By Liam Belan lbelan@yourmvi.com Belle Vernon softball returned to action Friday, not on the softball diamond, but on the turf at James Weir Stadium. It took the Leopards just five innings to get back...

For the Mon Valley Independent The excitement is palpable as the California (PA) men’s basketball team gears up for its second NCAA Tournament appearance in three years. The Convocation Center will be...

By CHRIS HARLAN & JEREMY SELLEW Trib Total Media, jsellew@yourmvi.com The WPIAL has released its football schedules for the next two seasons and Week 1 should be exciting. Some of the notable nonconfe...

By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com McKeesport and Indiana Area met for the second time of the season Wednesday night, and while the beginning of the matchup was different than the first one, the result ...

By ADAM BREWER MVI Sports Even though track & field season does not start until this weekend, there was a track meet inside AHN Arena at Peters Township High School in the PIAA Class 2A second-round c...

By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com The Bishop McCort girls basketball team seems to have it out for the Mon Valley. Four days after knocking off Serra Catholic in the first round of the PIAA Class 2A pl...

By JEFF OLIVER MVI Sports Serra Catholic has not played against its PIAA 2A second round for Fort Cherry during the regular season. But, thanks to Serra coach A.J. Corso’s hunch, the Eagles are fairly...

By Liam Belan lbelan@yourmvi.com Clairton girls basketball continues to usher in an era with one of the best scorers in recent memory in Iyanna Wade, so it’s no surprise that she willed them to their ...

By Liam Belan lbelan@yourmvi.com Rune Lawrence solidified his spot as one of the greatest high school wrestlers to come out of Pennsylvania when he claimed the fourth state title of his career Saturda...

By Adam Brewer MVI Sports To say that the McKeesport girls’ basketball team has faced a lot this season would be an understatement. Despite all the outside noise, the Tigers always seem to keep their ...

By Liam Belan MVI Sports Bishop McCort Catholic head coach John Hahn tells his team that the most important part of every game is the first four minutes of the third quarter. During Friday night’s Cla...

By Liam Belan lbelan@yourmvi.com Frazier senior Rune Lawrence is one win away from becoming the 14th wrestler to ever win four PIAA titles. Lawrence (30-1), a West Virginia wrestling commit, will batt...

By Liam Belan lbelan@yourmvi.com After a difficult 62-41 loss to Greensburg Central Catholic in the WPIAL Class 2A championship game, Serra Catholic is eager to return to its home court and look to be...

By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com WPIAL champion Chris Vargo easily cruised into the PIAA quarterfinals at 127 pounds with a 15-0 technical fall win over North East’s Kyler See in the Round of 16 T...

By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com Gas up the buses and pack your bags, it’s PIAA playoff time. The quest for state championship for eight local basketball teams begins Friday and Saturday, and a fe...

By the Mon Valley Independent The No. 8-ranked California (Pa.) men’s basketball team had no issues ousting visiting Slippery Rock in the quarterfinals of the PSAC Tournament Wednesday. Sophomore KJ M...

By WAYNE STEWART For MVI Sports If Charleroi’s Jack Patrick had his high school days summed up like a first grader’s reading book, it would state, “Run, Jack, run.” Patrick was one of the program’s be...

By Liam Belan lbelan@yourmvi.com With the recent uptick in temperature lately, there’s no doubt that the spring sports season is almost here. Soon, baseball and softball diamonds and running tracks al...

By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com The Mid Mon Valley All Sports Hall of Fame has announced its Class of 2024. With six new inductees, the total number of inductees is now 267 in the mythical Hall c...

By Liam Belan lbelan@yourmvi.com It was the best of times for California Pa. and the worst of times for Seton Hill Monday night as the Vulcans avoided a collapse with a 70-65 victory in the first roun...