DISTRICT 2 BOYS RESULTS   District 2 Boys Standings (link)   MONDAY, 12/12 Hazleton Area 57, Reading 91 Pittston Area 36, Holy Cross 42 Crestwood 54, Nanticoke Area 42 Wilkes-Barre Area 62, West Scranton 66 Towanda 58, Montrose 50 Marian Catholic 41, Wyoming Seminary 54   TUESDAY, 12/13 Scranton Prep 50, Dallas 62 Holy […]

  December 17, 2022   Zephyrs Rally to Defeat Cougars in OT   By Jon K. HAZLE TOWNSHIP – Hazleton Area hosted Whitehall, one of the Lehigh Valley’s premier 5A teams, on Saturday evening.  There were plenty of question marks for both coaches coming into this one as the Cougars were coming off a 91-57 […]

You know, there was a time not all that long ago where this game would’ve effectively shut the entire city down. Not to say that it still couldn’t by and large to some effect, but the fact of the matter is that if you were to go back roughly 20 years in time, there was […]

While the high school basketball season may still be young at heart yet, that should not in any way suggest that there aren’t somewhat season-defining’ish type games still afoot here throughout the first couple weeks of the season if you will. After all, just try on Wilson’s trip to Warwick Thursday night on for size. […]

It may seem hard to believe, but two weekends ago, the high school basketball formally tipped off in earnest. For most, that meant that it was time to get going for real with the full compliment of players that had been training and preparing for weeks for the start of the season that had now […]

Archbishop Ryan defeats St. Frances Academy 77-69 On Friday night, host Archbishop Ryan continued their challenging non-conference schedule with a wire-to-wire win over traditional power St. Frances Academy, of Baltimore. Ryan built a big early lead which was eroded by St. Frances’ second half pressure. Ultimately, Ryan, a member of the Philadelphia Catholic League, prevailed […]

Penn Manor travels to McCaskey for an LL league game.

Ed note: The game starts at 7:30. We will try to do some pregame around 7:25. Warren Goodling, James Hein and Bruce Badgley will bring the game to life! REPLAY- click the banner or below. McCaskey 72 Penn Manor 50 Click HERE or the banner for the live stream/Replay. Please consider subscribing to llhoops youtube […]

By its very nature, high school sports can be a cyclical beast. Just as the sun will always rise in the east and set in the west, every year brings with it a new cast and crew that makes up a team’s roster due to those graduation proceedings that take place in the early summer. […]

Dec 12- Monday Camp Hill 52 Columbia 80 Country Day 67 Covenant Christian 33 Dec 13- Tues. Gov. Mifflin 53 Lebanon 49 Ephrata 62 Penn Manor 35 TWP 53 Wilson 60 Muhlenberg 58 Hempfield 66 Kutztown 58  Pequea V.45 Lanc. Cath. 59 Lanc. Men. 50 ELCO 58 Hamburg 52 AC 30 Oley Valley 58 Conestoga […]

Ephrata 62 Penn Manor 35 Dec 13, 2022 Live Stream REPLAY Dell Jackson and Bruce Badgley announce the first Live stream game. We are testing new equipment. Things went pretty well. Thanks to PM AD Pat Tucci for allowing us in to broadcast the game.    

  December 13, 2022   Mounts Stay Flawless, Cavs Suffer First Defeat   Dallas 62, Scranton Prep 50   by Phil T. DALLAS – It’s early in the season, we know, but both Dallas and Scranton Prep came into Tuesday night’s game with a chip on their shoulder.  Dallas overcame strong, out-of-district opponents East Stroudsburg […]

  Welcome Back to the Northeast Beat.   Today LLHoops takes a look at how District 2 Girls’ teams have started the 2022-2023 season.  As we did for the Boy’s teams yesterday, we’ll break things down into divisions of the Wyoming Valley Conference and Lackawanna League.   Girls Standings (link)   Wyoming Valley Conference Girls’ […]

If we are talking about the most historic brands of boys’ basketball programs that happen to call the Lancaster-Lebanon League their home, there are plenty to rightfully consider. Sure, it’s hard to argue with the dominance shown over a prolonged period of time when you consider the likes of Lancaster Catholic, McCaskey and Hempfield to […]