DISTRICT 2 BOYS TOP 10 (games through January 4) Hazleton Area (6-0) 6A Abington Heights (7-1) 5A Dallas (7-1) 5A Scranton Prep (5-3) 4A Nanticoke Area (6-1) 4A Scranton (5-3) 6A Valley View (8-1) 4A Wyoming Area (6-0) 4A Honesdale (7-2) 4A Wyoming Seminary (6-2) 3A   OTHERS TO WATCH Berwick (4-3), Crestwood (4-3), […]

The playoffs. One simple phrase that can pack quite the punch. For some, offseason aspirations of playing in the postseason have already been squelched, if not already in serious jeopardy for others. And while we have to wait until mid-February to formally kickoff the postseason in L-L Boys Basketball, Wednesday night at Lancaster Mennonite promised […]

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There’s no denying it. There’s just something different about rivalry games. Practices leading up are more intense, players and coaches are a little more dialed in, and the fans are a little more rabid. For both Manheim Central and Cocalico, all those elements and more came together on Tuesday night in Manheim as the Barons […]

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Berks Catholic and Twin Valley opened up Berks II play at the home of the Raiders Tuesday night.  The Saints winners of five of their last six.  Twin Valley was in a bit of a tail spin losing four in a row.  The Saints started out fast an never looked back.  Berks Catholic looked quite impressive […]

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Happy New Years! As we enter 2018, the leagues get into full swing. With a few Saturday games, mixed in, we will pretty much be on the Tuesday/Friday schedule. LLhoops will try to post up the next weeks schedule on Sunday. With weather issues, we’ll try to update as soon as we find out cancelations […]

January 2, 2018 1. Hempfield (9-0) (AAAAAA) Black Knights started the season winning the Carlisle Tip-Off with wins over over Mechanicsburg 62-42 and Carlisle 62-46. They reeled off seven more defeating Conestoga Valley 65-44, Spring-Ford 67-55, Penn Manor 54-40, Manheim Township 67-36 and Warwick 38-36. Then won their own Holiday Tournament with wins over West Philadelphia […]

DISTRICT 2 GIRLS DIVISION PREVIEWS     WYOMING VALLEY CONFERENCE   DIVISION 1   Crestwood (Ed Stepanski) 5A Hazleton Area (Joe Gavio) 6A Pittston Area (Kathy Healey) 5A Dallas (Kelly Johnson) 4A Wyoming Valley West (Gary Ferenchick) 5A Wilkes-Barre Coughlin (John Quinn – 1st year) 5A   Rivals Hazleton Area and Crestwood should be on […]

DISTRICT 2 BOYS DIVISION PREVIEWS     WYOMING VALLEY CONFERENCE   DIVISION 1   Hazleton Area (Michael Joseph) 6A Dallas (Mark Belinski) 5A Crestwood (Mark Atherton) 5A Wyoming Valley West (Richard Jones) 5A Pittston Area (Alan Kiesinger) 5A Wilkes-Barre Coughlin (Mike Day) 5A   Unlike the other races in the Wyoming Valley Conference, Division 1 […]