Andy’s Take

Perhaps it’s funny. Perhaps it’s ironic. Whatever the adjective of choice, there’s something be said for not much changing in a year’s time. Or, more accurately, 364 days. You see, back on February 15th of 2023, this was the exact same scenario. Well, sort of. In terms of what made it similar was the stage, […]

At first blush, you might assume that the connections found between Lampeter-Strasburg and Penn Manor would be remarkably similar. Easy to think that seeing as how roughly 10 miles separate the school’s two campuses from one another with the tiny hamlet of Willow Street essentially serving as a 48th parallel when it comes to determining […]

Death, taxes, and Lancaster Country Day boys’ basketball in the postseason. Okay, even if that’s not the precise phrase that gets uttered, it doesn’t make it any less true. Since the Cougars from Country Day joined the Lancaster-Lebanon League cast and crew six years ago now, LCD has known nothing but playoff basketball once the […]

When you get right down to it, what more could you possibly ask for on the final night of the season? Of course, a little luck along the way certainly doesn’t hurt the mission either. For the Annville-Cleona Dutchmen, that’s exactly what Thursday night in their regular season finale offered to them—A chance. A chance […]

To say that Tuesday night’s Octorara and ELCO game was simply “important” might be the biggest undersell of all-time. Alright, alright. Extreme hyperbolic language pushed to the side for just a moment, the fact of the matter was that history was on the line once the Octorara Braves loaded up the bus and ventured northward […]

This is a bit of an open-ended question, but how is this possible? How is it possible that a defending state champion, the first one that the L-L League has seen in 20 years, is somehow flying under the radar? Granted, while one could argue that Lancaster Mennonite never really receives the lion’s share of […]

Admittedly, it’s probably been the type of grind for the Solanco Golden Mules boys’ basketball team so far this winter that makes them feel as if they were trying to cut a two-dollar steak with plastic utensils throughout the span of these last two months. But for all the disappointment that may come part in […]

When those in the Lebanon Cedars boys’ basketball camp awoke from their slumbers on Saturday morning, it’d be hard to find fault with anyone one of them if they began the day with a renewed sense and overall feeling of promise. Granted, that may be hard to figure considering how the Cedars began the day […]

If we were to ever take an unscientific straw poll to try and determine who some of the more renowned and recognizable brands contained within District 3 boys’ basketball are, it might prove to be a rather arduous task. Sure, you have the likes of the proverbial giants, Reading High and Harrisburg for example, right […]

In a lot of ways, this is exactly how we thought things would eventually play themselves out. That of Chief among them being the Warwick Warriors sitting all by their lonesome atop the Lancaster-Lebanon League Section Two boys’ basketball standings through the first cycle and change of conference play. Fair enough, but it might also […]

Up until about a week ago, there may have been some debate fermenting beneath the surface in District 3 boys’ basketball circles as to whether or not the Berks Catholic Saints were legitimately the best squad found in classes 1A thru 6A within the mid-state. Certainly in 4A in particular, Berks Catholic’s home classification, there […]

Ever since Manheim Central and Warwick combined to join forces inside of Lancaster-Lebanon League Section Two boys’ basketball a few years ago now, seeing both the Barons and Warriors effectively take the division by sheer force has largely been one of the worst kept secrets found within the conference since that powerful tandem came into […]

If there’s one thing that we’ve learned throughout this season when talking about Section One of Lancaster-Lebanon League boys’ basketball, it’s obviously this… It’s uhhh…Umm….Hang on a sec here….It’s umm.. Dang. Looking back on it, have we really been able to glean much of anything tangible that we can hang on our hats on when […]

Admittedly, while this site will almost always be reserved for chronicling the overarching landscape of high school basketball teams found from around the Lancaster-Lebanon League most specifically, it’s not as if we are totally incapable of being able to walk and chew gum at the same time. Or, more succinctly put, not being totally naïve […]

If you hang around long enough to check out the scenery that the L-L League boys’ basketball circuit has to offer, chances are that you’ll eventually start to pick up on some things and some underlying trends that always make their way to market. One of those of course being the undeniable fact that the […]