Semi-pro basketball returned to NEPA in 2017 with the founding of the NEPA Stars and Stripes, an expansion team in the American Basketball Association. The team is a member of the ABA’s Chesapeake Division and plays its home games at G.A.R High School in Wilkes-Barre. The Stars and Stripes battle teams from the Northeast U.S. including those from Western Maryland, Elimira, York, Pottstown, Pittsburgh, Reading, Philadelphia, Baltimore, and New Jersey.