PIAA QUARTER-FINAL ROUND   FRIDAY, MARCH 15 RESULTS   BOYS AAAAA (12-1) Imhotep Charter 56, (2-1) Abington Heights 46 (ends at 26-1)   BOYS AAAA (2-1) Scranton Prep 76, (12-1) Neumann-Goretti 75 (ends at 24-4)   GIRLS AAA (4-2) Loyalsock Township 51, (2-1) Holy Redeemer 34 (ends at 23-6)   BOYS A (3-1) Linville […]

Tuesday March 12 1A Lancaster Country Day 56 Phil-Mont Christian 43   Wednesday March 13 2A Lancaster Mennonite 70 Conemaugh Township 54   3A Columbia 60 Math, Civics & Sciences 63   Friday March 15 1A Quarterfinals Lancaster Country Day 48 Berlin Brothersvalley 75   Saturday March 16 3A Quarterfinals Lancaster Mennonite 38 Constitution 69

Lancaster Country Day’s historic 2023-2024 season came to end Friday night. The Cougars suffered a 75-48 loss to Berlin Brothersvalley in the PIAA Class 1A state quarterfinals at McConnellsburg High School. Senior guard/forward and Gannon University recruit Pace Prosser scored the Mountaineers’ first 11 points of the game, tallied 13 points in the first quarter, and […]

Imhotep Charter Defeats Previously Unbeaten Abington Heights in PIAA Class 5A Playoff Quarterfinal: Kehler on Hoops Article by David Kehler Every single minute of Friday’s PIAA Class 5A state championship playoff quarterfinal demonstrated the enormous importance of rhythm and flow in high school basketball. Imhotep Charter defeated previously unbeaten Abington Heights 56 to 46 at […]

Archbishop Wood and Dock Mennonite Academy Advance in PIAA State Championship Tournament: Kehler on HoopsArticle by David Kehler Wednesday night’s doubleheader at Bensalem is a prime example of why the PIAA state championship tournament is really great. One of the key features of the tournament is that there is no seeding, so it’s possible that […]

What do we like most about the state playoffs? Is it the drama that comes part in parcel with a single-elimination format? Sure, that certainly figures to be a key element in the mix. It is it the fact that we always see matchups we likely wouldn’t any other day of the year had it […]

  PIAA SECOND ROUND   TUESDAY, MARCH 12 RESULTS   GIRLS AAAAAA (12-2) Cardinal O’Hara 55, (2-1) Hazleton Area 46 (ends at 24-5)   BOYS AAAAA (2-1) Abington Heights 76, (11-2) Whitehall 70 (2OT) (ends at 17-10) (1-1) Unionville 74, (2-2) Dallas 36 (ends at 21-8)    BOYS AAAA (2-1) Scranton Prep 71, (12-4) Overbrook […]

Caleb Binkley wasn’t sure if he would play at all this season.   “I am happy with any time I get,” said Binkley, a senior forward for Lancaster Mennonite.   Binkley, who missed all of the regular season with a serious arm injury that he suffered in practice, was a spark plug for the Blazers […]

Not bad for a reclamation project, huh? Alright. It’s not as if they were totally left for dead and needed resuscitation of course. Even still, having to reinvent yourself just prior to the most important portion of the season, the postseason, isn’t exactly for the faint of heart. Regardless, that was precisely the assignment that […]

The competition for Berlin Brothersvalley is only going to continue to sharpen as play goes on, but tonight, they were able to breeze through a relatively painless second half at Cumberland Valley against Lancaster County Christian in the PIAA Boys 1A second round, 71-53, behind a 29 point outing from Pace Prosser and 25 more […]

Archbishop Ryan Defeats Radnor 66 to 46 in a PIAA Class 5A Playoff 2nd Round Game: Kehler on Hoops Article by David Kehler Archbishop Ryan broke open a close game with a 22 to 0 run to end the third quarter in a PIAA Class 5A state championship tournament second round contest on Tuesday night […]

  March 9, 2024 (Girls 4A First Round)   Scranton Prep Rolls Into Second Round   Scranton Prep 55, North Schuylkill 22   SCRANTON – As the fans filed into the Xavier Center following a rain-soaked ending to the annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade just a handful of blocks away, the anticipation was high as […]

  March 9, 2024 (Boys 3A First Round)   Third Quarter Run Keys Riverside Victory   Riverside 75, SLA at Beeber 57   TAYLOR – After a back-and-forth first 16 minutes, Riverside used a 12-0 run to start the second half to grab a lead that they would not give up as the scrappy and […]

  March 8, 2024 (Girls 6A First Round)   Hot Shooting, 360-Defense Advances Hazleton Area   Hazleton Area 63, Pennsbury 48   HAZLE TOWNSHIP – It’s one thing to get invited to the PIAA basketball party.  But, it’s a whole different situation after getting a First Round win as that’ll earn you a lot more […]

While you never want to diminish or underappreciate runs that get you to the state tournament, there are those certain marches –both informal and formal in the vernacular given the actual month they occur within– that just feel “different”, right? For this year’s version of the Cedar Crest Falcons, this specific likely felt as if […]