Voytik: Sharing QB spot can still be rewarding
NCAA, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By JERRY DIPAOLA Trib Total Media 
August 28, 2024
The former Pitt quarterback shared the position with Nate Peterman nine seasons ago. Pat Narduzzi will start the 2024 Pitt season with a question mark at the game’s most important position. Quarterbac...
Singleton stayed loyal despite multiple poaching attempts
NCAA, Sports
August 28, 2024
PennLive.com via Trib Total Media Nick Singleton and his parents hopped on a Zoom call with his name, image and likeness agents earlier this offseason. The star Penn State running back, after breaking...
MLB, Sports
August 28, 2024
WASHINGTON (AP) — Dylan Crews drove past the Washington Monument and the memorials on the National Mall on the way to his first day of work as a major league player. The Washington Nationals hope Crew...
MLB first as Jansen plays for both teams in one game
MLB, Sports
August 28, 2024
BOSTON (AP) — Former Blue Jays and current Red Sox catcher Danny Jansen didn’t just play for both teams in the same game — a first in Major League Baseball history. He batted for both teams in the sam...
BVA boys open with weather-shortened victory
Sports
HIGH SCHOOL ROUNDUP
August 28, 2024
Lightning halted the victory over Uniontown early in the second half. MVI Sports Trevor Kovatch tallied two goals as Belle Vernon topped Uniontown, 2-0, Tuesday in a shortened section victory to open ...
Commodores’ season off to rare 0-2 start
Sports
By ADAM BREWER MVI SPORTS 
August 28, 2024
Coach Mandy Hartman built some early challenges into Frazier’s schedule. Frazier volleyball has a ton of winning tradition over the last two-plus decades. So an 0-2 start will not faze the Commodores,...
G-Force sweeps Battle Under the Bridge
Sports
August 28, 2024
By the Mon Valley Independent G-Force Gym out of Charleroi had an impressive showing under the Homestead Grays Bridge this past weekend. The local athletic club’s fighters swept their way to victory a...
Eagles look for new leaders with no seniors
Sports
By ANDREW WHITE, MVI Sports 
August 28, 2024
As she enters her fourth season at the helm of the Serra Catholic girls soccer team, head coach Tori Fedora is focused on establishing a solid foundation of excellence for her alma mater. Coming off a...
Sports
August 28, 2024
2013 • Elijah Obade, the 2009 Charleroi graduate who went on to star on the Millersville basketball team, is headed overseas. Obade has signed a contract with the Basketball Levice to play professiona...
Valerio, Smith each score twice in Warriors’ win
Sports
By By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com 
August 27, 2024
The win may have been costly as EF senior captain Brooklyn Baldensperger was carted off with a lower-body injury. The Elizabeth Forward girls soccer team picked up right where it left off last season ...
Leps overcome slow start to beat Steel Valley
Sports
By JEREMY SELLEW 
August 27, 2024
Abby Russell and Grace West scored second-half goals to push BVA to a season-opening win. Abby Russell and Grace West scored less than two minutes apart in the second half to give Belle Vernon Area a ...
Pitt quarterbacks Yarnell, Holstein will play in opener
Sports
August 27, 2024
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Nate Yarnell and Eli Holstein have spent the last eight months jockeying for position in the fight to be the starting quarterback at Pitt. Coach Pat Narduzzi is in no hurry to name a...
Very best of luck to all fall sports participants
Sports
August 27, 2024
CLASSROOMS ARE BACK in full swing in the Mon Valley. But weeks before the official first day of school, many students began practicing and preparing for fall sports and activities such as band and che...
Sports
HIGH SCHOOL ROUNDUP
August 27, 2024
By the Mon Valley Independent The Bentworth girls soccer team got the season started on a winning note with a 4-1 win on the road at Albert Gallatin in a non-section contest. Brielle Dillon had a pair...
Swanson, Cubs clobber Pirates with 21 hits, 18 runs
Sports
August 27, 2024
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Dansby Swanson hit a grand slam to cap an eight-run sixth inning, and the Chicago Cubs had eight stolen bases – their most in a game in more than 100 years — on the way to an 18-8 vi...
Sports
August 27, 2024
2013 • Last year, the Charleroi girls soccer team played stellar. With eight starters coming back and several other players returning with plenty of playing experience, fourth-year coach Jim Rue is he...
Santina, Arnold lead Rams to victory
High school, Sports
MOE ROSENSTEEL MEMORIAL KICKOFF CLASSIC
By By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com 
August 26, 2024
Miranda Santina and Imani Arnold each scored a pair of goals to lead Ringgold to a 5-0 win. The Pennsylvania soccer community flocked to Ringgold High School Saturday for the annual Moe Rosensteel Mem...
Jaguars overcome slow start to beat F-R
High school, Sports
By ADAM BREWER MVI SPORTS 
August 26, 2024
Cece Wessel, Sami Maglicco and Olivia Della Lucia each scored in TJ’s 3-1 win. After a successful 2023 season and raised expectations for this fall, the Thomas Jefferson girls’ soccer team was just ha...
Clairton’s defense punishes Steel Valley
High school, Sports
By By JOSH RIZZO Trib Total Media 
August 26, 2024
Clairton defensive back Taris Wooding and the Bears’ crushing defense didn’t worry much about the offense. With Wooding and his teammates patrolling the secondary, Steel Valley’s offense wasn’t gainin...
Local Sports, Sports, Sports Columns
SPORTLIGHT
By By JEFF OLIVER MVI Sports 
August 26, 2024
Here’s a little food for thought to help you kick off the new week and the return of the summer heat: • I was in attendance at Friday’s latest chapter of the Charleroi-Monessen football rivalry and I ...