By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com With six starters never playing in a playoff game, Serra Catholic head coach Denny Willaman isn’t surprised how Tuesday’s WPIAL first-round game against Beth-Cente...

By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com When McGuffey started the bottom of the seventh with two singles during Tuesday’s WPIAL Class 3A first round matchup against Yough, the Cougars (9-4) needed to make a ...

By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com When it comes to the postseason, it’s typically a recipe for success when you’re able to play a clean game. Not only did No. 6 Charleroi take advantage of three costly...

By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com In what was a tumultuous season for the Belle Vernon softball team, it still managed to put together a 13-6 record and grab a No. 6 seed in the WPIAL Class 4A playoffs...

By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com Thomas Jefferson used a three-run fourth inning to take the lead for good to upset No. 7 South Fayette and pull off a 6-4 win in a WPIAL Class 5A first-round conte...

Ireally have to apologize to you, dear readers. For what seems like forever, I have been so down on our professional sports teams, particularly the coaching of the Steelers, Pirates and Penguins as we...

By Liam Belan lbelan@yourmvi.com The WPIAL officially released its district playoff baseball brackets Friday with the Mon Valley well represented throughout three classifications. In all, seven area t...

By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com McKeesport’s Kaylee Charles was looking for the perfect fit when it comes to playing basketball in college, and now the Tigers’ forward is ready to take the next s...

Elizabeth Forward (No. 1), Bentworth (No. 2), Frazier (No. 4) earn first-round byes in their respective classifications. After a nearly hour-long delay, the WPIAL announced the field for the 2024 soft...

Editor’s note: This is the first part of a two-part series on Charleroi’s Tom Hisiro. A college football player being redshirted isn’t unusual, but Tom Hisiro was a high school player who had his play...

By Liam Belan lbelan@yourmvi.com For the second time in two seasons, Belle Vernon’s football team commemorated a state championship season with a ring ceremony at Leopard Hall Wednesday night. The cur...

By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com Over the next two afternoons, local baseball and softball teams will learn where they fall in the WPIAL championships. Softball brackets will be released today at ...

By ADAM BREWER MVI Sports The Serra Catholic softball team wanted a playoff tune-up at the end of the regular season. The Section 2-2A champions got exactly that and then some Wednesday afternoon when...

By Liam Belan lbelan@yourmvi.com With an 18-3 victory at Brentwood on Tuesday, the Serra Catholic baseball team finished the season with a perfect 12-0 record in Section 3-2A play as they had already ...

By ADAM BREWER MVI Sports What a difference 24 hours make. After compiling a seven-run sixth inning in a 10-4 victory over Chartiers-Houston Monday, the Charleroi baseball team could not muster that s...

Shelby Telegdy drove in Hannah Evans with a walk-off single in the bottom of the ninth inning to give the Warriors a 2-1 win in a non-section thriller Tuesday at William Penn Field. Evans led off the ...

By Andrew White MVI Sports In a thrilling showdown between two local softball powerhouses, the Frazier Commodores emerged victorious over the Jeannette Jayhawks in a nail-biting 1-0 game.   The win no...

By ADAM BREWER MVI Sports Expectations were raised for the Bentworth softball squad at the start of the 2024 season. With a young core returning and a stud, freshman pitcher coming into the fold, the ...

By BILL BECKNER JR. Trib Total Media Greensburg Salem felt it could have done more with its 15 hits and slew of opportunities on the base paths.   As it turned out, the Golden Lions did just enough to...

By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com When South Allegheny’s baseball team captured a section title for the first time since 1998 with a 9-2 victory over Keystone Oaks this past Tuesday, the feat was remar...