(Butler, PA) The Butler County Community College men’s basketball team will battle for conference and regional titles this weekend during a dual-championship tournament in BC3’s Field House in Butler Township.
The Pioneers will compete against the Community College of Allegheny County, Pittsburgh, at 5 p.m. Friday in the tournament’s single semifinal. The winner Friday will face Pennsylvania Highlands Community College, Johnstown, at 1 p.m. Saturday for the dual Western Pennsylvania Collegiate Conference and National Junior College Athletic Association Division III Region 20 championship.
BC3’s Nick DelGratta, a 6-foot-7 forward from Struthers, Ohio, leads players on all 63 NJCAA Division III programs with a scoring average of 28.2 points per game. He is also eighth in steals with 69.
The Pioneers (11-12) are 0-2 against the Community College of Allegheny County (12-11) in the 2025-2026 season, including a two-point loss Feb. 4. Pennsylvania Highlands (14-12) is 1-1 this season against BC3 and is 2-0 against the Community College of Allegheny County.
Pennsylvania Highlands won the WPCC title in 2025, the Community College of Allegheny County in 2024 and BC3 in 2023. Pennsylvania Highlands was the Region 20 champion in 2025, Prince George’s Community College, Largo, Md., in 2024 and BC3 in 2023.
The Pioneers have captured seven WPCC titles since 1980 and two Region 20 championships since 2002.