Christo Rey defeats Friends’ Central 71-60 A barrage of 3-pointers in the third quarter propelled host Christo Rey to a 71-60 win vs. Friends’ Central in a game in the 17th annual Pete & Jameer Nelson Scholastic Play-by-Play Network Classic. Christo Rey is a relatively new Philadelphia parochial school, not part of the Philadelphia Catholic […]

Dallastown 55 Penn Manor 40 Dec . 27, 2022 The Comets started well with Aiden Mattern, 6’1” soph guard, scoring Penn Manor’s first 6 points, causing the Dallastown Wildcats to call an early timeout. Coach Grassel would turn up the heat on the Comets using a variety of traps and run and jump defenses – […]

Believe it or not, but we have officially reached the holiday week of the high school basketball season. And while this week isn’t quite a line of demarcation of sorts in that it marks the midway point of the year or anything finite such as that, it’s an important week for most everyone who has […]

Coming into this season, there figured to be a lot of eyeballs centered around the year-long race for the Lancaster-Lebanon League Section Two title in boys’ hoops. And rightly so quite frankly. After all, you wouldn’t be all that likely to receive much of a beef from anyone with a keen knowledge of the local […]

  DISTRICT 2 BOYS RESULTS   District 2 Boys Standings (Link)   MONDAY, 12/19 Dallas 61, Lewisburg 59 Riverside 60, North Pocono 66 Holy Redeemer 63, Williamsport 67 Mid Valley 57, Scranton 45 Schuylkill Haven 59, MMI Prep 37 Wyoming Valley West 24, Abington Heights 79 Wilkes-Barre Area 55, Hanover Area 54 Wyoming Area 62, […]

LL Scores/Schedules Dec. 19 -24 Dec . 19- Monday LL games Lancaster Catholic 48 Cocalico 58 (OT) L-S 63 Donegal 58 Non-league Solanco 24 York Suburban 43 Lebanon 51 Garden Spot 61 Penn Manor 48 E-Town 50 ELCO 53 Wyomissing 48 Big Spring 55 Annville-Cleona 24 Warwick 67 Township 74 (OT) Octorara 59 Berks Catholic […]

Hempfield 65 Mannheim TWP 40 Dec. 21, 2022 “Share the ball… Take care of the ball…..Play defense and finish with a rebound.” Both Player of the Game, Ben Troyer 63” jn, and Head Hempfield Coach, Danny Walck, stated the obvious after the game. The Hempfield Knights checked off all the boxes as they rolled over […]

In many ways, the start to the 2022-23 Lancaster-Lebanon League boys’ basketball season has really been no different than most others that have preceded it. Like clockwork, this year too –albeit while still in its relative infancy – has offered up tantalizing storylines that have captivated the general masses. True to form, there have been […]

Central Dauphin defeats Altoona Area 62-51 A 30-0 run spanning the middle of the first quarter to the middle of the second frame propelled host Central Dauphin to a 62-51 win over Altoona Area in a Mid Penn Conference Commonwealth Division league game. This observer, who has seen over 2000 high school basketball games, had […]

While some on the outside simply may have seen the combined 1-8 records coming into Monday possessed by both Lebanon and Garden Spot respectively and their matchup to begin the week against one another, a deeper look inside the numbers quickly demonstrated that there is much, much more there than what immediately came up to […]

Manheim TWP 74 Warwick 67 (OT) Dec. 19, 2022 The Warwick Warriors were coming off an OT game with Wilson- forced into OT by a tip off a foul shot. Warwick forced this contest into OT on a 25 foot bank shot by Carter Horst, 6’1” jn. However, it was the TWP Streaks that took […]

  December 19, 2022   Abington Heights Moves to 5-0 as Ken Bianchi Wins No. 850   Abington Heights 79, Wyoming Valley West 24   By Phil T. A defensive eruption and an offensive explosion were on the docket tonight as Abington Heights totaled 59 points in the first half en route to their 79-24 […]

  CONGRATULATIONS TO ABINGTON HEIGHTS COMETS HEAD COACH KEN BIANCHI  

Ed note: Coach Mike Grassel joins LLhoops staff for some updates on his team, Dallastwon, and some updates around the York/Adams League. Dec 18, 2022  

  December 17, 2022   Trojans Balanced Attack Defeats Berwick   by Jon K. It’s been quite a while since LLHoops stopped by Berwick to catch a regular season boys’ game.  After a 2-19 campaign last year, the Bulldogs were off to a 3-1 start.  With their hoops program headed in the right direction and […]