(Cover photo courtesy of GoDutchmen.com) The 15th annual Rhoades Classic Boys’ Basketball event will take place on Saturday, Jan. 3, at Sorrentino Gymnasium at Lebanon Valley College, Annville, PA. Doors open at 2:30 p.m. and games begin at 3:00 p.m. The event is open to the public with a one-time $5 admission fee. All proceeds […]

  Admittedly, there haven’t been more tougher starts to a season experienced that what the Donegal Indians boys’ basketball team was forced to endure prior to the beginning of this 2025-26 campaign. And that’s even taking aside their 0-7 record tabulated thus far in coming out the other side of the Christmas holiday with an […]

Each week, LLHoops will compile a weekly list of the top boys’ scoring performances in the conference that week. Thanks to Joe Shindle for compiling the list. Current season-high Derek Franco (Lebanon): 37 points against McCaskey on December 12th  1. Demere Salisbery (McCaskey): 35 points in loss to York  2. Carter Torborg (Elizabethtown): 34 points […]

  In terms of royalty amongst the ranks of the central Pennsylvania high school basketball landscape, you’d be hard-pressed to find a pair much more qualified than these two. Between them, they own a grand total of 16 District 3 championships. Beyond that, they are two of the most legendary, much less winningest programs ever […]

So, what did you get for Christmas? After all, it was just the other day. Hopefully there was something nice waiting for you all gift-wrapped and whatnot sitting there under the tree. Hopefully nice for you personally, but not everyone was looking for something all that materialistic, mind you. No, especially not the Dallastown nor […]

Howdy y’all. From LLHoops HQ, we wanted to take a moment to wish you and yours a very Merry Christmas and happy holiday season. We sincerely hope you’ve been enjoying the coverage you’ve come to expect from the site in years’ past during this first, initial month of the season. While we all miss Dell […]

  2025 DISTRICT 2 BOYS HOLIDAY TOURNEYS   Lynett 74th Memorial Tournament (Lackawanna College Student Union on 12-27 and 12-29) Scranton Prep 73, Scranton 37 Dunmore 96, Holy Cross 54 Championship:  Scranton Prep 77, Dunmore 63 Consolation:  Scranton 73, Holy Cross 51   Robert McGrane 59th Tournament (Wyoming Valley CYC on 12-29 and 12-30) Holy […]

“What are you gonna do now?” While not necessarily the specific line that they have internally inside their own walls per se, that largely felt to be the prevailing theme from the outside chatter when it came to discussing the 2025-26 edition of the Lancaster Country Cougars. And frankly, like it or not, that outward […]

Each week, LLHoops will compile a weekly list of the top boys’ scoring performances in the conference that week. Thanks to Joe Shindle for compiling the list. Current season-high Derek Franco (Lebanon): 37 points against McCaskey on December 12th  1. Timmy Hambright (Cocalico): 34 points in loss to Warwick  2. Kaden Tillison (ELCO): 32 points […]

  UPCOMING DISTRICT 2 BOYS (NON-HOLIDAY TOURNEY) GAMES   MONDAY, 12/22 Scranton Prep 52, Bethlehem Liberty 41 Abington Heights 53, Pocono Mountain West 59 Crestwood 47, Scranton 56 Pittston Area 40, Valley View 60 Notre Dame East Stroudsbur 39, Delaware Valley 72 Nazareth 59, Wallenpaupack 25 Hanover Area 35, Bishop Shanahan 65 Wyoming Valley West […]

  As I sat down to write about Coach Joe Klazas, I kept coming back to a quote from my good friend and former teammate Chris Markel.    “He was and is a winner,” said Markel, a Class of 2009 standout guard, when asked to describe Coach Klazas.    Chris is unequivocally right. Simply put, Klazas is […]

Lancaster Mennonite continued their hot start to this season by defeating Devon Prep, last year’s 4A state champion, by a 60-47 final count Saturday night at home. Although Devon Prep made a charge inside the second half to get somewhat within reach, Mennonite was largely able to keep the Tide at arm’s length for the […]

The month of December is always a fun one around here when it comes to the world of high school basketball. Sure, aside from a Captain Obvious moment to mention how the 12th month on the calendar is always the first month of the hoops slate starting in full bloom, one of the better features […]

LLHoops is pleased to announce that we are starting up our livestream coverage this weekend with a tasty matchup between two of the best programs on the eastern side of the state in Devon Prep visiting Lancaster Mennonite on Saturday night.   Devon Prep, last year’s 4A state champion, visits the outskirts of Lancaster city on […]

Between the two West Shore Keystone teams, there is a little bit of a crosstown rivalry, with only 10 miles separating the distance between the two schools. For Coach Rutherford, it was another homecoming as he was a former Mechanicsburg graduate and the interim head coach for the Wildcats only a few seasons ago. Cedar […]