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...

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...

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,...

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 ...

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...

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 ...

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...

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...

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...

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, ...

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...

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...

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 ...

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...

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...

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 ...

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...

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...

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...

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...