Lancaster Country Day 67 Annville-Cleona 58 Jan, 5, 2023 The LCDay Cougars (5-4 and 1-2) earned their first W for Section 4 play with a high scoring game at LCDay. The AC Dutchmen (6-4 and 0-2) were playing without big man Jonathan Shay, 6’3” jn. LCDay talked about building and keeping leads (they were up […]

Brayden Brown admits he struggled during the first two quarters of Friday night’s matchup between Manheim Central and Ephrata. “At halftime, I wasn’t playing my best,” said Brown. “I knew coming out of (halftime) I needed to step it up and give everything.” The Ephrata junior forward played his best basketball when it mattered most, scoring […]

A Game of Momentum – Red Land vs Hershey Interview with Hershey’s Coach Paul Blackburn Written by: David Bray Jr The Hershey versus Red Land game featured up and down basketball that makes the game of basketball itself great. Hershey led by double digits in the second and Red Land came crawling all the way […]

It’s one of those things that is as universal and accepted like the sun rising in the east and setting in the west. No matter what the sport, no matter what the level of play, there are always going to be those certain places above all others that coaches, fans, and players alike almost always […]

There’s no denying it: Zach Kirk is one of the top players in the Lancaster-Lebanon League. “Zach is a kid that I’ve coached…since he was a little kid,” said Octorara head coach Gene Lambert. “He’s been in our program since he’s been in fourth grade…he has come full circle. He puts the time in, he’s […]

14th Annual Rhoades Classic – POSTPONED          Annville, PA – January 7, 2024 – The 14th annual Rhoades Classic Boys’ Basketball event will take place on Saturday, Jan. 7, at Arnold Gymnasium at Lebanon Valley College, Annville, PA. Doors open at 4:45 p.m. and games begin at 5:30 p.m. The event is open to the […]

Playing just its second game since December 19, it’s fair to wonder how Columbia would come out of the locker room Wednesday night when the Crimson Tide hosted Kennard-Dale in a non-league matchup. “Having a couple days off and just practicing against your subs from varsity and your JV group, just isn’t the same feel […]

Lancaster Mennonite 50 Lancaster Country Day 44 Jan. 3, 2024 Lancaster Mennonite (8-3, 2-0) clamped down on the defensive end in the second half to earn a Section 4 ‘W’ over Lancaster Country Day (4-4, 0-2). Both teams play a LOT of underclassmen. Case in point, LMHS high scorers were Sophomores Cody Fisher and Bill […]

Dell’s Column Jan. 3, 2023 LLhoops.com The site is off to great start for the year. We are getting on average between 1,500 -2,200 page views a day. Not surprisingly, our main page and score pages are the top pages for hits. Various team pages are still getting traffic. Standings…under the tab standings one can […]

While the first couple of days following the start of a new year are most often reserved for making resolutions and that of the like, please don’t take issue with neither Garden Spot or Manheim Central boys’ basketball if they happened to enter 2024 with the same exact intentions as they had ended 2023 on. […]

  DISTRICT 2 GIRLS DIVISION PREVIEWS     WYOMING VALLEY CONFERENCE   DIVISION 1 1.  Hazleton Area (Joe Gavio) 6A 2.  Pittston Area (Jeff Gregory) 5A 3.  Wilkes-Barre Area (Dale Rapson) 6A 4.  Crestwood (Mary Mushok-Namey) 5A 5.  Dallas (Vince Bucciarelli) 5A 6.  Wyoming Valley West (Gary Ferenchick) 6A 7.  Berwick (Bill Phillips) 4A 8.  […]

Section 3 might just be the most competitive division of the Lancaster-Lebanon League. “It’s a dogfight every night,” said Octorara head coach Gene Lambert.   The latest example of what Lambert’s describing was played Tuesday night in Mount Joy as Octorara defeated Donegal, 74-66, in a game that was closer than the score indicates.    For […]

  DISTRICT 2 BOYS DIVISION PREVIEWS     WYOMING VALLEY CONFERENCE   DIVISION 1 1.  Dallas (Mark Belinski) 5A 2.  Hazleton Area (Pat Brogan) 6A 3.  Wilkes-Barre Area (Jim Lavan) 6A 4.  Pittston Area (Al Semenza) 5A 5.  Crestwood (Mark Atherton) 5A 6.  Wyoming Valley West (Chris Parker) 6A 7.  Berwick (Bobby Calarco) 4A 8.  […]

Lancaster-Lebanon League boys basketball power rankings according to TJ Eck. New rankings will be released each Monday until the start of the L-L League playoffs.    NOTE: Statistics via our friends at LancasterOnline.com and Llhoops.com   1. Manheim Central (8-0 Overall) Manheim Central is the only unbeaten team remaining in the Lancaster-Lebanon League. The Barons […]

  DISTRICT 2 BOYS TOP 10   (games through 12/30/23)   1.  Abington Heights (8-0) 5A  2.  Riverside (7-0) 3A  3.  Scranton (8-1) 6A 4.  Valley View (9-0) 4A 5.  Holy Cross (6-2) 2A 6.  Mid Valley (5-3) 3A 7.  Wilkes-Barre Area (6-3) 6A 8.  Wallenpaupack (6-3) 5A 9.  Scranton Prep (4-5) 4A 10 (tie). […]