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.