{"id":101722,"date":"2026-01-15T23:16:28","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T23:16:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/101722\/"},"modified":"2026-01-15T23:16:28","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T23:16:28","slug":"brawling-moms-are-banned-from-their-kids-basketball-games-after-vicious-on-court-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/101722\/","title":{"rendered":"Brawling moms are banned from their kids’ basketball games after vicious on-court fight"},"content":{"rendered":"

By JAMES COHEN, SPORTS REPORTER<\/a> <\/p>\n

Published: 10:31 EST, 15 January 2026 | Updated: 10:36 EST, 15 January 2026 <\/p>\n

A pair of moms have been banned from attending their kids’ Catholic Youth basketball games after being involved in an on-court brawl last month.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The violent skirmish broke out during a 6th-grade game between St Teresa and Saint Clare on December 20th in Staten Island, New York, according to SILive<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Video footage from the day, obtained by the Staten Island Advance, showed two moms engaging in a heated exchange which quickly escalated into a physical affair.<\/p>\n

The women were seen shoving one-another and throwing punches as the tensions spilled over, before a number of other spectators attempted to diffuse the situation.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Despite their best attempts, the ugly scenes continued as the two women remained brawling. Once they were finally separated, another fight broke out beside them.\u00a0<\/p>\n

According to CYO County Director Michael Neely, the two women were parents of kids who were playing in the game and others involved were also family members.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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A pair of moms have been banned from their kids’ basketball games after sparking a brawl<\/p>\n

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A statement confirmed that the women – and family members also involved in the brawl – have all been banned indefinitely from attending CYO games<\/p>\n

In a statement, Neely confirmed that the women and the family members have all been banned indefinitely from attending CYO games.\u00a0<\/p>\n

‘Two families got involved and, in the end, their families have been banned from CYO indefinitely,’ Neely said.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile,\u00a0Staten Island Borough President Vito Fossella said:\u00a0‘The CYO is no longer gonna tolerate fights that just ruin it and crush it for kids,’<\/p>\n

‘There were kids on the court crying because they didn’t know what was happening, the game had to come to an end and these kids suffer.<\/p>\n

‘The mission was about the kids. The mission was about teaching them responsibility. The mission was about them having a good time: the kids.\u00a0<\/p>\n

‘The kids are the center of this universe here. And every once in a while some spectators get out of control and ruin it for the kids and ruin it for everybody else.’\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Fonsella also confirmed a new rule that will see spectators be handed a one-year ban for any disruptive behavior that occurs at a CYO basketball game.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

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