The first season of PIHA was a successful one. The York Typhoon won the first Founders Cup defeating the Delaware Blades. After the 2002 season, PIHA went through its first series of expansions and contractions. The Pottstown (Mission) Machine, Line Lexington (Labeda) Law Dawgz, Mount Laurel (Nexed)Generation, and Cherry Hill (Tour) Renegades all contracted after their first season, while the Philadelphia Growl, South Jersey Beast and West Chester Shockwave (who became the Downingtown Rage) were the three expansion franchises bringing the league total to seven. The league's second series of expansion and reductions led to the Marple Gladiators and Philadelphia Beast contracting and expanding with the Bridgewater Extremes, Morristown Minutemen (later the New Jersey Minutemen and now the New Jersey Stampede), and the South JerseyTeam Breakaway, along with the first two franchises located outside of the Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware tri-state area; the Buffalo Wings and the Frederick Vipers, both of which folded after competing in only seven games during the 2004 season bringing the league total back to eight by season's end. For the 2005 season, the league reached its lowest number of franchises at six. The Bridgewater Extremes, South Jersey Team Breakaway and Reading Nasty Boyz all contracting. The Nasty Boyz retracting left the Harrisburg Lunatics and York Typhoon as the only original two franchises. PIHA expanded with the PA West Inferno (now the Scottsdale Inferno). The Downingtown Rage contracted after the 2005 season.