Welcome back to the Northeast Beat.   This week LLHoops will take a look at how well teams have navigated through the first week of the 2022-2023 season and which squads are off to a flying start.  Stop back on Tuesday for Girls’ team season updates.   Boys Standings (link)   Wyoming Valley Conference […]

  BOYS PLAYERS OF THE WEEK   Jaymire Allen (6-1 senior guard) has been an impact player, leading Carbondale to a 3-0 start on the season.  He scored 31 points in the Chargers’ opening night 64-53 victory over Elk Lake in the annual Mike “Red” Wallace Memorial game.  In the Jerry Finan Memorial Tip-Off Tourney […]

Dell’s Column- Dec 12, 2022 The week that was… LLhoops was on the trail this past week as most teams started PIAA play. Andy’s wraps Solanco/Oxford Central Dauphin/TWP Cedar Crest/Gov. Mifflin TWP/Etown Penn Manor/Twin Valley Luke Brown Trinity/Lancaster Mennonite Dell Hempfield/LS Donegal/Solanco ELCO/Spring Grove Lebanon/N. Schuylkill Jon K Scranton Prep/Tunkhannock Galleries by Cisco Soto Columbia/Muhlenberg […]

Ed note: Coach Mike Grassel give us some insights on his team, Dallastown, and happenings around the York/Adams League. Coach joins us via zoom and we will post perhaps on a weekly basis. Enjoy! Coach Mike Grassel and Dell discuss his team, some coaching techniques, and some players to watch in the York/Adams League.

  BOYS TIP-OFF TOURNAMENT RESULTS   Wilkes-Barre Area Tip-Off (12/2 and 12/3 @ Wilkes-Barre Area) Bethlehem Freedom 46, Mid Valley 44 Holy Redeemer 56, Wilkes-Barre Area 45 Holy Redeemer 61, Bethlehem Freedom 56 (Championship) Mid Valley 58, Wilkes-Barre Area 27 (Consolation)    20th Joseph Nespoli Tourney (12/2 and 12/3 @ Berwick) East Stroudsburg South 65, Bloomsburg 41 […]

ELCO 65 Spring Grove 56 ELCO defeated the Spring Grove Rockets to claim the first place trophy at the Lebanon tip off tournament. As llhoops was entering the Raiders rosters, there was nothing but guard, guard, and more guards. Although it might be said that some of the guards could be combo G/F players, the […]

North Schuylkill 66 Lebanon 45 Dec. 10, 2022 N. Schuylkill Spartans defeated the Lebanon Cedars to claim third place in the Cedar Tip off. The game was marred by multiple turnovers by both teams as it was difficult to establish a rhythm. The Cedars took and early lead at 7-2 off of a drive and […]

  December 10, 2022   Faux Nails 7 Triples to Key Dallas Comeback Victory   Dallas 56, Boys’ Latin Charter 52   By Jon K. DALLAS – Local hoops fans have come to expect a certain style of basketball from the Mountaineers – a tenacious defense that helps create explosive fast-break offense.  But, on Saturday afternoon […]

Without a doubt, one of the most fun things to do at the end of the first week of a season to try and conjure up storylines and long-term projections based on how just a morsel of games have turned out thus far, all while being somewhat absent-minded perhaps to the fact that the lion’s […]

Donegal 44 Solanco 34 Dec 9, 2022 Both teams entered the game with identical 2-1 records. Both teams feature new LL head coaches. Both teams have had some real good W’s this season. After the dust settled, the Donegal Indians were stronger on the boards and overcame a major scoring drought in the 4th to […]

Ed Note: All non-league games this week LL Scores and Schedule Dec 5 -10 Dec 5 -Monday Cedar Crest 71 Gov. Mifflin 51 N. Lebanon 36 Tri-Valley 50 Dec 6 – Tues. C. Crest 69 Conestoga V. 57 Penn Manor 63 Oxford 36 Kennet 44 Octorara 70 Man. Central 40 W. York 52 Etown 24 […]

First off, is it okay to say this out loud? Is it okay to say that Thursday night’s Manheim Township and E-Town game was a bit of a “crossroads” type game? Granted, even though the 2022-23 campaign isn’t even a week-old yet, the initial premise of the original question may not be all that farfetched […]

LS 45 Hempfield 38 Some were calling this game a re-match of last’s years LL finals, which LS won at the buzzer. However, it’s a new year with some differences. First, you have home-court advantage to LS,. Second, LS does not have the dynamic guard, Ty Burton, from last season. Third, LS had 2 games […]

Gallery by Cisco Soto/ Washington Winnona Images. Contact him for prints.   Thumbnails– click on the image to enlarge   Slideshow

Gallery by Cisco Soto/ Washington Winnona Images. Contact him for prints.   Thumbnails– click on the image to enlarge   Slideshow