PIAA basketball playoffs: Fight breaks out at end of first-round game

A condition basketball activity finished very early Friday due to battles that burst out.

The PIAA Lesson 5A first-round game in between District 7's Uniontown and also District 10's Meadville finished along with 3 mins, 12 secs left because of battles in the stands.

After a technical foul was actually contacted a Uniontown (22-4) gamer, a battle broke out behind the Meadville bench as several Uniontown enthusiasts looked to get into an area of Meadville supporters.

The battle spilled out onto the court with several gamers being held off through teammates as well as coaches. There were actually numerous enthusiasts that were actually taken away in manacles after the matches were actually separated.

Meadville (16-8) led through eight points at the moment as well as looked the winner of the activity, but the PIAA did certainly not develop the Bulldogs on the main bracket on Friday night.

The second-round location was exposed without any formal phrase on the end result. The PIAA erased a tweet that had stated Meadville the victor.

"I have actually contacted the colleges entailed and also have actually sought a report coming from all of them through Monday AM concerning final night's event," PIAA exec supervisor Robert Lombardi wrote in an email. "I have no additional review till I acquire their documents."

Need to the PIAA advance a champion, that team will experience Hershey, the top seed away from Area 3, in a second-round video game Tuesday.