Audrey Jean Hunt – California, Pa.
Audrey Jean Hunt, 95, of California, Pa., died Sunday, Oct. 27, 2019. She was born Saturday, June 21, 1924, in Granville, a daughter of the late Bertram and Florence Gotta Duvall. Her life was […]
October 2019
Nicholas Charles Ursta – Versailles and White Oak
Nicholas Charles Ursta, 52, of Versailles and White Oak, died Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2019. He was born in Pittsburgh on Oct. 29, 1967 and is the son of Geraldine Montgomery Ursta and the late […]
Mars ends BVA’s WPIAL title hopes
By JOSE NEGRON [email protected] Top-seeded Mars entered Monday’s WPIAL Class 3A semifinal matchup with No. 5 Belle Vernon Area having scored 14 total goals in playoff wins over Trinity and Thomas Jefferson. The Leopards brought […]
Pritts’ 2 goals lift Yough into championship game
By MICHAEL LOVE Trib Total Media The Yough girls soccer team recorded only two shots on goal over the first 43 minutes of its WPIAL Class AA semifinal against Freeport on Monday at Mars. But […]
Local football teams learn playoff opponents
By JEREMY SELLEW [email protected] The WPIAL released the 2019 WPIAL football championship brackets for all six classes Monday during its annual pairings meeting at the DoubleTree hotel in Greentree. Of the eight local teams qualified […]
Jaguars blast off into WPIAL semifinals
By ASHLEY CHASE MVI Sports Three… two… one… liftoff, for Thomas Jefferson volleyball. The Jaguars launched their 2019 bid for a state championship with a 3-1 quarterfinal win over Chartiers Valley at Moon High School […]
Warriors’ season ends with loss to South Fayette
By JEREMY TEPPER MVI Sports There were large stretches Monday when it looked like Elizabeth Forward could go toe to toe with South Fayette. In other stretches, South Fayette dominated the Warriors. The latter stretches […]
Shady Side Academy deals Bearcats second loss
By JOSE NEGRON [email protected] Second-seeded Bentworth’s hopes of advancing to its second straight WPIAL Class A championship game were dashed with a 5-1 loss at the hands No. 3 Shady Side Academy in a semifinal […]
Union tells BVA school board to address the ‘big issues’
By EMILY BENNETT DILULLO [email protected] Belle Vernon Area Education Association members showed up in red once again to protest stalled contract negotiations at Monday’s school board meeting. BVAEA members passed out fliers wrapped in rubber […]