GAME OF THE WEEK - G’BURG SALEM AT ELIZABETH FORWARD Elizabeth Forward has had its ups and downs this season thanks to a challenging non-conference schedule, but things won’t get any easier in this we...

Belle Vernon (1-2, 0-0) at T. Jefferson (4-0, 0-0) 7 p.m. Last week: The Leopards fell to South Fayette, 27-14; The Jaguars crushed West Mifflin, 35-7. Belle Vernon: The Leopards are still beat up, bu...

Ringgold’s Emily Bucchianeri scored the game-winning goal with 16 seconds left in a 4-3 win at Charleroi. What more can you ask for in a rivalry game? Gritty defensive plays, timely saves and a wild f...

Ryan Messina had one heck of a night for Elizabeth Forward’s football team Friday night, accounting for no less than six touchdowns. Belle Vernon Area’s Gabrielle Dusi didn’t have a good night. She ju...

Major League Baseball has had its share of prolific brother acts such as the three DiMaggios, the three Alous, and even one family which produced five big leaguers – and one a Hall of Famer – in the D...

For the second time in 11 days, the Charleroi boys soccer team shut out Waynesburg Central, 5-0, in a Section 4-2A game. Dylan Klinger finished with a hat trick and Landon Barcus had the other two goa...

The Centurions move on to a revenge game against Frazier by knocking off defending Class 1A champions. The Serra Catholic volleyball team learned a lot about itself in a 3-1 loss to Greensburg Central...

Three Belle Vernon Area golfers and one from Thomas Jefferson made the cut at the WPIAL Class 3A championship first round Tuesday and will advance to play in the final round next week at Oakmont Count...

Belle Vernon 7, Uniontown 1 Laurel Highlands 3, T. Jefferson 2 (OT) T. Jefferson 5, Laurel Highlands 0 The Elizabeth Forward boys soccer team tuned up for its firstplace showdown Thursday with a lopsi...

Two local girls players and six local boys are moving on to the final rounds of their respective WPIAL championships. Eight local golfers will continue their quest for a WPIAL individual championship ...

Bishop Canevin 5, Serra Catholic 2 The Belle Vernon Area girls soccer team kept a firm grip on a playoff spot as the second half of the section slate began Monday. Kelsey Roskovich assisted on both Le...

BVA’s Trevor Kovatch connected with Jackson Pressel on a pass that led to the game-winning goal. Goals have been hard to come by for the Ringgold boys soccer team lately. Just four days after dominati...

FRIDAY’S OTHER GAMES CALIFORNIA 40, AVELLA 0 The Trojans took a 34-0 lead into halftime as they dismantled Avella in Tri-County South Conference play. Lee Qualk and Malachi Peak wreaked havoc on the g...

The 5-0 Jaguars will turn their focus to conference play after the 35-7 victory. Thomas Jefferson’s football team has split its season into two halves, the five games in the nonconference slate and th...

South Allegheny scored on its first two plays from scrimmage, but couldn’t keep up with the Eagles. After dominating time of possession a week ago in a 7-0 conference win over Steel Valley, South Park...

The Rangers scored the last 28 points of the game to pick up a Black Hills Conference victory. Monessen looked like it had all the momentum after scoring on its first drive of the second half to take ...

The star quarterback threw for 175 yards and ran for 126 in a 27-14 win. It’s not often that the Belle Vernon football team doesn’t “defend The Beach.” But Friday was one of those night. South Fayette...

Noah Pletcher’s 55-yard run provided the Cougars’ only touchdown in a 14-7 loss. MVI Sports Charleroi came up just short in Century Conference play Friday night, dropping a 14-7 decision at Keystone O...

2014 • Sunday – no paper 2004 • Horrendous rains hit the area in the wake of Hurricane Ivan. The Belle Vernon Area-Laurel Highlands game was one of only three games of the 56 contests scheduled to be ...

BRANDON, Mississippi (AP) — Soon after Ashanta Laster reached the hospital, she was ushered into the emergency room where she saw doctors performing CPR on her teenage son. Laster had gotten a call th...