Sports
August 29, 2026
Clark, Mitchell score 34 points each in Fever win INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Caitlin Clark and Kelsey Mitchell each scored 34 points as the the Indiana Fever got past the Connecticut Sun 111-91 on Friday. Th...
Experience key for Rams in familiar section
High school, Sports
By ADAM BREWER MVI SPORTS 
August 28, 2026
It’s a new era for Ringgold boys soccer as a familiar face takes over a program that lost no senior starters from a team that compiled eight wins and earned a Class 3A playoff berth last season. Dave ...
Leopards, Falcons all tied up in section match
High school, Sports
GOLF ROUNDUP
By JEREMY SELLEW 
August 28, 2026
Belle Vernon and Connellsville battled to a 204-204 tie in Section 3-3A action at Cedarbrook Golf Course’s Red Course. A playoff was unable to be held because of lightning in the area and a lack of op...
Trojans want to take the next step after ‘special’ 2025
High school, Sports
By ADAM BREWER MVI SPORTS 
August 28, 2026
It was another banner year for the California volleyball team last fall, and they are hoping to continue their upward trajectory in 2026. Coach Jennifer Phillips is in her fifth year with the Trojans,...
Late 2-pointer pushes Bills over Steelers in finale
NFL, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By CHRIS ADAMSKI TribLive 
August 28, 2026
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — There was no shutout this time. Far from it. During the preseason finale, instead, the Pittsburgh Steelers’ young quarterbacks showed enough to shut down talk that one might not s...
MLB, Sports
August 28, 2026
NEW YORK (AP) — Major League Baseball proposed limiting free-agent signings to several weeks in December and then from early February on each offseason along with a trade ban during the gap in-between...
Nothing like high school football
High school, Sports
By By MARK MADDEN TribLive 
August 28, 2026
The high school football season opens this weekend in Western Pennsylvania. It’s not quite the holy pursuit it used to be. Certain locales still provide throwback exceptions, like Aliquippa. High scho...
NFL international slate includes nine games
NFL, Sports
August 28, 2026
LONDON (AP) — The NFL will play a record nine games internationally this season and they include three cities hosting for the first time: Melbourne, Australia; Rio de Janeiro; and Paris. Jacksonville ...
NFL looking into punishment for York
NFL, Sports
August 28, 2026
Roger Goodell says NFL is looking into whether to punish 49ers owner Jed York following his arrest SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — Commissioner Roger Goodell said the NFL is looking into whether San Franci...
VARSITY PLAYBOOK
High school, Sports
August 28, 2026
Young Hounds, Cougars renew rivalry
High school, Sports
GAME OF THE WEEK: CHARLEROI AT MONESSEN
By By JEFF OLIVER MVI Sports 
August 28, 2026
When is an exhibition game not really an exhibition game? Maybe it’s when it serves as the season opener and both teams feel they have plenty to prove. Or when two longtime rivals meet in a game where...
Gill delivered for Leopards and Panthers
High school, Sports
August 28, 2026
The former BVA linebacker and tight end will join Devin Hannan entering the BVA Football HOF tonight. By the Mon Valley Independent Erik Gill arrived at Belle Vernon Area High School and left as one o...
High school, Sports
Nonconference
August 28, 2026
Thomas Jefferson (0-0) at Belle Vernon (0-0) 7 p.m. Jags: Thomas Jefferson makes the jump to Class 5A with a handful of returning guys that have plenty of experience. Most importantly, the workhorse o...
Season begins with new alignment and old rivalries
High school, Sports
August 28, 2026
Well, well, well ... here we are again with another football season knocking on the door. It’s the best time of the year in the Mon Valley as football kicks off tonight around the region. It’s time to...
Sports
August 28, 2026
AUTO RACING 5 p.m. - TRUTV — NASCAR Cup Series: Qualifying, Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, Fla. 6 p.m. - FS1 — NTT IndyCar Series: Practice, Milwaukee Mile, West Allis, Wis. 7:30 p.m. ...
Sports
August 28, 2026
Eliz. Forward-S. Allegheny kickoff time changed The Week 1 football game between Elizabeth Forward and South Allegheny tonight at Gladiators Stadium has been changed to an 8 p.m. kickoff. Browns’ Gabr...
Experience, youth a perfect mix for Leopards
High school, Sports
By JEREMY SELLEW 
August 27, 2026
Belle Vernon returns eight seniors and their returning scorer from last season while moving up to 3A. Watching the Belle Vernon girls soccer team practice, you can get a sense of the excitement for th...
Tigers playing independent schedule a ‘necessary step’
High school, Sports
By ADAM BREWER MVI SPORTS 
August 27, 2026
Derek Cuthbert takes over the McKeesport girls program along with assistant Autumn Tavaglione. It’s a new day for the McKeesport girls’ soccer program, as veteran coach Derek Cuthbert takes over a str...
Hannan headed to BVA Football Hall of Fame
High school, Sports
BVA FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME
August 27, 2026
The former offensive lineman will be inducted Friday at halftime of the Leps’ game against TJ. By the Mon Valley Independent A dominant presence on both sides of the line and one of the hardest-workin...
5 things to watch in Steelers’ preseason finale
NFL, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By CHRIS ADAMSKI TribLive 
August 27, 2026
For everyone involved with the Pittsburgh Steelers, the past fourplus months were all in service of making the ensuing four-plus months special. For those who make it that far, at least. Development o...