RJ Bell of Canon McMillan’s put back with .02 seconds left was the difference as the PBC defeated Ozanam 159-158 in the 2nd annual PBC-OZ Showcase.

An amazing showcase of skills was on display for both teams. Josh Creach of Beaver Falls was MVP of the PBC team with 27 points and some gym rattling dunks. Prince Oduro of First Love Academy was MVP of the Ozanam team with 30 points.

Congratulations to Mark Shehady of Hampton for winning the 2017 3 point shooting contest and to Robert Crute of Aliquippa for winning the Slam dunk contest.

Thank you to all of the participants of the annual Showcase event  and we are looking forward to the 2018 event!

The Scoring Factory, under the leadership of Coach Pete Strobl, will be hosting Youth Academies throughout Western PA in the spring of 2017.

With an emphasis on skill development, this is a great program for the aspiring basketball player. Coach Strobl is one of the nations leading skills development coaches and assists many area college players improve there game.

Any questions, please contact the Scoring Factory directly for enrollment information.

SCORING FACTORY 2017

The 2017 PBC Pro Am Summer League will return in July 2017!

This years league will again feature many of the area’s top Division I players as well as select Division II players as well as players with Western PA roots who play professionally overseas returning home to make our collegiate summer league amongst the best in the nation.

More information coming soon. Tentative tip- July 6, 2017.

The 24th  annual 2017 PBC Summer Invitational is scheduled to begin in early June 2017 in several sites with the event being headquartered at Moon High School as well as the Montour Athletic Center. The tourney will be followed by the 2017 PBC Summer League Championships. The tournament are fully insured per PIAA rules and regulations for off season programming.

Sites will also be held at Ambridge High School, Baldwin High School and Central Catholic High School.

The PBC will also hold Summer Leagues for JV and Freshman teams. These leagues will culminate with championship games at the PBC Summer league Championships.

The Varsity League application is below. Please have these submitted May 20, 2017

2017 Summer App

Congratulations to the following teams and coaches crowned 2017 PBC-BC Bantam League Champions.

Developmental Division

4th grade West Allegheny 27 Central Valley 15 (Khristan Tisdale-Head Coach)

5th Grade Avonworth 30 Montour 21 (Ed Young Head Coach)

6th Grade Montour 30 Avonworth 26 ( Head Coach

Small School Division

5th Grade Rochester 35 Brentwood 17 (Sam Laurie Head Coach

6th Grade Midland 29 Sto-Rox 26 (Renell Cummings Head Coach)

Mid School Division

5th Grade Avonworth 30 Moon 17 (Jason Neal Head Coach)

6th Grade Beaver 30 Avonworth 27 ( Jeff Shuyda Head Coach)

Big School Division

4th Grade Avonworth 30 Aliquippa 24 (Chris Hayes Head Coach)

5th Grade Montour 30 Aliquippa 24 (John Geiger Head Coach)

6th Grade Seneca Valley 48 Beaver Falls 36 (Tom Pipkins Head Coach)

Congratulations to all the teams that participated in the 2016-17 season. 2 years after the merger of PBC and BC Leagues, the league featured great competition and several rivalries are forming that make Bantam basketball the great experience it is. With 4 levels of competition, more kids than ever before were able to participate in the youth league. We are looking forward to the league moving forward and becoming an elite bantam youth basketball league in 2017-18.

The Pittsburgh Basketball Club is proud to announce that Ron Cook will be honored with our Lifetime Achievement award at the 2017 Hall of Fame brunch on January 28, 2017 at the Airport Doubletree Hotel.

Ron has been a long time writer for the Beaver County Times, the Pittsburgh Press and the Pittsburgh Post Gazette. Ron also is co-host of a daily talk show on WFAN-the FAN.

Ron joins distinguished media members Jim O’Brien and Bill Hillgrove as recipients of the prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award.

A limited number of tickets are available for this year’s event. Please go to our events section for an order form to this year’s Hall of Fame brunch.

The 2017 Girls High School Classic will be held January 14, 2017 at the “new” Ambridge Field House. As always, this year’s event features many of our area’s top girls programs. The schedule of games is as follows:

 12:00 PM Lincoln Park vs. Westinghouse

1:30 PM- Monessen vs. Sto-Rox

3:00 PM  Montour vs. New Brighton

4:30 PM- Bethel Park vs. Seneca Valley

6:00 PM- Beaver Falls vs. Vincentian

The 2016-17 PBC-BC Bantam program has tipped off with divisions for 4th, 5th and 6th grade. Schedules are now online in the Grade School section and standings will be posted every Thursday beginning January 12, 2017.

Best of luck to all the teams this upcoming season.

Allderdice Head Coach Buddy Valinsky has been named the winner of the 2016 PBC Dick Cetrone Coach of the Year award.

The Allderdice 2015-16 season speaks for itself. Section Champion, City League Champion as well as PIAA State Runner-up finish against one of the countries toughest schedules. Truly one of the best seasons in recent memory and another outstanding addition to the Allderdice basketball tradition which Buddy not only maintained, but set a bar few will ever reach.

The Cetrone Award is named after legendary Sto-Rox Basketball Coach Dick Cetrone, who was the founding father of the Sto-Rox Basketball dynasty, winning 1 State championship, 5 WPIAL Championships as well as 10 Section Titles. Coach Cetrone’s 1983 State Championship team was Pennsylvania’s last 32-0 undefeated state champion. The feat has since been matched by New Castle (31-0 in 2014) and Aliquippa (30-0 in 2016).

Buddy will be presented with his award at the 2017 Pgh HS Classic at Montour High School on January 29, 2017

The Pittsburgh Basketball Club is proud and honored to announce the 2016 Legends Hall of Fame Class. We will be honoring this year’s class at the annual Baierl Hall of Fame Brunch on January 28, 2017 at the Airport Double Tree Hotel from 10 AM to 2 PM.

This year the PBC welcomes home the following Legends of the Western PA Hardwood.

George Karl-Penn Hills-North Carolina

Will Robinson Laurel Highlands- West Virginia

Jim Bolla-Bishop Canevin-Pitt

Terry Knight-General Braddock-Pitt

Jonna Burke- Bethel Park-Pitt

Bill Soffa- Carnegie Tech

Jim McCoy -Central Catholic- UMass

Gary Nelson-Fox Chapel-Duquesne

Barry Nelson-Fox Chapel- Duquesne

Rick Suder-Center Area-Duquesne

Rick Coleman Schenley-Jacksonville

John Luton- Cornell-Penn State

Joe Fryz- Moon Area-West Virginia

Gene Turner- Allegheny High School-CCAC-Carnegie Mellon

Rick Cannon Perry Traditional Academy- Robert Morris

The annual Hall of Fame brunch is SOLD OUT in a matter of days. A limited number of tickets will be made available to the general public beginning December 1, 2016. Please utilize the banquet order form below to order tickets. Any questions, please feel free to contact the PBC at 412-403-9086.

HALL OF FAME BRUNCH ORDER FORM 2017-PUBLIC