January 21, 2020   Wyoming Seminary Takes Lead in WVC Division 2   Wyoming Seminary 65, Holy Redeemer 58   By Phil T. WILKES-BARRE – After a back and forth first half in which Holy Redeemer held a one-point lead over Wyoming Seminary, the third quarter brought more of the same as both teams […]

  January 21, 2020   Spartans Defense Stymies Lions   Mid Valley Spartans 51, Lackawanna Trail Lions 19   FACTORYVILLE – It’s been a while since the Neast Beat landed in Tunnel Hill to take in a Lackawanna Trail hoops game.  The Lions currently lead Division 4 of the Lackawanna League with a 5-0 mark […]

  CONGRATULATIONS !!!   1,000 POINTS   Mackenzie Steele Susquehanna Community Lady Sabers     

Ed note: Due to some logistics issues, this wrap is a bit late. LLhoops live-streamed this game, and Ke’Shauna Damore was helping in the production. She gives us some post game thoughts. The last time the Cougars and Crimson Tide met, the Tide reigned victorious in a 50-42 win. This game was similar in that […]

In the game of basketball, not all losses are created equal. Yes, while all are painful in their own unique way, whether you find yourself coming up shy by just one-point, or by as many as say 50-points, the feeling can be nonetheless painful no matter how big or how small. However, there is arguably […]

  Tim Speraw – Head Coach of Lebanon give us his thoughts after the Cedars win vs Spot Jan. 20, 2020

Lebanon 52 Garden Spot 48 January 20, 2020 The Lebanon Cedars survived a scare from Section 3 foe, Garden Spot. Both teams used mostly zone defense, which made for a quickly played game. It seemed like the game would come down to Spot’s Big- Andrew Zentner, 6’7” sn – and Lebanon’s lightning quick trio of […]

  January 20, 2020   Dunmore Recovers from Slow Start to Beat Borough Rival   Dunmore Lady Bucks 51, Holy Cross Lady Crusaders 33   By Phil T DUNMORE— Holy Cross jumped out to an early 7-0 lead until Moriah Murray turned it on and got Dunmore rolling. The Lady Bucks got off to a […]

SUNBURY DAILY ITEM  BOYS’ BASKETBALL RANKINGS (through games of Jan. 19) (OW-Others to watch/NR-Not rated) C0mpiled by Mike Bullock   CLASS 6A No. School                                             Rec          Prev Cheltenham (1)                               14-2                 1 Roman Catholic (12)                      8-7                 2 Methacton (1)                                  16-1                3 Simon Gratz (12)                            14-2                4 Fox Chapel (7)                                15-0                5 McDowell […]

Top 7 scorers by Sections. Info gathered from LNP news and from LLhoops. Needs 10 games to qualify for the list                 Section 1 [table id=115 /] Section 2 [table id=116 /] Section 3 [table id=117 /] Section 4 [table id=118 /] Section 5 [table id=119 /]

  DISTRICT 2 BOYS TOP 10 games through 1/19   1.  Wallenpaupack (12-1) 5A  2.  Holy Cross (12-2) 2A 3.  Wyoming Seminary (12-2) 3A 4.  Scranton Prep (10-3) 4A 5.  Hazleton Area (9-4) 6A 6.  Abington Heights (9-5) 5A  7.  Pittston Area (10-4) 5A 8.  Crestwood (11-3) 5A 9.  Dallas (10-4) 5A   10.  Valley View […]

Columbia 54 LCDay 43 Jan 16, 2020 Check out the replay below!   Check out the game live or on replay  

Hempfield/McCaskey  short gallery…Jan . 17, 2020    

  DISTRICT 2 BOYS SCORES   MONDAY, 1/13 Northwest Area 32, North Penn-Mansfield 57   TUESDAY, 1/14 Hazleton Area 56, Dallas 55 (WVC-1) Crestwood 41, Wilkes-Barre Area 40 OT (WVC-1) Pittston Area 46, Berwick 40 (WVC-1) Nanticoke Area 62, Wyoming Valley West 52 (WVC-1) Hanover Area 49, Tunkhannock 53 (WVC-2) Wyoming Area 61, Northwest Area 56 (WVC-2) MMI Prep 32, Wyoming […]

  January 17, 2020   Dunmore Surges Past Riverside   Dunmore Lady Bucks 50, Riverside  Lady Vikings 36   DUNMORE – Lady Bucks’ hoops may not always run like a finely tuned Lamborghini, but their 8-0 run in the final 99 seconds of the third period broke open a close (29-25) matchup and propelled the […]