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Year in review — Top stories of 2025: Bulldogs earn PIAA silver, Conneaut gets first state playoff win

Story byThe Meadville Tribune, Pa. Alex Topor, The Meadville Tribune, Pa. Mon, December 29, 2025 at 2:46 PM UTC·2 min readEditor's note: The Meadville Tribune is re-visiting the top eight Crawford County-area sports stories from 2025. The series began Saturday and continues today, Tuesday and Wednesday. Two stories will run per day in no particular order. Meadville boys volleyball takes secondAdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementThe Meadville Bulldogs saw its dream season end on a sour note in June. Meadville's boys volleyball team lost its PIAA Class 2A championship match against Manheim Central 3-1 (21-25, 25-23, 25-16, 27-25) at Penn State University's Recreation Hall. The 'Dogs finished the season 19-1 and fell short of winning back-to-back state championships. Meadville won a District 10 title against Saegertown before taking down South Fayette, Ambridge and Shaler in the PIAA playoffs before its state title match. Meadville is 3-6 in state title matches.

Year in review — Top stories of 2025: Bulldogs earn PIAA silver, Conneaut gets first state playoff win

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Key Highlights

  • The Bulldogs were champions in 1964, 2019 and 2024.
  • They were runner-ups in 1962, 1965, 2010, 2021 and 2022. AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementThe Bulldogs landed three players on the Pennsylvana Volleyball Coaches Association All-State teams.
  • Juniors Luc Soerensen (outside hitter), Parker Gosnell (outside hitter) and Tymir Phillips (middle hitter), now seniors, made the team for the second straight season. Conneaut gets first state playoff winConneaut's girls lacrosse team earned a program-first last season — a PIAA playoff win. The Conneaut Eagles defeated Bellefonte 17-5 at the Hagerty Family Events Center in June in a PIAA Class 2A sub-regional. Senior Victoria Medrick scored eight goals to lead the Eagles to victory.“It means a lot, especially as a senior,” Victoria Medrick said.
  • “It was very important to start out strong.
  • I think we knew, coming into the game, kind of how they played.
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