Balanced effort leads Penn Manor to impressive victory in section opener   If there was any doubt about Penn Manor’s place among the top tier teams in Section 1 of the Lancaster-Lebanon League, the Comets put that notion to rest Friday night with a 64-35 victory against McCaskey.   “We shot the ball well. All […]

Before we start, let’s just go ahead and get the obvious out of the way early here. That of course being that this is a year in which big things are expected to come from the Warwick Warriors. That’s not a bad thing of course. Far from it in all honesty. Long story short, if […]

Hot-shooting Indians open section play with dominant win   The ball was going in the net early and often for Donegal in Thursday night’s Lancaster-Lebanon League Section 3 opener against Lancaster Catholic.    “From the beginning tonight we were talking about playing together, sharing the ball and that showed itself…in that first quarter,” said Donegal […]

Let’s start off with a very unscientific straw poll here, shall we? Okay. “Do you consider the L-L League to be much better off when the McCaskey Red Tornado are the very top of the conversation?” Chances are, I’d have to imagine that any neutral observer without a particular dog in the fight would answer […]

Berks Catholic 80 Octorara 47 Dec. 12, 2023 Andy Herr checked out Berks Catholic vs. Cedar Crest last week. He came away with big-time props for the Saints. Coach Esterly talked with Dell before the game and had a sly smile about Andy’s prediction for down the road. “I heard about that bracket thing”. Coach […]

  (Artie Poindexter, LLHoops Player of the Game Against Camp Hill Following 20-Point Effort) At the tail end of last season, the Columbia Crimson Tide found themselves on the receiving end of some particularly hard and painful lessons. Ok sure, but it certainly wasn’t as if they had failed to study and simply not participate […]

Scores/Schedule Dec 4-9 Dec. 4- Monday Gov. Mifflin 35 Cedar Crest 53 Tri Valley 55 Northern Lebanon 27 Dec 5 – Tues. Ephrata 50 Red Land 62 Octorara 68 Kennett 61 Columbia 47 Executive Academy 66 Man. TWP 46 N.Eastern 58 Oxford 36 Penn Manor 82 Conestoga Valley 48 Cedar Crest 63 Dallastown 54 Etown […]

  2024-2025 and 2025-2026 District 2 Basketball Classifications   Listed below are the District 2 schools that will be changing classifications for the next 2-year enrollment PIAA cycle.  Of note is that both Scranton and West Scranton will move up to 6A for both boys’ and girls’ programs.  The number of schools in both 3A […]

While you never want to really say it loud, the simple fact of that the matter is that some teams can find themselves at a proverbial fork in the road, yes, sometimes even just eight days into the start of a brand-new season. Again, while the verdict of using such hyperbolic language is always open […]

Without much in the way of debate, it’s one of the worst kept secrets around Lancaster-Lebanon League basketball circles heading into the season. That of course being that big things are expected from the Cedar Crest Falcons. Hard to really offer much of a great argument that counters that logic seeing as how the Falcons […]

  BOYS TIP-OFF TOURNAMENTS   Wilkes-Barre Area Tip-Off (12/1 and 12/2 @ Wilkes-Barre Area) Emmaus 49, Holy Redeemer 29 Mid Valley 60, Wilkes-Barre Area 56  Emmaus 60, Mid Valley 48 (Championship) Holy Redeemer 63, Wilkes-Barre Area 40 (Consolation)   Hawley Tip-Off Tourney (12/1 and 12/2 @ Wallenpaupack) Nazareth vs. Monticello, NY (postponed) Stroudsburg 46, Wallenpaupack […]

Lebanon tournament Dec. 8, 2023 ELCO 66 Spring Grove 49 North Schuylkill 68 Lebanon 50 Two Lebanon County teams were involved in this 2nd weekend tournament – ELCO cashed in with a W to entertain N. Schuylkill in the finals Dec. 9 at Lebanon. Both games were similar in that all the teams played at […]

(Ethan Benne POG Against Twin Valley) Whether you consider it either fair or foul, it’s not totally incorrect to suggest that some years just naturally appear to be more important than others on the surface. A sort of “make or break” campaign if you will. That said, perhaps the notion would be labeled “foul” due […]

Lampeter-Strasburg 65 Hempfield 53 Dec. 6, 2023 Experience…as in players coming back…as in a few games under the belt. LS displayed a lot of grit especially in the second half, unleashed their 3 point game, and dug in on the defensive end to claim a very good win vs. a Section 1 team. The Pioneers […]

As is always the case whenever a season kicks off anew, there are inevitably a share of initial gut-reactions that those who follow any sport tend to make in a sort of grandiose and sweeping nature. And in all reality, not even high school basketball is immune to such abrupt judgements. Almost on the same […]