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 […]

  March 15, 2002   Mountaineers Recover and Survive   Dallas 79, West Philadelphia 68 OT   By Phil T. BETHLEHEM – After bolting out to a 10-point lead after the first frame and holding a 12-point advantage late into the first half, Dallas seemed destined for a date in their first-ever PIAA Boys’ Semifinal.  […]

  2022 PIAA QUARTER-FINAL MARCH 15 RESULTS      Boys AAAA Dallas 79, West Philadelphia 68 OT (ends at 21-6)     Girls AAA Imhotep Charter 46, Riverside 40 (ends at 23-5)         

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  Remember the year 2020? Yeah, I know we all do in our own unique ways. Remember March 2020 more specifically? Certainly, right? After all, that’s right when everyone’s collective world turned completely upside down around the globe. Of course, if you’re more so of the PIAA boys’ basketball crowd specifically, you will probably remember […]

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 […]

  March 13, 2022   Defending Champs Reign   Archbishop Wood 44, Scranton Prep 21   By Phil T. EASTON – After watching their school’s Boy’s team hold-off the defending AAAAAA champions, Reading, the Lady Vikings took the court to face Scranton Prep. The two teams are familiar with each other as they played in […]

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 […]

  March 13, 2022   Lady Bucks Rally in Closing Seconds   Dunmore 62, Villa Joseph Marie 53 (OT)   By Phil T. EASTON – When you miss your first 12 attempts from beyond the arc, your odds of winning go down.  When you trail by five with less than 45 seconds to play, your […]

  March 13, 2022   Defense Keys Royals Overtime Victory   Holy Redeemer 66, Executive Education 49 (OT)   LEHIGHTON – While many fans will long remember the avalanche of free throws made by the Royals in the closing minute of overtime (9 of 10, including 6 resulting from three technical fouls called on the […]

  2022 PIAA SECOND ROUND MARCH 13 RESULTS     Boys AAAAAA Scranton 52,  Garnet Valley 49 OT (ends at 18-11)   Boys AAA Holy Redeemer 66, Executive Education 49 OT  (ends at 14-8)    Boys AA Holy Cross 55, Church Farm 39 (ends at 15-9)   Old Forge 51, Karns City 46 (ends at 20-8)  […]

Ed Note: A slight change in scheduling and format this year as the week-long break between the district playoffs and first round of state games has now been eliminated. Also, higher seeds “host” on Tuesday and Wednesday of this week. Listed below are the L-L League teams that have the state tourney this season along […]

  March 11, 2022   Saints Go Marching into Quarter-Finals   Neumann Goretti 57, Scranton Prep 51   By Phil T BETHLEHEM – Looking back at recent history, the one constant for District 2 Boys’ inter-district hoops is an eventual date with Neumann-Goretti in the PIAA State Tournament. In 2020, the Saints defeated Holy Redeemer […]

  2022 PIAA SECOND ROUND MARCH 11 RESULTS    Boys AAAAA Shippensburg 49, Pittston Area 43 (ends at 21-5)   Boys AAAA Dallas 75, Cardinal O’Hara 57 (ends at 14-11) Neumann-Goretti 57, Scranton Prep 51 (ends at 16-10)   Girls AAA Riverside 64, Palmerton 28 (ends at 23-3) Conwell Egan 58, Western Wayne 55 (ends […]