLIVER MVI Sports 
January 6, 2025
If I hadn’t seen it, I would have never believed it. What in the world happened to the Steelers over the last month? Four weeks ago (which now seems like an eternity), the Steelers were 10-3 and comfo...
Patriots fire Mayo as head coach after just one season
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January 6, 2025
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — The New England Patriots fired coach Jerod Mayo on Sunday after one season, beginning another reboot for the franchise just a year after it parted with longtime coach Bill Bel...
Penn State optimistic Abdul Carter can play against ND
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January 6, 2025
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — It’s still too early to determine if Penn State defensive end Abdul Carter will be available when the sixth-seeded Nittany Lions (13-2) play seventh-seeded Notre Dame (13-1) ...
ND’s Jeremiyah Love expected to play in Orange Bowl
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By By MICHAEL MAROT AP 
January 6, 2025
Notre Dame running back Jeremiyah Love is expected to start Thursday in the Orange Bowl against sixth-seeded Penn State, enabling the seventh-seeded Fighting Irish and their trademark ground game to o...
Packers suffer injuries to Love, Watson in loss Sunday
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January 6, 2025
GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Green Bay Packers wide receiver Christian Watson was carted into the locker room and quarterback Jordan Love hurt his throwing elbow in the second quarter Sunday against the Chi...
FCS title game features same quarterbacks from 2021
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January 6, 2025
FRISCO, Texas (AP) — A matchup of undefeated Montana State and perennial champion North Dakota State in the Football Championship Subdivision title game is no real surprise. What is unique is that bot...
U.S. beats Czechia to set up world junior final against Finland
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January 6, 2025
OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Boston University’s Cole Eiserman broke a second- period tie and the defending champion United States beat Czechia 4-1 on Saturday night to advance to the world junior hockey ch...
Forgan and Kirkby win another medal for USA Luge
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January 6, 2025
SIGULDA, Latvia (AP) — Chevonne Forgan and Sophie Kirkby of the U.S. got their third World Cup women’s doubles luge medal of the season Saturday, continuing their climb in the rankings. Forgan and Kir...
Evans reaches 1,000 yards; Bucs win NFC South
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NFL ROUNDUP
January 6, 2025
They’ll host Washington in a wild card game Sunday night. TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Just 36 seconds away from clinching the NFC South title, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers had another goal to achieve. Take a knee ...
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January 6, 2025
2005 • Bentworth’s boys basketball team tuned for a Section 3-1A home game against Monessen with a 69-56 win over visiting California. Ryan O’Donnell (23) and Matt Lammay (20) combined for 43 points f...
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January 6, 2025
Buccaneers safety Jordan Whitehead injured in car accident TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Tampa Bay Buccaneers safety Jordan Whitehead was injured in a car accident Saturday and didn’t play against the Saints on ...
Leps rally past Warriors in fourth quarter
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By By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com 
January 4, 2025
WITH THE WIN, BVA HEAD COACH JOE SALVINO MOVES INTO 2ND PLACE ON WPIAL ALL-TIME WINS LIST The longtime coach now has 731 wins, passing former Geibel coach Ken Misiak (730). Belle Vernon head coach Joe...
Dumbroski, Eagles fly through Greyhounds
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By ADAM BREWER MVI SPORTS 
January 4, 2025
Serra Catholic gave Monessen some of its own medicine, forcing 26 turnovers in the win. Over the years, a lot of boys’ basketball teams control the game at Monessen’s Major Corley Court with a relentl...
Poor start dooms Tigers on the road in Uniontown
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HIGH SCHOOL ROUNDUP
By JEREMY SELLEW 
January 4, 2025
A poor start was detrimental to any upset hopes for McKeesport in its Section 1-5A matchup on the road at Uniontown Friday. The Red Raiders remained unbeaten in section play by walloping the Tigers, 7...
Slumping Steelers host surging Bengals
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January 4, 2025
PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Pittsburgh Steelers are heading to the playoffs. It just doesn’t exactly feel like it — or look like it — heading into their regular-season finale against Cincinnati on Saturday ...
Penguins salvage point in shootout loss
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By By SETH RORABAUGH Trib Total Media 
January 4, 2025
Since Nov. 7, the Pittsburgh Penguins have largely operated with two different power-play units featuring their top players spread across each squad. That binary approach to the man advantage accounte...