A chaotic scene unfolded as video footage caught the moment a group of parents erupted into a full-scale brawl during a Catholic youth basketball match on Staten Island, New York, late last month.

This violent altercation erupted on December 20 at St. Teresa in Castleton Corners. The clash occurred during a sixth-grade boys’ game between the host school and Saint Clare, under the watchful eye of the Catholic Youth Organization (CYO), as reported by SILive.

Initially, a video obtained by the Staten Island Advance highlights two mothers embroiled in a tense verbal confrontation. The encounter quickly degenerated when one mother shoved the other, igniting a chaotic flurry of punches between them.

Onlookers, including fellow parents and school staff, hurried to intervene as the mothers clung to each other’s hair, with one delivering a rapid series of blows to the other’s head.

The incident, described as a brawl at a children’s basketball game on Long Island, highlights the volatile nature of spectator emotions. (Silive)

After several men finally pulled the two women apart, a separate fight erupted during the disruptive melee, the video shows. Chaos reignited as the women returned to each other, continuing their violent struggle amid the ongoing turmoil.

According to CYO County Director Michael Neely, the two women were parents, and some of those who became involved in the altercation were their family members, SILive reported.

Neely added that the two women, along with the family members who became involved, have been suspended indefinitely from attending CYO games.

Numerous parents spiral out of control as a fight breaks out at a children’s basketball game in Staten Island on Dec. 20.  (Silive)

“Two families got involved and, in the end, their families have been banned from CYO indefinitely,” Neely said.

Until now, leaders reportedly said altercations at Catholic Youth Organization games are typically handled on a case-by-case basis.

However, the fight has prompted officials, including Staten Island Borough President Vito Fossella and CYO, to announce new rules on Tuesday aimed at preventing spectators from acting out of bounds.

Numerous men pull two women apart during a fight that broke out at a children’s basketball game. (Silive)

Spectators ejected by a referee for disruptive behavior at a CYO basketball game will now face a one-year ban.

“The mission was about the kids,” Fossella, whose children reportedly played CYO basketball, said during a press conference. “The mission was about teaching them responsibility. The mission was about them having a good time: the kids. 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.”