Archbishop Ryan Defeats Archbishop Carroll 62-44 Archbishop Ryan defeated visiting Archbishop Carroll 62 to 44 on Monday night in a showdown between two of the top teams in the Philadelphia Catholic League. Ryan surged early in the contest, as 6’ 9” junior Thomas Sorber scored 12 points in the first quarter, with all shots coming […]

  January 9, 2023   Lady Patriots Top Pack to Remain Undefeated   Pittston Area 40, Wilkes-Barre Area 35   YATESVILLE – When Pittston Area and Wilkes-Barre girls’ squads get together, it’s an interesting contrast in basketball styles.  While the Wolfpack loves to drive the ball to the hoop, the Lady Patriots are quite comfortable […]

Roman Catholic Defeats Bonner-Prendergast 66-39 Defending PIAA Class 6A state champion Roman Catholic comprehensively defeated Bonner-Prerdergast 66 to 39 in a Philadelphia Catholic League game played at Holy Family U. on Sunday afternoon. The contest was a Roman Catholic home game. The game was competitive in the first quarter. Roman Catholic took a 6 to […]

  DISTRICT 2 BOYS TOP 10   (Games Through 1/7/23)   1.  Abington Heights (9-1) 5A  2.  Holy Redeemer (10-2) 3A  3.  Dallas (8-1) 5A 4.  Williamsport (6-3) 6A 5.  Valley View (9-1) 4A 6.  Old Forge (8-1) 3A 7.  Scranton Prep (6-3) 4A 8.  Holy Cross (6-3) 2A 9.  Pittston Area (7-3) 5A 10 […]

Westtown defeats George 59-51 Westtown defeated host George 59 to 51 on Friday night in a showdown between the top two teams in the non-PIAA Friends Schools League. Westtown and George are Quaker boarding schools and are ancient athletic rivals. In recent years, Westtown basketball has dominated both the Friends Schools League and the Pennsylvania […]

Holy Ghost Prep defeats York Catholic 58-51 Sharpshooting Holy Ghost Prep defeated visiting York Catholic 58 to 51 on Saturday afternoon. Ghost was able to exploit a substantial height advantage in this non-conference match-up, and they had too much firepower for the visitors. The game started well for York Catholic. They scored the first six […]

While the season may still be relatively young at this point, one could also look at the body of work compiled by the Warwick Warriors so far this year and rightfully determine that it has been nothing if not a strong start to begin their campaign. In fact, some might even say historic in some […]

  UPCOMING DISTRICT 2 BOYS GAMES   Boys Standings (Link)   TUESDAY, 1/10 Williamsport 59, Selinsgrove 56    TUESDAY, 1/10 Valley View 38, Abington Heights 52 (LL-1) West Scranton 60, Scranton 48 (LL-1) North Pocono 61, Scranton Prep 53 (LL-1/2) Delaware Valley 51, Honesdale 34 (LL-2) Wallenpaupack 56, Western Wayne 31 (LL-2) Mid Valley 47, […]

  January 7, 2023   Saints Outlast Comets   Berks Catholic 62, Abington Heights 52   By Phil T. CLARKS SUMMIT – After witnessing an opening frame that featured six lead changes, fans knew that neither teams’ undefeated record was achieved by chance.  Both teams, Berks Catholic (10-0) and Abington Heights (9-0), entered the day […]

Ed Note: Bruce Badgley, Warren Goodling, and John  Graham bring you the action for the is Section 1 game. Tip slated for 7:30 Jan. 9, 2024 LINK

  January 7, 2023   Royals Get Buzzer-Beater in Hoops Thriller   Holy Redeemer 76, Saint John Neumann 75 (OT)   by Jon K. WILKES-BARRE – The term “instant classic” might get a bit overused throughout the course of a basketball season.  And while Saturday afternoon’s non-conference matchup between Holy Redeemer and Saint John Neumann […]

LL Scores/Schedule Jan 2 – 7 Jan 3- Tues. LL games LCDay 46 Mennonite 55 Solanco 42 Ephrata 38 Warwick 61 E-Town 47 ELCO 63 Northern Lebanon 46 Donegal 49 Octorara 46 L-S 64 Lanc Catholic 55 Man. Central 70 Garden Spot 49 Non-league Penn Manor 57 Conestoga Valley 49 A-C 52 Tulpehocken 41 Pequea […]

  January 6, 2023   Hot Shooting Propels Pittston Past Hazleton   Pittston Area 48, Hazleton Area 32   by Phil T. YATESVILLE – Never take your baskets for granted.  Late in the third period, Nikolii Santiago drove to the bucket for a floater that pulled the Cougars within three points, however that would be […]

  January 5, 2023   Scranton Prep Finds Shooting Touch to Defeat Top Rival   Scranton Prep 40, Abington Heights 21   SCRANTON – Watching a Scranton Prep Girls’ basketball game can sometimes seem as routine as reading the instructions on a bottle of shampoo – Wash. Rinse. Repeat.  Their swarming, trapping defense can often […]

First of all, we must ask a question in advance here… Is it okay to type out loud that on January 5th, just four days after the clock struck midnight and rung in a brand-new calendar year, that two teams may wind up playing a basketball game that could largely come to define their respective […]