Sports

By JEREMY SELLEW [email protected] Created in 1994, the Heisman High School Scholarship was created to extend the Heisman Trophy’s prestige to the nation’s most-esteemed high school seniors. Now, the Mon Valley has one of the […]

By ADAM BREWER MVI Sports For the last couple of seasons, the Bentworth girls’ basketball team has had a tall task to overcome even before the start of a season. The Bearcats have been the […]

By ADAM BREWER MVI Sports Mike Gerdich is heading into his sixth season with the Yough girls basketball program and the coach knows the Cougars are due for a breakout season. The Cougars went 6-14 overall […]

By ADAM BREWER MVI Sports Bob Kennedy has been the head coach at Bentworth the last two decades, and knows what a winning team looks like. No matter the year, a winning team must possess a […]

By JOSE NEGRON [email protected] California senior Rajah Fink is taking on a larger role than the one she had at IUP last season. As a junior last year, Fink averaged 10.5 points and 4.5 rebounds per […]

By JEFF OLIVER MVI Sports Big things are expected for Thomas Jefferson wrestler Maddox Shaw this season. After all, a year ago Shaw finished second in the WPIAL and third in the PIAA. And he was […]

By Jose Negron [email protected] With his team trailing by four points late in the second quarter of Friday’s WPIAL Class 3A championship game, Belle Vernon Area defensive end Braden Laux chased down Avonworth quarterback Nathan […]

By JOSE NEGRON [email protected] After suffering its share of heartbreak over the last three seasons, Belle Vernon Area returned to the North Shore Friday night and erased a 27-year championship drought. Five-star recruit Quinton Martin scored […]

By JEREMY SELLEW [email protected] After six straight trips to the WPIAL semifinals and two title game appearances in the past three seasons, Belle Vernon Area head coach Matt Humbert finally has his championship. The Leopards’ 24-7 […]

By LIAM BELAN [email protected] Belle Vernon Area got rid of some demons Friday night with a 24-7 win over Avonworth for its first WPIAL championship since 1995. Just ask defensive coordinator Brett Berish. “I’m a Belle Vernon […]