Year in review — Top stories of 2025: Mayhem at MASH, Tigers win PIAA gold

Key Highlights

• The brawl spilled onto the floor and both teams benches emptied.
• Days after the fracas, the PIAA ruled the game a double forfeit because of "blatant violations from both teams.""The kids are obviously disappointed, but we are just looking at some legal options right now," then-Meadville head coach Mark McElhinny said.
• "I feel it was an unjust decision by the PIAA.
• I don't have all the facts yet since they waited so long to announce it, but we definitely want to know what they think we should have done."It ended up being the final game for five Meadville seniors — Kellen Ball, Lucas Luteran, Jack Burchard, Kamarii Pope and Gunnar Luper.
• Luteran and Burchard are each 1,000-point scorers and playing college basketball at Washington & Jefferson and Gannon, respectively. AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisement"I was heartbroken and just began thinking about everything we have gone through to get to this point in our careers.