TJ girls control second half, top Char Valley
Boys and Girls High School Basketball, High school, Sports
By By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com 
December 2, 2025
Maggie Spell and Riley McCabe paced the Jaguars’ offense in the 65-47 victory. After a slower start than coach Matt Gould wanted, he was satisfied with the second-half performance as his Thomas Jeffer...
Defending PIAA champion Brown leads BVA wrestlers
High school, Sports
By By JEFF OLIVER MVI Sports 
December 2, 2025
Colby Hibner and Gracin Guglielmo both qualified for the WPIAL competition last season. Bob Bove is pleased that his Belle Vernon Area wrestling team will enter the season with a roster of 22 grappler...
Expectation of excellence drives Clairton football
High school, Sports, Sports Columns
By By JEFF OLIVER MVI Sports 
December 2, 2025
OK, check this out. I would never be naïve enough to say that it doesn’t take talent to win championships in high school athletics. Especially on the state level. And you don’t get there without good,...
Jaguars improve to 2-0 with rout of Gladiators
Boys and Girls High School Basketball, High school, Sports
MVI SHOOTOUT CLASSIC
By ADAM BREWER MVI SPORTS 
December 1, 2025
Nick Trklja poured in 32 points to lead all scorers. In last year’s MVI Shootout Classic, the Thomas Jefferson boys’ basketball team was minutes away from a 2-0 start before a fourth-quarter collapse ...
Bishop Canevin takes over in fourth quarter to top Leopards, 75-67
Boys and Girls High School Basketball, High school, Sports
By JEREMY SELLEW 
December 1, 2025
Tim Tyree defeated Ricky Tyburski in the coaching battle of former Monessen players. Bishop Canevin outscored Belle Vernon, 28-19, in the fourth quarter to push its way to a 75-67 win over the Leopard...
Balanced scoring paces Serra
Boys and Girls High School Basketball, High school, Sports
By By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com 
December 1, 2025
The Eagles improved to 1-1 with a 75-38 victory over West Mifflin. Serra Catholic boys basketball coach AJ Corso has said his team will have to be more balanced than it has been in years past when it ...
Five Rams reach double figures in win over Warriors
Boys and Girls High School Basketball, High school, Sports
By JEREMY SELLEW 
December 1, 2025
Ringgold put the game away with a 16-0 run in the fourth quarter. After a tough loss Friday to open its season in the MVI Shootout Classic, Ringgold bounced back in a big way Saturday. The Rams had fi...
Boys and Girls High School Basketball, High school, Sports
HIGH SCHOOL ROUNDUP
By JEREMY SELLEW 
December 1, 2025
The Belle Vernon girls basketball team knocked off the spiderwebs after a tough loss Saturday to pick up its first win of the season Sunday, edging Imhotep Charter, 53-51, at the annual Play 4 Mae Cla...
BVA’s Wade buries Rams with late 3-pointer
Boys and Girls High School Basketball, High school, Sports
MVI Shootout Classic
By JEREMY SELLEW 
November 29, 2025
The Leopards’ Curty Wade hit a 3-pointer with less than three seconds remaining to give Coach Ricky Tyburski his first win as head coach. There’s nothing like an old-fashioned rivalry game to start th...
SA batters Shootout host West Mifflin in opener
Boys and Girls High School Basketball, High school, Sports
Mon Valley Independent Shootout Classic
By ADAM BREWER MVI SPORTS 
November 29, 2025
The Gladiators’ defense shut down the Titans in a 70-30 win. The South Allegheny boys basketball team rode a stifling defense to the Class 3A championship last winter. Despite some graduation losses, ...
Tyree, Crusaders top EF
Boys and Girls High School Basketball, High school, Sports
Mon Valley Independent Shootout Classic
November 29, 2025
Bishop Canevin doubled up the Warriors, 24-12, in the second quarter and led by 15 at the half. A 24-point second quarter proved to be the difference for Bishop Canevin, as the Crusaders opened the se...
Speed sends Clairton to PIAA championship game
High school, Sports
By By CHRIS HARLAN TribLive 
November 29, 2025
Thanks to its stunning speed, Clairton is sprinting to the state finals for the first time in nearly a decade. Sophomore Brandon Murphy returned a punt 81 yards to the end zone Friday night, one of si...
TJ girls rout Quaker Valley
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HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL ROUNDUP
November 29, 2025
The Jaguars had four players reach double figures in the 64-29 win. By the Mon Valley Independent Thomas Jefferson’s girls opened their season with a strong statement Friday night, rolling to a 64–29 ...
TJ pulls away from Serra in second half
Boys and Girls High School Basketball, High school, Sports
By By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com 
November 29, 2025
Justin Fry, Kane Eggerton and Noah Sear combined for 68 points in the victory. Serra Catholic battled hard in its opening contest of the 2025 basketball season against Class 5A opponent Thomas Jeffers...
Basketball season arrives with holiday feast
High school, Sports
By By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com 
November 28, 2025
The annual MVI Shootout Classic will feature eight games today and Saturday. The WPIAL basketball season begins this afternoon with some entertaining early season matchups for Mon Valley teams and fan...
New season, new goals: Welcome to Hoops 2025
Boys and Girls High School Basketball, High school, Sports
November 28, 2025
Don’t look now, but it’s time for another basketball season here in the Mon Valley. Is it me, or did the fall sports season just blow by us at a ludicrous speed? While there is still one team playing ...
New BVA coach aims to defend WPIAL title
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By JEREMY SELLEW 
November 28, 2025
Ricky Tyburski plans to keep the program at a high level despite graduation losses. Being the coach hired after a legend retires, it’s never easy filling those shoes. But first-year Belle Vernon coach...
Brown leads talented BVA girls squad
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By JEREMY SELLEW 
November 28, 2025
The team has two exciting newcomers in Lyla McConnell and Isis Almyty. Heading into year two of Cornelious Nesbit’s tenure as head girls basketball coach at Belle Vernon, the buzz is continuing to gro...
Soccer success cuts into basketball season
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By ADAM BREWER MVI SPORTS 
November 28, 2025
Coach Bob Kennedy hopes his team can handle the adjustment as well as it did last winter. It was a tale of two seasons for the Bentworth boys’ basketball squad last winter. The Bearcats opened sluggis...
New coach ready for opportunity with Bearcats
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By ADAM BREWER MVI SPORTS 
November 28, 2025
Shannon Squire hopes to build on the success of the school’s soccer and softball teams. It’s a new era for the Bentworth girls basketball program as firstyear coach Shannon Squire takes over. “I am ve...