The East Liverpool Potters were an American basketball

Basketball

Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...

 team based in East Liverpool, Ohio

East Liverpool, Ohio

As of the census of 2000, there were 13,089 people, 5,261 households, and 3,424 families residing in the city. The population density was 3,010.3 people per square mile . There were 5,743 housing units at an average density of 1,320.8 per square mile...

 that was a member of the Central Basketball League

Central Basketball League

The Central Basketball League was an early regional professional or semi-pro basketball league based in Ohio and Pennsylvania. The league disbanded on November 12, 1912 after playing a few exhibition games. Joseph "Joe" Meech Leithead served as Secretary prior to 1908 and President of the League...

.

In their first season, the team won the regular season and came in second for the postseason series. A championship game was scheduled with Pittsburgh South Side

Pittsburgh South Side

Pittsburgh South Side was an American basketball team based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania that was a member of the Central Basket Ball League and the various incarnations of the Western Pennsylvania Basketball League. Some argue that it was the best all-white professional team in Western...

, the winner of the postseason series, but East Liverpool refused to play because the two teams could not agree on the officials. After getting only 4 wins in 61 games, the team dropped out of the league and was replaced by Alliance

Alliance (basketball)

Alliance was an American basketball team based in Alliance, Ohio that was a member of the Central Basketball League. The team replaced the East Liverpool Potters for the final 10 games of the 1908/09 season going 0-10.-Year-by-year:...

for the final 10 games of the 1908–09 season.

Their best known rivalry is Beaver Local High School, where the football teams reunite every year in a match which the Beavers have held the greatest opportunity to hold the winnings for 17 years until 2009 when the potters freshman team won the first game.

Year-by-year

Year	League	Reg. Season	Playoffs
1906/07	CBL	1st (Regular Season); 2nd (Postseason Series)	Co-champion
1907/08	CBL	1st	Champion (no playoff)
1908/09	CBL	8th	N/A