The York Mighty Ants are a professional basketball team in

York, Pennsylvania York ( Pennsylvania Dutch: ''Yarrick''), known as the White Rose City (after the symbol of the House of York), is the county seat of York County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is located in the south-central region of the state. The populati ...

, United States, and members of

The Basketball League The Basketball League (TBL), formerly North America Premier Basketball (NAPB), is a minor league basketball organization. The league began operating in North America in 2018 with eight teams, and expanded to over 44 teams as of 2022. The Bask ...

(TBL).

History

The Mighty Ants were founded in 2013 by Seth Leonard and competed in the

Eastern Basketball Alliance The Eastern Basketball Alliance was a semi-professional men's winter basketball league. Games were played on the weekends and the season was approximately four months long (January through April). History The EBA was formed in 1996 from the fled ...

, until the league's closure in 2015. The team made it to the league championship in 2014 only to come up short to the

Harrisburg Horizon The Harrisburg Horizon were a professional basketball team based in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, in the United States. The Horizon were a member of the Eastern Basketball Alliance The Eastern Basketball Alliance was a semi-professional men's winte ...

In 2016, Team Owner Seth Leonard temporary put the team on hiatus. The team joined Triple Threat Basketball League in 2021. On October 12, 2022,

(TBL) announced the York Mighty Ants were approved as an expansion franchise for the upcoming 2023 season.

References

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