It’s a shame that Wilkinsburg’s final football season in its history will likely be most remembered for a fight.

The bigger shame is how the aftermath is being handled by administrators and coaches.

Wilkinsburg’s game was called with the Tigers trailing Monesson 18-0 in the third quarter.

A fight alledgedly broke out between coaches and players on both sides.

No one was ejected and Greyhounds athletic director Gina Naccarato refused to allow Monessen to keep playing.

Game film would be helpful to sort out this mess, right?

Well, actually, turns out no one has video of the fracas.

Punishments will surely be handled out, but it’s hard to buy in 2015 that no one was filming the game.

It would be unfair to speculate why no video turned up, but everyone can draw their own conclusions there.

What lesson is being taught here? As the kids say, pics or it didn’t happen.

Someone needs to be held accountable, but all the evidence now will rely on finger-pointing back and forth. That’ll probably go well.

Wilkinsburg is expected to shut down and be absorbed by the Pittsburgh Public Schools next year.

The Tigers won the first three WPIAL titles, including a 27-0 win over Butler at Forbes Field in 1916.

PIAA football expansion

Another mess may be coming down the pipes today, this time on the state level.

The PIAA will vote on the proposed six-classification format in Mechanicsburg.

It appears the proposal will pass, and that’s all well and good, but there are a number of questions that need to be asked.

Is it really a good idea to put this in place for next season?

The PIAA needs to decide what to do with a playoff system, how to set up the playoffs and keep its membership happy.

One thing that must happen is District 8, better known as the Pittsburgh City League, needs to go away.

One of those schools, Westinghouse, already applied to join the WPIAL and won’t know if it will be admitted until the six-class proposal is sorted out.

The other major problem is the WPIAL — which is District 7 —wants to keep its playoff system in tact and has threatened to pull out of the state playoffs.

With a move to six classes, Pennsylvania would likely need to move to a regional format. District 9 and 10 don’t have enough big programs to have its own district tournaments.

How to fix that is a mystery.

The current sub-regional format the state uses now likely won’t be good enough.

If enough of the PIAA supports six classes, that’s fine.

Let’s take the time and make sure that everything can be put into place correctly.

There’s no rush and a perfect system won’t be found. Everyone needs to take their time and get it right.

Josh Rizzo is a staff writer for the Butler Eagle.