BVA girls 4th overall at TSTCA
High school, Sports
By JEREMY SELLEW 
October 17, 2025
The Belle Vernon girls cross-country team took home fourth place overall among Class 2A girls at the Tri-State Coaches Association meet at White Oak Park Thursday. Brooklyn Steeber finished in fifth p...
High school, Sports
HIGH SCHOOL ROUNDUP
By JEREMY SELLEW 
October 17, 2025
South Allegheny cruised to a sweep of East Allegheny, 25-8, 25-12, 25-20, to improve to 15-5 overall and 11-3 in Section 2-2A. Regan McBeth led the Gladiators with 15 kills, while Ava Brown added four...
Dodgers a game away from another World Series
MLB, Sports
October 17, 2025
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles Dodgers are poised to become the first defending champion to reach the World Series in 16 years. Tommy Edman hit a tiebreaking single off hard-throwing rookie Jacob ...
Western Conference dominating NBA betting as season looms
NBA, Sports
October 17, 2025
LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Western Conference is so loaded that its championship might be the real NBA Finals, at least if all the betting money pouring in on those teams is any indication. Of the top seven...
Steelers’ Herbig one of top pass rushers in NFL
NFL, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By CHRIS ADAMSKI TribLive 
October 17, 2025
Four downs on Pittsburgh: 1. ‘Herb’ is the word Nick Herbig started the season — and remains — the third option for the Pittsburgh Steelers at outside linebacker. By one respected measure, though, he’...
Aussie freshman brings rugby background to Pitt
NCAA, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By JUSTIN GUERRIERO TribLive 
October 17, 2025
Roman Siulepa’s summer commitment to Pitt came somewhat shrouded in mystery, as fans debated what to make of the 19-year-old Australian who’d caught the eye of coach Jeff Capel. Turns out, Panthers fa...
MVI SPORTS PHOTO OF THE WEEK
High school, Sports
October 17, 2025
McKeesport’s Akeem Cochran says “no thanks” with a stiff arm to Mars’ Ayden Yocum. Mike Darnay / MVI Sports
MVI SPORTS-BEEGRAPHIX PLAYER OF THE WEEK
High school, Sports
October 17, 2025
Frazier’s Derek Diamond barely missed rushing for 300 yards in last week’s game.
Who’s the big dog in the Interstate?
High school, Sports
By By JEFF OLIVER MVI Sports 
October 17, 2025
GAME OF THE WEEK: ELIZABETH FORWARD AT SOUTHMORELAND Something really big will happen Friday night when Elizabeth Forward travels to Russ Grimm Stadium to take on the host Southmoreland Scotties in a ...
High school, Sports
4A - Big 6
October 17, 2025
Ringgold (4-4, 1-2) at Belle Vernon (2-5, 1-2) 7 p.m. Leps: The Belle Vernon offensive line is figuring things out, and RB Chace Petrosky has been the main beneficiary. His play has been trending upwa...
Conference titles, playoff spots will be determined
High school, Sports
October 17, 2025
This week will tell the tale for a number of our local teams. And the games don’t get any bigger than the one in Alverton. Elizabeth Forward looks to continue its domination of the Interstate Conferen...
Sports
October 17, 2025
AUSTRALIAN RULES FOOTBALL (WOMEN) 4 a.m. - FS2 AFL: Hawthorn at Port Adelaide 6 a.m. - FS2 — AFL: Geelong at West Coast 10 p.m. - FS2 — AF: Sydney at Melbourne Midnight - FS2 — AFL: Adelaide at North ...
Sports
October 17, 2025
BVA basketball teams hosting camp The Belle Vernon Area boys and girls basketball teams will kick off the basketball seasons with a camp for local boys and girls. The camp will be held on Nov. 8 and 9...
WPIAL announces soccer playoff brackets
High school, Sports
By JEREMY SELLEW 
October 16, 2025
A number of local teams will begin their championship hunt over the next six days. The WPIAL unleashed the brackets for the Class 4A1A soccer championships Wednesday, with a number of local teams payi...
Eagles close out season with shut-out loss
High school, Sports
By ADAM BREWER MVI SPORTS 
October 16, 2025
The Serra Catholic girls’ soccer team hoped to close its 2025 regular season on a high note, but playoff-bound Brownsville had other plans, handing the Eagles a 5-0 setback Wednesday night in non-sect...
Jaguars shut out Warriors, 5-0, to tune up for playoffs
High school, Sports
By By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com 
October 16, 2025
A pair of Mon Valley neighbors met to finish up their regular seasons and warm up for postseason play on Wednesday, and it was Thomas Jefferson that traveled to Elizabeth Forward and earned a 5-0 win....
Pham, Triolo named Gold Glove finalists
MLB, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By KEVIN GORMAN TribLive 
October 16, 2025
Jared Triolo is the defending winner as a utility fielder, Pham made 104 starts in left field for the Pirates. After having a Gold Glove winner in three of the past four seasons, the Pittsburgh Pirate...
Rivalry between Steelers, Bengals features touch of gray
NFL, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer 
October 16, 2025
Pittsburgh and Cincinnati meet tonight in the first of two season meetings, this one in Cincy. Joe Flacco was asked during the preseason about continuing to play at 40 years old. However, Flacco is a ...
High school, Sports
October 16, 2025
Ringgold head coach Rob Fabean was more than disappointed with his team’s seeding, especially because he feels his Rams were duped by a lack of oversight from the WPIAL. Fabean feels his team should h...
Penalty kill struggles as Penguins lose to Ducks
NHL, Sports
TUESDAY’S LATE GAME
By By SETH RORABAUGH TribLive 
October 16, 2025
There weren’t many areas the Pittsburgh Penguins were expected to be exceedingly stout in entering the 2025-26 campaign. In fact, it was anticipated that the rebuilding franchise would be one of the N...