Author: Scott Ludwig

  • ECBL Super Cup preview

    ECBL Super Cup preview

    Champion vs champion. The first ECBL Super Cup is happening on Saturday in Lincolnton, North Carolina. The game features winners of the Mid-Atlantic (Western Mass Zombies) and South (PrimeTime Players). Western Mass Zombies (11-3) Opened their inaugural ECBL campaign on March 13 with a 153-124 victory at Red Rose Thunder. Lost two of their next three,…

  • PrimeTime Players win sixth ECBL title

    PrimeTime Players win sixth ECBL title

    Season 7 of the East Coast Basketball League came to a conclusion last weekend with two long-time foes meeting in the championship game. PrimeTime Players, the only champion the league has ever known, took on a surprising North Carolina Coyotes squad who won four straight to reach the championship game. The two teams played a thriller…

  • History made; Zombies win first-ever ECBL Mid-Atlantic title

    History made; Zombies win first-ever ECBL Mid-Atlantic title

    History was made in Springfield, Massachussetts on June 19 with the first-ever ECBL Mid-Atlantic championship game. It was a clash of the top two teams in the seven-team circuit with host Western Mass Zombies facing the Hub City Hogs. The game turned into an instant classic as the home team battled back to win in overtime…

  • JD McDougal inks with Butte Cobras

    JD McDougal inks with Butte Cobras

    The Butte Cobras welcomed another skater to the family for 2021-22 today with the signing of JD McDougal. At 6’3″ McDougal brings plenty of size to the forward position. A 2021 graduate of Centaurus High School in Lafayette, Colorado McDougal joins his prep teammate Ross Biggerstaff who signed earlier this spring. He scored three goals…

  • ECBL Shockers on the move

    ECBL Shockers on the move

    First-year East Coast Basketball League club Plaistow Shockers are moving south. The team announced today their intention to relocate to the Hartford County region for 2022. The Shockers have called the Plaistow Community YMCA home since their formation in the summer of 2019. Formed in the summer of 2019 by Donovin Ford-Hayes, the Shockers began…

  • PrimeTime Players handle Thunder to win conference title

    PrimeTime Players handle Thunder to win conference title

    PrimeTime Players would not be denied last weekend. Facing the Carolina Thunder in the ECBL Southern Conference Final in a red hot gym at Fort Mill Community Center, the PrimeTime offense was clicking from the opening tip on their way to a 160-148 victory. In the opening frame the PTP shooting was as hot as…