It seems odd to say given that the high school basketball season is often perceived to be so long when you consider that every teams plays rough 20-games per campaign, but sometimes clubs can certainly find themselves at a bit of a crossroads early in the year. Yes, in some cases even by the time […]

READING DEFEATS LASALLE COLLEGE 52-32 Reading looked every bit the favorite to retain the Pennsylvania PIAA Class 6A state championship in their magnificent performance in the opening game of the Diane Mosco Foundation Shootout at Archbishop Wood on Saturday afternoon, defeating LaSalle College 52-32. With this win, Reading remains undefeated on the season. If anything, […]

Column Dec 19 So it begins….HS teams around the state tipped off this past week. The LL had games EVERY night from Dec 13th to the 18th. For the most part, schools did not have a mask mandated policy to enter the gyms. LL Wraps Andy Herr Warwick/Cocalico Palmyra/Donegal Central York/TWP McCaskey/Reading Ephrata/Conrad Weiser LS/Solanco […]

  December 18, 2021   Spartans Hold Off Late Tunkhannock Surge   Mid Valley 39, Tunkhannock 35   By Phil Thrash SCRANTON – Mid Valley capped off the LIAA/WVC Conference Challenge with a 39-35 victory over Tunkhannock on Saturday afternoon. After a poor offensive second quarter in which Tunkhannock could only muster one field-goal, the […]

Hempfield 57 Governor Mifflin 51 (OT) Dec. 18, 2021 Experience…patience…stick to what got us here…Coach Danny Walck, well, walked the line as his Black Knights fought back from a 13 point deficit in the 4th quarter to tie the game and send it into OT. Late afternoon early/evening games can throw off the routines of […]

  December 18, 2021   Trojans Shooting Stalls in Loss to Elk Lake   Elk Lake 48, Greater Nanticoke Area 37   By Phil Thrash SCRANTON – After a dominating opening half, Nanticoke Area’s offense went icy cold and couldn’t generate any consistency as Elk Lake pulled away for a come-from-behind 48-37 victory. An Owen […]

Expectations. They can either make you or break you. Of course, a lot of what hangs in the balance between which of those two pathways you venture on depends on what you’re made of internally. To be sure, what comes out of you when you get squeezed is the true epitome of your underlying character. […]

Scores/Schedule Dec 13-19 Dec 13- Monday Non-league Manheim Central 46  Warwick 63 Exeter 59 Etown 51 Hanover 66 Pequea Valley 55 Camp Hill 39 Lanc. Mennonite 69 Central York 51 TWP 65 Dec 14- Tuesday LL games Solanco 30 Garden Spot 37 Cocalico 57 Conestoga Valley 68 Etown 37 Warwick 55 Octorara 54 ELCO 57 […]

  DISTRICT 2 BOYS GAME RESULTS   MONDAY, 12/13 Mid Valley 40, North Pocono 56 Scranton 69, Wyoming Valley West 49 Holy Cross 43, Pittston Area 47 Nanticoke Area 37, Crestwood 54 West Scranton 79, Honesdale 48 Wyoming Seminary 29, Abington Heights 77 Riverside 50, Wyoming Area 28 Old Forge 53, Lackawanna Trail 20 Dunmore […]

  December 17, 2021   Sabers Roll as Conference Challenge Tips Off   Susquehanna Community 41, MMI Prep 11   By Phil Thrash SCRANTON – With a travel distance of 80+ miles between Susquehanna Community and MMI Prep, the Lackawanna College Student Union Gymnasium seemed like a fair place for both of these teams to […]

Ed Note: How about LLhoops covering 2 games on the same night? Bruce Badgley will produce today’s game between McCaskey and Penn Manor. The pre-game starts around 7:15. If we have issues with getting out on the net live, we will tape the game and put it up later that night. Enjoy an evening with […]

  December 17, 2021   Patriots Retake Lead Late to Hold Off Trojans   Pittston 36, North Pocono 33   By Phil Thrash SCRANTON – This weekend’s LLIA/WVC Conference Challenge got underway Friday with a doubleheader at the historic Lackawanna College Student Union Gymnasium.  In the second matchup of the evening, fans were treated to […]

Ed note: Game #2 for the LLhoops crew. Click on the banner for the Youtube stream. If we have issues getting out on the net, we will record and post later in the evening. CV and Etown should be contenders for a Section 2 Crown. Pregame will start around 7:15. Stay tuned after the game […]

Ed note: Logan Thompson, LS New President, provides us with some interesting picts from the Manheim Central/LS game. His work can be found on his insta-gram page @thompson_photography20. Enjoy!     Slideshow   Thumbnails- click on image to enlarge

Ed note: Sometimes you just need to ask. Chuck Westerlund gives us some shots of Manheim Central/LS game.   Slideshow   Thumbnails- click on pict to enlarge