Valley News Dispatch

The Valley News Dispatch is a daily newspaper that serves the Alle-Kiski Valley region. It includes coverage for parts of Allegheny County, Westmoreland County, Butler County, and Armstrong County.

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Pirates reliever Tim Mayza shut down from throwing for 6 weeks

1 day ago | triblive.com | Justin Guerriero

The Pittsburgh Pirates will be without Tim Mayza for a significant amount of time, as the left-handed reliever is being shut down from throwing for six weeks due to a shoulder lat muscle strain and teres major injury. Director of sports medicine Todd Tomczyk revealed the news on Mayza to reporters Wednedsay evening in Anaheim, with the Pirates in the midst of a series against the Los Angeles Angels.
Reliever Dennis Santana answering Pirates' bullpen prayers

1 day ago | triblive.com | Justin Guerriero

There’s an argument to be made that Dennis Santana is enjoying the best extended stretch of his MLB career, now in its eighth season. The 29-year-old righty reliever, whom the Pittsburgh Pirates acquired off waivers from the Yankees in June 2024, has experienced a career resurgence, if not a full renaissance, since joining his new club. Having now reached 50 appearances in a Pirates uniform and nearing 220 as a big-leaguer, Santana is grateful to have stabilized in Pittsburgh.
Part of Penguins' youth movement, Vasily Ponomarev pleased with 1st full season in organization

1 day ago | triblive.com | Justin Guerriero

Vasily Ponomarev does not immediately come to mind as the person best positioned to offer a diagnosis on the Pittsburgh Penguins’ 2024-25 campaign, which recently ended short of the playoffs for the third straight season. Coach Mike Sullivan or one of the player mainstays who spent most, if not the entirety, of the year on the NHL roster, seem more appropriately stationed.
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on April 24, 2025: Softball rivalry to write another chapter

1 day ago | triblive.com | Don Rebel

One WPIAL softball team is trying to maintain its spot atop the classification while the other school is fighting to get back into the playoffs. They may end up in vastly different places in the standings, but they have the same goal Thursday: Beat your biggest rival. With less than two weeks remaining in the regular season, this is the first meeting of the season as Class 6A top-ranked Hempfield hosts Norwin at 4 p.m.The Spartans are alone on top at 9-0 in 6A and a perfect 13-0 for the season.
Monroeville area: Gateway seeking sponsorships, cheer camp, car show, more

1 day ago | triblive.com | Patrick Varine

School district seeks sponsorshipsGateway School District officials are seeking sponsors for numerous facilities throughout the district. Individuals or businesses interested in sponsorships can email Jeremy Tepper at [email protected].
Trib HSSN Pennsylvania high school baseball rankings for April 23, 2025

2 days ago | triblive.com | Don Rebel

It may say mid-April on the calendar, but the top high school baseball teams in Pennsylvania are playing like its late May or early June. You’ll excuse us if the weekly Trib HSSN state baseball rankings this week look a lot like how they looked last week. There were victories aplenty for the top baseball teams across the state with only one change in all six classifications. A losing skid of three in a row bumped North Allegheny from the 6A rankings as the Tigers were replace by Parkland.
What to watch for in WPIAL sports on April 23, 2025: Section series continue with critical matchups

2 days ago | triblive.com | Don Rebel

The mercury throughout the district has risen to the point where the last thing on anybody’s mind is a snowball. However, the North Allegheny baseball team might be feeling like it is caught in a snowball rolling down following a heartbreaking loss to Section 1-6A rival Seneca Valley. The loss was the Tigers’ third straight and has dropped their overall record to 8-5 and their lead over the Raiders in the section to only one game.
Trib HSSN Pennsylvania high school softball rankings for April 23, 2025

2 days ago | triblive.com | Don Rebel

The eggs have all been collected and the baskets have all been found, now the only treats softball teams from across the state care about are the victories they are looking to stack. Five PIAA softball teams ranked in last week’s Trib HSSN state softball rankings were bumped for now. Some may return later while others will fade as the regular season winds down. Out from last week are Central Dauphin from 6A, Blue Mountain and Kennard Dale from 4A, Bald Eagle from 3A and Everett from 2A.
Trib 10: Baseball power rankings shaken up while softball stays solid

2 days ago | triblive.com | Don Rebel

The elite district baseball and softball teams took different courses to the same result this past week with nine of the 10 teams from the latest Trib 10 keeping their spot in the power rankings. Only a few of the top district baseball teams went unscathed this past week, leading to the belief that there is great balance within WPIAL baseball. Only North Allegheny losing three straight cost the Tigers their spot as they were replaced by surging Fox Chapel.
Hillandale Farms, giant egg producer, sells for $1.1 billiion

2 days ago | triblive.com | Joe Napsha

Hillandale Farms, among the nation’s top egg producers with a corporate office in Hempfield, was sold last month for $1.1 billion to a Brazil-based company. Hillandale Farms, founded by Orland Bethel in 1958, sold its 20-million chicken operations in late March to Global Eggs, a Luxembourg-based firm, according to news reports. Hillandale Farms has production facilities in the Gettysburg area, as well as in other areas in the Northeast, the Midwest and Southeast.