A referee has died after collapsing during a junior varsity basketball game Friday night in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, according to the Tribune-Review.The collapse happened during a game between Yough and Mount Pleasant high schools.Forty-five-year-old Michael Roebuck collapsed on the court before the second half of the game.Crews took him to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead.Mount Pleasant’s athletic director says they had fans move to the cafeteria as paramedics responded.They canceled the second half of the game, and the varsity game afterward was postponed.The Mount Pleasant Area School District issued a statement, saying, “Our school community is deeply saddened by the death of Mr. Roebuck during halftime of the Junior Varsity basketball game. Despite the immediate medical attention and efforts of our first responders, Mr. Roebuck tragically passed away due to the severity of the emergency.“Our thoughts, prayers and deepest sympathies are with Mr. Roebuck’s family and friends.”Several people wrote comments on social media mourning the loss, calling Roebuck an "amazing coach and genuinely great person" with an outpouring of well wishes for his family.Friends and family are now saying a void has been left."This area, lost a really, really great guy," said Doug Yannascoli."Somebody is going to have some big shoes to fill," said Ron Smithley.Roebuck had been refereeing since 2019, taking a break during the pandemic and returning in 2023.His wife, Jerica, witnessed the tragic moments firsthand."I was actually there. I went to watch him referee last night, which I really hadn’t done, so it was odd that’s the way that it happened," said Jerica Roebuck.He leaves behind a wife, a son and a daughter. But he also leaves behind a tight-knit sports community and so many kids who he’s coached and mentored over the years."He was good at it. He touched so many lives doing it," said Kaelyn Roebuck."I mean, he just had a way of relating not to just our kids but any kids that he had the privilege to coach and the opportunity to coach and they became his kids," said Jerica Roebuck.Now, a community mourning the huge loss of a father, husband, mentor and coach and someone who everyone says was loved and will be missed beyond measure.They are remembering him most for his love of coaching and working with kids."You know, he died doing the thing that he loved doing," Yannascoli said.Services for Michael Roebuck will be held this Tuesday and Wednesday in West Stanton, Pennsylvania.