Congratulations to the following coaches named finalists for the 2018 Cetrone Award as Coach of the Year.

Final voting will take place in April and the honoree will be announced in May. The Cetrone Award winner will be honored at the 2019 PBC Hall of Fame weekend January 26-27, 2019.

• Jeff Ackerman Pine Richland High School- 23-7, WPIAL Finalist, PIAA Semifinalist
• Buddy Valinsky Allderdice High School-26-3, Section Champion, City League Champion, PIAA Quarterfinalist
• Ralph Blundo New Castle High School- 23-5, WPIAL Champion, PIAA Quarterfinalist
• Mike Mastrionani Quaker Valley High School- 26-2, Section Champion, WPIAL Runner up, PIAA Semifinalist
• Mike Rodriguez OLSH– 26-4, Section Co-champ, WPIAL Runnerup, PIAA Finalist
• Dan DeRose Penn Hills High School– 24-4, Section Champion, WPIAL Champion, PIAA Quarterfinlaist,
• Mike Bariski Lincoln Park High School-20-7, Section Champion, WPIAL Champion, PIAA 2^nd round
• Rob Carmody Mars High School- 25-5, Section Champion, WPIAL Champion, PIAA Finalist

Congratulations to the following coaches named finalists for the 1st annual 2018 Barth-Seneca Award as Girls Coach of the Year, Final voting will take place in April and the honoree will be announced in May. The Barth-Seneca award winner will be honored at the 2018 PBC Girls Hall of Fame Brunch November 3, 2018 at Rockefellers Grille in Kennedy Township.

• Molly Larkin-Cardinal Wuerl North Catholic HS- 25-4, Section Champion, WPIAL Champion, PIAA Semifinalist
• Ron Moncrief- Vincentian Academy– 24-2,Section Champion, WPIAL Champion, PIAA Quarterfinalist
• Spencer Stefko- North Allegheny High School– 28-1,Section Champion, WPIAL Champion, PIAA Semifinalist
• Dana Petruska-Mars High School– 24-6, Co-Section Champion, WPIAL Semifinalist, PIAA Champion
• Curtis Williams Gateway High School 25-4. Section Champion. WPIAL Champion, PIAA Quarterfinalist

The annual PBC Hall of Fame Brunch will return to Chartiers Country Club on February 2, 2019. Nominations are currently being accepted and the final ballot submitted to the selection committee May 1, 2018.

The class of 2018 will be announced Mid May 2018. Details of inductees for the class of 2018 as well as table and ticket prices will be announced at that time.

The 2^nd annual PBC Women’s Hall of Fame brunch will be held November 3, 2018 at Rockefellers Grille in Kennedy Township.

The class of 2018 for the Women’s Hall of Fame  will be announced in late May 2018. We encourage the entire girl’s basketball community to attend. Details of inductees as well as table and ticket prices will be announced at that time.

The 2017-18 PBC-BC Bantam league has been a big success. We will be crowning champions in 9 divisions beginning Tuesday March 6, 2018 with champions being crowned in our White Conference in grades 4-5-6 at Sto-Rox Middle School.

Championship week then will switch to Montour High School on March 7 and 8 where we will crown champions in our Gold and Blue conferences in grades 4-5-6.

After much debate last year about which conference was the stronger conference, we will hold a “Night of Champions” March 12, 2018 at Sto-Rox Middle School between the champions in grades 4,5,6 of the Gold and Blue divisions.

There are 2 semifinal games being played in our White Division March 5, 2018, but here is the schedule of game as of this writing. We will update this after tomorrow nights games.

March 5 at Sto-Rox Middle School SEMI FINALS

6 Pm 5^th semi white Avonworth White 5 vs. Montour Gold 5

7 PM 6^th grade semi white Sto-Rox 6  vs. Brentwood 6

 March 6^th at Sto-Rox Middle School

545- 4^th grade white championship Montour Gold 4  vs. Avonworth 4

700 PM 5^th grade WHITE championship Ambridge 5  vs Montour Gold/Avonworth White winner

815 Pm 6^th grade WHITE championship Ellwood City  vs. Sto-Rox/Brentwood winner

March 7 at Montour 9/10

6:00 Pm 4^th grade Championship BLUE Avonworth 4 (Light) vs Central Valley 4 (dark)

7:00 Pm 5^th Grade Championship GOLD Aliquippa 5 (Light) vs. Moon 5 (Dark)

8:00 PM 6^th grade Championship BLUE Avonworth (Light) vs Burgettstown (Dark)

MARCH 8 at Montour 9/10

6:00 PM 4^th Grade Championship GOLD Aliquippa 4  vs. Beaver Falls 4

7:00 Pm 5^th grade championship BLUE Avonworth 5  vs Beaver 5

8:00 PM 6^th Grade Championship GOLD Aliquippa 6  vs. Blackhawk 6

MARCH 12 at Sto-Rox Middle School – Tournament of Champions

6:00 Pm 4^th grade Gold champion vs 4^th grade Blue Champion

7:00 PM 5^th grade Gold champion vs 5^th grade Blue Champion

8:00 Pm 6^th grade Gold Champion vs 6^th grade Blue Champion

THANK YOU to all the teams that participated in the Legends Classic, High School Classic and Hall of Fame event. 7 of 9 games were completely SOLD OUT. Just an amazing weekend of High School Basketball. Pictures of the events may be found hitting the Facebook or Instagram link on the main page.

The following weekend this years Hall of Fame brunch at Chartiers Country Club was also SOLD OUT! Congratulations to all the inductees for this amazing reunion of Western PA basketball royalty.

We are planning the 2018-19 events as we type and we are looking forward to another great celebration of Western PA basketball during Hall of Fame weekend.

THANK YOU WESTERN PA!

My sincerest apologies for the delay but the 2017-18 PBC-BC Bantam schedules are online. Championships will be held in 10 divisions in 2017-18. Schedules DO NOT reflect any weather related changes.  Playoffs will begin February 24, 2018 for grades 4-5-6 and week of February 9, 2018 for 3rd grade.

Best of luck to all teams.

Please be advised that only single tickets are available for the 2018 Baierl-PBC Hall of Fame Brunch at Chartiers Country Club.

If interested in purchasing a table, please check back after the inductee deadline of January 22, 2018 where tables if any available, will be sold on a first come, first serve basis.

Thank you for the tremendous support of the PBC Hall of Fame Class of 2017.

The Baierl PBC Hall of Fame will kickoff with a weekend of games January 27 and 28, 2018 at Montour and Moon High school. The schedule of games is as following. The 2018 PBC Hall of Fame brunch will be held February 3, 2018 at Chartiers Country Club.

Legends Classic January 27, 2018 at Moon High School

12:00 PM Canevin vs. Monessen

1:30 PM Canon Mac vs. North Hills

3:00 PM Moon vs. Central Catholic

MRIE PGH High School Classic January 27, 2018 at Montour

3:00 PM OLSH vs. Beaver Falls

4:30 PM Lincoln Park vs. Quaker Valley

6:00 PM North Allegheny vs. Aliquippa

7:30 PM Montour vs. Blackhawk

BAIERL Hall of Fame Classic January 28, 2018 at Montour

12:00 PM Allderdice vs. Highlands

1:30 PM Seneca Valley vs. Seton LaSalle

3:00 PM Char Valley vs. Vincentian

4:30 PM Ambridge vs. Pine Richland

6:15 PM Mars vs. Sewickley Academy

Tickets are $7 for adults  and $3 for students. Please come out and enjoy some outstanding High School Basketball as well as acknowledge the great hall of Fame Class of 2017. Look forward to seeing every one there!

The 2018 PBC Girls High School Classic will be held January 13, 2018 at the “new” Ambridge High School gym January 13, 2018.

This years event schedule is as follows:

11:00 AM Sto-Rox vs. Monessen

12:30 PM South Fayette vs Obama

2:00 PM OLSH vs. Lincoln Park

3:30 PM Bethel Park vs. North Catholic

5:00 PM Montour vs. Upper St. Clair

6:30 PM Vincentian vs. Winchester-Thurston

8:00 PM Ambridge vs. Bishop Canevin

All tickets are $5.00 for adults and $3.00 for students. Please come out and support some GREAT Girls High School basketball.