Leps celebrate with ring ceremony
High school
By Jeremy Sellew 
May 9, 2024
By Liam Belan lbelan@yourmvi.com For the second time in two seasons, Belle Vernon’s football team commemorated a state championship season with a ring ceremony at Leopard Hall Wednesday night. The cur...
Local teams ready for playoffs
High school
By Jeremy Sellew 
May 9, 2024
By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com Over the next two afternoons, local baseball and softball teams will learn where they fall in the WPIAL championships. Softball brackets will be released today at ...
High school
By Jeremy Sellew 
May 9, 2024
By ADAM BREWER MVI Sports The Serra Catholic softball team wanted a playoff tune-up at the end of the regular season. The Section 2-2A champions got exactly that and then some Wednesday afternoon when...
Spartans no match for heavy-hitting Eagles
High school
By Mon Valley Independent 
May 8, 2024
By Liam Belan lbelan@yourmvi.com With an 18-3 victory at Brentwood on Tuesday, the Serra Catholic baseball team finished the season with a perfect 12-0 record in Section 3-2A play as they had already ...
Cougars settle for 3rd
High school
By Mon Valley Independent 
May 8, 2024
By ADAM BREWER MVI Sports What a difference 24 hours make. After compiling a seven-run sixth inning in a 10-4 victory over Chartiers-Houston Monday, the Charleroi baseball team could not muster that s...
Telegdy’s walk-off single pushes Warriors past TJ
High school
HIGH SCHOOL ROUNDUP
By JEREMY SELLEW 
May 7, 2024
Shelby Telegdy drove in Hannah Evans with a walk-off single in the bottom of the ninth inning to give the Warriors a 2-1 win in a non-section thriller Tuesday at William Penn Field. Evans led off the ...
Frazier clinches another section title
High school
By Mon Valley Independent 
May 7, 2024
By Andrew White MVI Sports In a thrilling showdown between two local softball powerhouses, the Frazier Commodores emerged victorious over the Jeannette Jayhawks in a nail-biting 1-0 game.   The win no...
Bearcats’ first section crown since 2011
High school
By Mon Valley Independent 
May 7, 2024
By ADAM BREWER MVI Sports Expectations were raised for the Bentworth softball squad at the start of the 2024 season. With a young core returning and a stud, freshman pitcher coming into the fold, the ...
Golden Lions hold off Yough
High school
By Mon Valley Independent 
May 7, 2024
By BILL BECKNER JR. Trib Total Media Greensburg Salem felt it could have done more with its 15 hits and slew of opportunities on the base paths.   As it turned out, the Golden Lions did just enough to...
Jackowski family savors SA section title
High school
By Mon Valley Independent 
May 6, 2024
By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com When South Allegheny’s baseball team captured a section title for the first time since 1998 with a 9-2 victory over Keystone Oaks this past Tuesday, the feat was remar...
Jackson signs deal to fulfill his dream
Cal (Pa.), Local/Youth, NFL
By Mon Valley Independent 
May 4, 2024
By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com Since JaQuae Jackson was a little boy tossing the football around, he had a dream of playing in the National Football League.   On April 27, his dream come true wi...
’Dores runs section streak to 49
High school
By Mon Valley Independent 
May 4, 2024
By ADAM BREWER MVI Sports Addison Hiles is just in her first year at the varsity softball level for Frazier. She doesn’t pitch like a freshman….and she doesn’t hit like one either. Hiles racked up 13 ...
Etling, Scotties bite Cougars, 12-2
High school
By Mon Valley Independent 
May 4, 2024
By BILL BECKNER JR. Trib Total Media If teams continue to pitch inside to Makayla Etling, they are probably going to continue to pay the price.   Etling’s bat is making a different sound right now.   ...
Warriors bring the bats to beat Cougars
High school
By Mon Valley Independent 
May 3, 2024
By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com Elizabeth Forward held its senior recognition ceremony prior to a 9-3 victory over Yough Thursday, but it was a pair of juniors that starred for the Warriors. Cy Herch...
Warriors up section winning streak to 35
High school
By Mon Valley Independent 
May 3, 2024
By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com Chalk up another undefeated section season for the Elizabeth Forward softball squad. The Warriors (15-1, 12-0) smashed 16 hits in four innings at the plate in a 13...
Draisaitl’s two goals lead Oilers to next round
NHL
May 2, 2024
EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — The Edmonton Oilers and Los Angeles Kings played a tight-checking series at even strength. The special teams matchup, however, was lopsided — and that’s why it ended in five g...
Top-seeded Celtics advance past Heat
NBA
May 2, 2024
BOSTON (AP) — The Boston Celtics ran away from the rest of the NBA in the regular season. So far, the playoffs have been more of the same. The team that won 64 games to claim the league’s overall top ...
Take 5: Pirates need to find answers fast
Pittsburgh
By By KEVIN GORMAN Trib Total Media 
May 2, 2024
The Pittsburgh Pirates bottomed out in the Bay, especially when they had chances to cash in. If the Pirates (14-18) losing 13 of their past 16 games to complete a freefall from first place in the NL C...
Steelers decline options for Harris, Fields
Pittsburgh
By By JOE RUTTER Trib Total Media 
May 2, 2024
The Pittsburgh Steelers declined the fifth-year options for running back Najee Harris and quarterback Justin Fields, making them eligible for free agency after the 2024 season. Harris was scheduled to...
Beloved video-game behemoth is back
NCAA
By By RYAN KRYSKA AP Sports Writer 
May 2, 2024
EA Sports NCAA College Football is expected to hit shelves once again in July. In a Michigan basement decked out in maize and blue, a father sat with his son. They’d bond over a football video game. O...