Despite playing most of the 2nd half with only four players, AMD outlasted MoFlo’s late surge. Despite playing the final 9 minutes and 22 seconds down a player, AMD Industries was able to grind out a ...

Austin Hoffman hit a game-tying homer to tie Smithfield-Fairchance in the top of the 7th. Smithfield-Fairchance, which has only one win on the Legion season, was three outs away from knocking off unbe...

The 12-0 team will wrap up its regular season with three games on this week’s schedule. Just under a month into play, the Belle Vernon Senior Legion baseball team still finds itself undefeated behind ...

They were inducted Friday at St. Spyridon Hellenic Center in Monessen. The Mid Mon Valley All Sports Hall of Fame welcomed six new entrants to its ranks Friday night during its 29th annual induction c...

These are two of six stories highlighting the Mid Mon Valley All Sports Hall of Fame’s induction Class of 2024. The annual induction banquet will be held Friday at St. Spyridon’s Hellenic Center in Mo...

Living in Pittsburgh, there was always that quest for that “one for the thumb” when it comes to Super Bowl rings and championships. One local legend got his “one for the thumb” last year. With his tea...

For the Mon Valley Independent Over the course of more than 45 years since he graduated from Elizabeth Forward High School. Mike DeCourcy’s career as a sports journalist has taken him from the press b...

These are two of six stories highlighting the Mid Mon Valley All Sports Hall of Fame’s induction Class of 2024. The annual induction banquet will be held Friday at St. Spyridon’s Hellenic Center in Mo...

Charleroi snapped a three-game losing skid in senior legion play with a 16-7 win over visiting Waynesburg at Vets Field Wednesday. Charleroi’s Daniel Verscharen had a pair of hits and four RBIs to lea...

These are two of six stories highlighting the Mid Mon Valley All Sports Hall of Fame’s induction Class of 2024. The annual induction banquet will be held Friday at St. Spyridon’s Hellenic Center in Mo...

With a passion for history, local sports and his beloved Belle Vernon Area School District, the Mon Valley and the region recently lost one of its biggest ambassadors. Stephen Russell, a longtime educ...

Belle Vernon Senior Legion dismantled Colonial No. 3 to grab a 17-5 win and reach double digit wins on the season Tuesday. Belle Vernon (10-0) remained undefeated despite facing a 5-1 deficit after on...

Jake Wessel had three hits and Colton Lee drove in four runs in the 17-7 win. Belle Vernon Senior Legion remained unbeaten on the season with a mercy-rule win over visiting Charleroi Monday in a battl...

Charleroi’s defense committed four errors and allowed nine unanswered runs. Jake Lee finished with a pair of hits and four RBIs to lead the Connellsville Senior Legion squad to a 9-3 win over Charlero...

Belle Vernon Legion scored 10 combined runs in the second, third and fourth innings and held off Connellsville, 12-7, to take the first game of a doubleheader and remain unbeaten in Legion ball play. ...

The summer season kicks off with a tripleheader Monday at Marx’s Court Time Sports Center in Elizabeth Township. The first season of the fledgling Steel City Summer Basketball League will get underway...

Belle Vernon’s Senior Legion baseball team traveled to Unity Township Saturday and left with an emphatic 17-3 victory. The game was tied at 3-3, but Belle Vernon managed to tack on two runs in the fif...

Zach Plymire had the decisive RBI in a 3-2 win over Uniontown. Belle Vernon’s Junior Legion baseball team defeated Uniontown, 3-2, on Thursday behind timely offense. The Leopards only managed three hi...

Encapera camps approaching Penn State Fayette head baseball coach Ryan Encapera is once again bringing his Coach Encapera Baseball Camps to the region. The first camp will be held at the Di-Virgilio S...

Belle Vernon’s senior legion baseball team couldn’t have asked for a better start to the summer season. Belle Vernon went 3-0 over the Memorial Day weekend, picking up wins over Waynesburg, Colonial 3...