Ringgold, Cal boys and girls headed to team track championships
Sports
By JEREMY SELLEW 
April 24, 2026
The Belle Vernon girls, Clairton boys and Bentworth girls will also participate in the team championships. Six local track and field teams will participate in the WPIAL Track & Field championships nex...
BVA’s Brown named top scholar-athlete
Sports
By By PAUL SCHOFIELD TribLive 
April 24, 2026
As Judge Michael J. Stewart II addressed the audience at the 70th Annual Westmoreland County Scholar-Athlete banquet Tuesday at Ferrante’s Lakeview, he said “I thought last year’s class was talented. ...
Gonglik gets 500th K as Bearcats’ bats come alive
Sports
By ADAM BREWER MVI SPORTS 
April 24, 2026
Nora Lindley had three hits with a pair of doubles to lead the Bentworth offense. It was business as usual for the Bentworth softball team in a nonsection matchup against visiting McGuffey on Thursday...
Sports
April 24, 2026
AUTO RACING 7 p.m. - FS1 — NHRA: Qualifying, zMax Dragway, Concord, N.C. BASKETBALL AFRICA LEAGUE 11 a.m. - NBATV — Club Africain Tunisia vs. ASC Ville de Dakar 2 p.m. - NBATV — FUS de Rabat Morocco v...
Sports
April 24, 2026
Cardinals take Notre Dame’s Love with third pick TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — The Arizona Cardinals bucked recent draft wisdom when they selected Notre Dame’s Jeremiyah Love with the No. 3 overall pick in the ...
Homer-happy Leps crush Cougars in Valley rivalry
High school, Sports
HIGH SCHOOL ROUNDUP
By JEREMY SELLEW 
April 23, 2026
Belle Vernon erupted for nine runs in the first inning and never looked back in a 12-2 win over Charleroi in a nonsection game at Vets Field. The Leopards (9-3) wasted no time taking control. After Ch...
Flyers put Penguins on brink of elimination
NHL, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By SETH RORABAUGH TribLive 
April 23, 2026
PHILADELPHIA — In the view of at least one member of the Pittsburgh Penguins, the process of turning their first-round series with the rival Philadelphia Flyers into a more competitive entanglement wa...
Elizabeth Forward clobbers West Mifflin
High school, Sports
By By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com 
April 23, 2026
After the Elizabeth Forward offense spent a few innings hitting hard line drives right at the West Mifflin defense in Section 2-4A action Wednesday, they broke through in the fourth and fifth innings ...
Gonglik no-hits Waynesburg
High school, Sports
By ADAM BREWER MVI SPORTS 
April 23, 2026
You can use plenty of adjectives to describe Bentworth junior pitcher and LSU recruit Sydney Gonglik this spring. Dominant. Relentless. Unhittable. Undeniable. You can add one more to the list — immac...
Former Buckeye talks transfer to Penn State
NCAA, Sports
April 23, 2026
PennLive.com via TribLive Penn State is replacing two of the most productive running backs in program history — Kaytron Allen and Nick Singleton. James Peoples wanted to play for a program that was co...
Mt. Pleasant avoids Frazier’s upset bid
High school, Sports
By By PAUL BRITTAIN For MVI Sports 
April 23, 2026
The WPIAL doesn’t begin charging admission for baseball and softball games for a few more weeks. If it had, Wednesday’s nonsection matchup between visiting Frazier and Mt. Pleasant would have been wel...
McCarthy wants versatility in receiver position
NFL, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By CHRIS ADAMSKI TribLive 
April 23, 2026
For the Pittsburgh Steelers’s bad luck with this weak quarterback draft class, they seem to have more than made up for it at another important offensive position of need. Over the past couple years, t...
Tomlin joining NBC’s Sunday Night Football crew
NFL, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By BILL HARTLEP TribLive 
April 23, 2026
Mike Tomlin will remain involved with the NFL after all, just not on the sidelines. Tomlin, who stepped down as the Pittsburgh Steelers’ head coach in January, has been hired as a studio analyst for N...
Fans shower Mets with boos in 12th straight loss
MLB, Sports
April 23, 2026
NEW YORK (AP) — The flailing Mets returned home Tuesday to a quieter reception than manager Carlos Mendoza and his players anticipated with the club trying to snap an 11-game losing streak. The tone c...
Sports
April 23, 2026
COLLEGE BASEBALL 7 p.m. - ACCN — North Carolina at Duke 7 p.m. - ESPN2 — Alabama at Tennessee 8 p.m. - SECN — Arkansas at Missouri COLLEGE FOOTBALL 8 p.m. - BTN — Indiana Spring Game: From Bloomington...
Sports
April 23, 2026
Cruz’s homer in 9th slams the door on Rangers ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Oneil Cruz had the hardest-hit homer in the majors this season, a threerun shot off the top of the right-field foul pole in the ni...
Trojans need eight innings to get by Frazier
High school, Sports
By By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com 
April 22, 2026
California scored the game-winning run on a fielder’s choice in the home half of the 8th. California was one out away from securing another key Section 1-2A win at Malden Yards when Frazier mounted a ...
Speer Ruey remembered following his death Monday
Sports
SPORTS STEW
By By WAYNE STEWART For MVI Sports 
April 22, 2026
Editor’s note: This is the first of a twopart story, who passed away Monday. Speer Ruey was a fine athlete and perhaps an even better student, taking classes such as Latin at Donora High School and se...
Titans sweep Mustangs; Rams take step towards playoffs
High school, Sports
HIGH SCHOOL ROUNDUP
April 22, 2026
By the Mon Valley Independent Derek Tudek had three hits and drove in two runs, and Justin Dillon struck out five over five innings to lead West Mifflin past Laurel Highlands, 8-3, in a Section 2-4A g...
Jurcevich, Pawlik lead Yough at Section 8-2A championships
High school, Sports
April 22, 2026
The Cougars and Frazier had a number of top finishes at the Section 8-2A championship meet. By the Mon Valley Independent Noah Jurcevich of Yough won both the 1,600 (4:57.82) and 3,200 (11:07.14) to h...