ROMAN CATHOLIC DEFEATS CHELTENHAM 75-62 Roman Catholic built a big early lead then repelled a furious second half rally by Cheltenham to win a PIAA Class 6A state championship tournament quarterfinal on Wednesday night at Cardinal O’Hara. The game was the second of a doubleheader and was played before a capacity crowd. Roman scored first […]

NATIVITY BVM DEFEATS MOUNT CALVARY CHRISTIAN 80-58 In a game that was not as close as the final score suggests, Nativity BVM defeated Mount Calvary Christian 80-58 in a PIAA Class 1A state championship quarterfinal game at Reading on Tuesday night in the first game of a doubleheader. Nativity jumped out to a big early […]

NEUMANN-GORETTI DEFEATS BETHLEHEM CATHOLIC 53-42 Philadelphia Catholic League champion Neumann-Goretti defeated Bethlehem Catholic 53-42 in a PIAA Class 4A state championship tournament quarterfinal game on Tuesday night in Reading. The game was the nitecap of a doubleheader and was largely played at a deliberate pace. In winning the Philadelphia Catholic League championship, Neumann-Goretti has achieved […]

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Ed Note: And there was one! Lancaster Mennonite is the last  Boys LL team left standing, although Lancaster County has 2 non-LL teams still alive: Mount Calvary and Linville Hill Christian in the Boys 1A bracket. March 15 – Tuesday Boys 1A Nativity 80 Mt Calvary 58 St. Johns Neuman 60 Linville Hill Christian 50 […]

ROMAN CATHOLIC DEFEATS CENTRAL DAUPHIN 59-26 Roman Catholic advanced to the quarterfinals of the PIAA Class 6A state championship tournament with a 59-26 mercy rule victory over Central Dauphin on Sunday afternoon in a game played as part of a doubleheader at historic Liberty High School, in Bethlehem. Before a crowd of fewer than 200 […]

MATH CIVICS &SCIENCES CHARTER DEFEATS YORK CATHOLIC 58-47 In a game that was not nearly as close as the final score suggests, Math Civics & Sciences Charter, of Philadelphia, defeated York Catholic 58-47 in a PIAA Class 3A state championship tournament game on Sunday afternoon in the second game of a doubleheader, at Liberty, in […]

CHESTER AND MARPLE NEWTOWN ADVANCE TO CLASS 5A QUARTERFINALS Chester overcame a 12 point third quarter deficit to defeat Archbishop Ryan 53-48, and Marple Newtown’s outside shooting propelled them to a 56-48 win over Mastery Charter North in a pair of PIAA Class 5A state championship tournament second round games on Friday night at Cardinal […]

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ROMAN CATHOLIC DEFEATS HAVERFORD 59-49 Roman Catholic defeated Haverford 59-49 on Wednesday night in the first round of the PIAA Class 6A state championship tournament. The game was played at Archbishop Ryan, in Philadelphia, one of the few first round games in this year’s PIAA tournament to be played on a neutral site. Roman Catholic […]

Lancaster Mennonite 73 Windber 68 (OT) PIAA 2A First Round – Boys March 9, 2022 Windber, 2nd seed from District 5 (Johnstown area), entered the game 16-8. The Ramblers made the 4 hour trip to face Lancaster Mennonite the top seed from District 3. The Mennonite crowd was its usual load and proud group. Windber […]

ARCHBISHOP RYAN DEFEATS WEST YORK AREA 75-48 Archbishop Ryan easily defeated West York Area, 75-48, in the first round of the PIAA Class 5A state championship tournament on Tuesday night. The mercy rule was triggered in the third quarter of the game, which was played at Archbishop Ryan. West York fell behind quickly and never […]

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Dell’s column March 6, 2022 District 3 LL teams What a year for the LL. The boys were represented in 5/6 classes at Hershey this week. Congrats to all teams that played (Warwick, LS, Columbia, Lancaster Mennonite, Lancaster Country Day). Also, congrats to a Lancaster Co. team- Linville Hall – on winning the 1A game. […]

EDITOR’S NOTE: With Lampeter-Strasburg 27-0 heading into the PIAA Tournament, here is a look back at the only Lancaster County team that finished as an undefeated state champion — Lancaster Catholic’s 2002-03 club, which went 35-0. A longer version of this story will be part of LLHoops.com‘s upcoming book about the 50th anniversary of the […]