Manheim Central 61 Columbia 50 Feb. 12, 2024 In the first half of Monday’s quarterfinal on the hill in Columbia, Manheim Central and Columbia battled on even terms. Manheim Central jumped out to a quick 6-0 lead. Columbia answered with a 7-0 run and Griffy hit a 3 on their final possession to give Columbia […]

Archbishop Ryan Defeats Roman Catholic 64-57: Kehler on Hoops Article by David Kehler Archbishop Ryan opened the game with an 18 to 3 run, withstood a furious Roman Catholic comeback, then cruised to a 64 to 57 victory on Sunday afternoon in the Philadelphia Catholic League regular season finale for two of the best teams […]

Mid-Penn Keystone Boys Recap By: David Bray Jr Unfortunately for high school basketball fans, we have concluded the final week of the regular season and entered the playoffs. First of all, I would like to shout out Milton Hershey, Cedar Cliff, and Palmyra who most likely have played their last series of games this week. […]

LL preview via Zoom- LINK Andy, TJ and Dell discuss the match-ups for the 2024 Boys LL Tournament.   LLhoops will be covering the games with Andy, Dell, John Graham, and TJ providing wraps this week. The LLhoops live stream crew will be broadcasting the Girls (Feb 15) and Boys (Feb 16) at TWP Andy […]

NOTE: Statistics via our friends at LancasterOnline.com and Llhoops.com   LL Boys Team’s Info Octorara (3-2) @ Cedar Crest (1-1) Cedar Crest: 16-5 Overall Off avg.: 62 , Def avg.: 49 Foul percentage: 65% Three per game: 4 Best Wins: Wilson, Penn Manor, Exeter Toughest Losses: Berks Catholic, Central Dauphin, LS Top player(s): Fernando Marquez […]

  District 2 Boys Division Races So far, 5 of the 6 division races for District 2 Boys’ teams have been decided.  In the Wyoming Valley Conference, Wilkes-Barre Area regrouped after suffering their first division loss to Hazleton Area to take the Divison 1 title.  In Division 2, Holy Redeemer and Wyoming Area both finished […]

  DISTRICT 2 BOYS TOP 10   (games through 2/11/24)   1.  Abington Heights (21-0) 5A  2.  Scranton (17-4) 6A  3.  Holy Cross (17-3) 2A 4.  Wilkes-Barre Area (18-4) 6A 5.  Riverside (17-3) 3A 6.  Valley View (16-4) 4A 7.  Scranton Prep (12-9) 4A 8.  Dallas (15-6) 5A 9.  Hazleton Area (14-8) 6A 10. Crestwood […]

  District 2 Basketball Playoff Glance   Boys AAAAAA (Subregional with District 4) 1.  Scranton (17-4) 2.  Wilkes-Barre Area (18-4) 3.  Hazleton Area (14-8) 4.  Delaware Valley (8-13)   Defending champion:  Scranton Teams qualify for district tourney: 6 Quarter-final byes: top 2 seeds Advance to states: 2     Boys AAAAA 1.  Abington Heights (21-0) […]

  DISTRICT 2 BOYS RESULTS   Last Week’s Results (Link) Boys Records (Link)   MONDAY, 2/12 Scranton Prep 54, Valley View 52 (LL-1) West Scranton 37, Abington Heights 63 (LL-1) Delaware Valley 34, Scranton 66 (LL-1/2) Wallenpaupack 47, North Pocono 67 (LL-2) Honesdale 65, Western Wayne 41 (LL-2) Holy Cross 58, Carbondale 42 (LL-3) Mid […]

Death, taxes, and Lancaster Country Day boys’ basketball in the postseason. Okay, even if that’s not the precise phrase that gets uttered, it doesn’t make it any less true. Since the Cougars from Country Day joined the Lancaster-Lebanon League cast and crew six years ago now, LCD has known nothing but playoff basketball once the […]

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  February 9, 2024   Oops! She Did it Again (and is a Division Champion!)   Dallas 52, Hazleton Area 47   NANTICOKE – Trying to erase the memory of a stunning 4th quarter collapse which prevented them from wrapping up an outright division championship on their home court just two day earlier, Hazleton Area […]

Roman Catholic Defeats St. Joseph’s Prep 67-57: Kehler on Hoops Article by David Kehler Roman Catholic never trailed on Friday afternoon in a game between two of the very best teams in the state and defeated St. Joseph’s Prep 67 to 57 in the latest renewal of a 102 year old Philadelphia Catholic League rivalry. […]

When you get right down to it, what more could you possibly ask for on the final night of the season? Of course, a little luck along the way certainly doesn’t hurt the mission either. For the Annville-Cleona Dutchmen, that’s exactly what Thursday night in their regular season finale offered to them—A chance. A chance […]

The scenario was simple for Penn Manor Thursday night.   The Comets needed not one, but two wins to solidify their spot in both the Lancaster-Lebanon League playoffs and Class AAAAAA District 3 tournament.   “Obviously, that first game, it all rides on that game,” said Penn Manor head coach Larry Bellew. “We responded for […]