Full disclosure, but we must start this piece by laying out an inquiry that most in basketball circles would consider to be completely blasphemous given the months of hard work that each team puts in year-round to try and reach this particular summit. Even still, we must ask—Was it possible that Tuesday afternoon’s District 3-2A […]

When you reach this point of the season where the month of March is literally only a handful of hours away and the basketball postseason is only heating up with even more fervor, this is usually when Cinderella typically awakes from her slumber. Now sure, while underdogs with their can-do narratives typically end up stealing […]

If it’s true what they say that the truest mark of someone’s character is how they respond in the aftermath of adversity, you can best believe that the Hempfield Black Knights boys’ basketball team has done plenty of that and then some over the last few years. But also, it’s possible that two things can […]

Ed note: Manheim Central plays its games at Doe Run Elementary School. Seeding is the first number. All tip times at 7 pm with home games awarded to higher-seeded teams. 6A  First Round  Cedar Crest 40 Wilson 48 Central York  58  Hempfield 61 5A First Round Donegal 36 Warwick 62  Hershey 35 Lampeter-Strasburg 26  Muhlenberg […]

Before we begin, is there a word for déjà vu that doesn’t exactly come to completion? Say, kinda vu? Either way, that likely had to be the feeling that the Warwick Warriors possessed when they loaded up the bus in Lititz on Thursday afternoon before coming across the Susquehanna to meet up with the Mechanicsburg […]

There are some out there who will say that the postseason is in theory a “second season.” Or, more succinctly put, a second chance to try and make amends for previous shortcomings that occurred earlier during the season. And man alive, did Cedar Crest’s trip over to Wilson on Tuesday night fit ever that description […]

When we make comments that usually are along the lines of “The future of Lancaster-Lebanon League boys’ basketball is incredibly bright,” yes, while we may indirectly be talking about the players inside of the conference most specifically, it’d be extremely foolish to overlook the work of the many young coaches that the league can also […]

In order to accurately move forward in helping to better tell this story, we must first go back. Like two years’ worth of going back that is. Sure, while seeing the Hempfield Black Knights emerge to the surface of the eventual Lancaster-Lebanon League title game isn’t necessarily a new phenomenon by any stretch of the […]

If the old adage is that you want to be playing your best ball of the season at the most critical juncture, you can best believe that the two teams who made up the finale of the twin-bill of league semifinal contests at Conestoga Valley on Wednesday happened to fit that description to a T. […]

For all the unique and just overall special things that helps set the Lancaster-Lebanon League tournament apart from its other competitors found within District 3, matchups like this are the reason why. You see, having a Section One team saunter into the home gym of a Section Four team isn’t a scene you’d likely see […]

For years, this was a series that had laid dormant. As hard as it may be to believe to those on the outside, especially given how the two districts share a border with one another, but Manheim Central and Warwick never really interacted with one another on the hardwood come the winter months. Sure, while […]

Once you reach this part of the season when the number of days, much less the number of remaining games can essentially be counted on one hand in fact, it’d be nothing if not understandable as to why some of the more “feel good” stories found inside the Lancaster-Lebanon League boys’ basketball trail may now […]

If you’ve operated in this line of work for any great length of time, chances are that you already know how wild and tumultuous the journey of a high school basketball season can be. And while they surely wouldn’t like to be the experts on such a phenomenon, rest assured that the Manheim Central Barons […]

With just a handful of days left in the high school basketball regular season, it’s understandable as to why some teams are already having visions of grandeur when it comes to dreaming of the weeks yet to unfold which will surely include an excursion into the postseason for those exclusive members. Cumberland Valley of course […]

It’s downright crazy to fathom this, but a quick look at the calendar shows that the end of the regular season is fast approaching. As in a matter of days fast approaching to be exact. And sure, while some teams are either sitting pretty, or trying to reach for their favorite stress reliever of choice […]