A dramatic overtime victory that clinched Cathedral Prep’s first PIAA football title and ended its opponent’s state-record winning streak.
That was an Erie County sports highlight from 2000.
A record crowd of 7,070 that stuffed UPMC Park to watch the reigning Eastern League champion Erie SeaWolves – pardon – Erie Moon Mammoths, and the in-person antics of the HBO personality who temporarily renamed them.
That stood out in 2025.
In between the 21st century’s first quarter were other notable moments and individuals at various levels of county athletics.
It’s one that the Erie Times-News plans to commemorate at the end of the current year with 25 at ’25.
The project also is one that readers are encouraged to help shape from now through early December.
The Times-News sports department has begun to compile top-25 lists for the following:
Each list, in chronological or alphabetical order, will be all-inclusive. That means nominations can range from high school, college, major amateur (i.e. the Erie Otters), to professional (i.e. the Erie BayHawks or SeaWolves).
The only stipulation for nominations is that all or most of their accomplishments must have occurred since 2000.
(Preemptive apology to Prep graduate Mark Stepnoski, whose 12-season NFL career concluded with the 2001 Dallas Cowboys).
The Times-News will render a verdict in such scenarios.
Please submit nominations, with supporting information and optional contact information, to mcopper@timesnews.com.
Contact Mike Copper at mcopper@timesnews.com. Follow him on X @ETNcopper.
25 for '25: Fans can contribute to best-of lists for quarter century of Erie County sports – Erie Times-News
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