BVA tops EA in shootout

Belle Vernon Area’s Trevor Kovatch puts a shot on goal during Monday’s win over visiting East Allegheny in the first round of the WPIAL Class 2A playoffs at James Weir Stadium.

By JEREMY SELLEW

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Playoff shootouts have not been kind to the Belle Vernon Area boys soccer program in the past few seasons. This year’s team had enough of that. The fifth-seeded Leopards beat No. 12 East Allegheny, 3-2, outlasting the Wildcats, 4-3, in a shootout to claim a WPIAL Class 2A first-round win on The Beach at James Weir Stadium.

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