If you are one to prescribe to the notion of character being best defined not by what you do in your best moments, but rather how you respond when you get knocked down, then boy oh boy. Was Saturday night at Eastern York the place for you to be. You see, while some may have […]

Mid-Penn Keystone Boys Weekly Recap By: David Bray Jr (@KeystoneBBall) Happy holidays to everyone! It’s holiday tournament season and six of the eight Keystone teams participated either in their own or other’s holiday tournaments as we await more division game action in the coming week. The teams were able to showcase their abilities against tough […]

Penn Manor holds off Warwick to claim holiday tournament title Close games have been hard to come by for Penn Manor during the 2023-2024 season.   “At the beginning of the year we had some wins where we played really well, we won kinda going away,” said Penn Manor head coach Larry Bellew. “These last […]

Ed Note: There a LOT of games over the holiday break. We will update this page as we get the results from the tournaments. Scores/Schedule Dec. 25-30 Dec. 27 , Wed. Hempfield Etown 42 Hempfield 49 Wilson 61 Central York 50 Fleetwood Octorara 60 Brandywine Hts. 29 Upper Perk 26 Fleetwood 47 Garden Spot Susquehannock […]

  December 29, 2023   Balanced Scranton Attack Holds Off Scranton Prep Comeback   Scranton Lady Knights 65, Scranton Prep Classics 54     By Jon K. SCRANTON – Several teams that have their sights set on winning District 2 championships come March got together Friday evening at the area’s most historic hoops venue to […]

Before we start, we (I) swear this will be the last time this topic is ever brought up moving forward. Here it goes. Last year, one of the oddest factoids in Lancaster-Lebanon League basketball lore was finally put rest once Warwick defeated Dallastown to win their own Christmas for the first time since 2007. Pretty […]

Cedar Crest 77 Exeter 64 Dec. 29, 2023 Exeter won this tournament last year. Crest was bigger this year. Exeter had a magical run last season as the Eagles won District 3 and played for the PIAA championship at the 5A level. The Falcons would like to duplicate some of that magic this season. The […]

Archbishop Ryan Defeats Rutgers Prep 75-56: Kehler on Hoops Article by David Kehler Archbishop Ryan senior Thomas Sorber set the all time school single game scoring record on Friday afternoon, tallying 41 points in a 75-56 win over visiting Rutgers Prep. Sorber, one of the top players in Pennsylvania, had a sensational all around game, […]

Benne returns, leads Penn Manor to win over Dallastown Ethan Benne was ready to play Friday night.   “It was definitely a hunger to come back out and it’s nice to come out like this,” said Benne.    After missing Penn Manor’s previous two games with a finger injury, Benne returned to the Comets’ lineup […]

Full disclosure. While this is a site primarily focused almost exclusively on that of Lancaster-Lebanon boys’ basketball above all else by and large, it’s not as if we are totally incapable and devoid of recognizing and appreciating good hoops overall when we see it. In that regard, has anyone been doing it better than Berks […]

Troyer, Black Knights take down Wilson to win Hempfield Holiday Tournament   Ben Troyer is the leading scorer in the Lancaster-Lebanon League but it was a pass that he made Thursday night that propelled Hempfield to a 47-42 victory over Wilson in the championship game of the Black Knights’ holiday tournament.   “Throughout practice I always […]

McCaskey Holiday Tournament The LL teams lost both of their games tonight. LS had scoreless third as York coasted to a 62-39 victory. In the night cap, Harrisburg’s pressure kept McCaskey from mounting a comeback in the second half. The Cougars took the game 82-70. York 62 LS 39 LS Put together a 7-0 run […]

Before we begin, let’s start off with a question, shall we? If we were to rewind and go all the way back to 2016, who is only team to win an L-L boys’ basketball section in the division where Lampeter-Strasburg resides other than the school with the initials of L-S outright? If you said the […]

Troyer brothers lead Hempfield to gritty win over ETown It wasn’t the prettiest basketball game played by either side but it was Hempfield making the plays when it mattered most in a 49-42 victory over Elizabethtown Wednesday night in the opening round of the Hempfield Holiday Tournament.   “(I’m) a little disappointed,” said Hempfield head coach […]

  The last time we saw the Lancaster Mennonite Blazers, they were at the Giant Center in Hershey last March rounding out their finest hour in the form of a relatively decisive victory against one the perennial state power brokers of all-time, Aliquippa, for what would prove to be Lancaster Mennonite’s first-ever state title in […]