PIAA State Championship Tournament Class 1A Final Four Preview (Cover image courtesy of PIAA.org online bracket) Lancaster Country Day is the lone survivor to the semifinal round among the Lancaster-Lebanon League teams in this season’s PIAA state championship tournament.  Country Day is in Class 1A, and they will play Sankofa Freedom Academy Charter, from the […]

It’s funny in some ways how so much yet so little can change over the course of just two years’ time. Whether you want to ponder that statement and apply it to life in general, or would rather drill that notion all the way down to that of the boys’ high school basketball scene in […]

  PIAA SEMI-FINAL SCHEDULE   FRIDAY, MARCH 21 GAMES   BOYS AAAA (2-1) Valley View (23-5) vs. (12-1) Devon Prep (22-4), Parkland 7:30    GIRLS AA (2-1) Mountain View (23-4) vs. (5-1) Berlin-Brothersvalley (25-2), Mechanicsburg 6:30        SATURDAY, MARCH 22 GAMES   GIRLS AAAAA (2-1) Crestwood (24-4) vs. (12-1) Archbishop Wood (21-7), Parkland […]

  Is this the best season ever in Lancaster Country Day boys’ basketball history? Admittedly, while a bit of loaded question to rattle off right out of the chute, it’s an inquiry that doesn’t make it any lesser fair to at least ponder. Rest assured, there are ample reasons as to why those on one […]

It’s among the oldest cliches and worn-out phrases possibly used in the world of sports. That is to say that a team is “built for this.” Built for what exactly? It’s admittedly a bit of a leading question that doesn’t necessarily require a specific answer depending on how you yourself choose to best answer the […]

  PIAA QUARTER-FINAL SCHEDULE   FRIDAY, MARCH 14 RESULTS   GIRLS AAAAAA (1-1) Perkiomen Valley 63, (2-1) Hazleton Area 50 (ends at 28-1)   BOYS AAAA (2-1) Valley View 53, (4-1) Shamokin 46 (ends at 25-5)   GIRLS AAA (4-1) Loyalsock Township 60, (2-1) Dunmore 36 (ends at 24-3)    GIRLS AA (2-1) Mountain View […]

As far as the numbers of it all are concerned, there are 192 boys’ basketball teams from all around the state of Pennsylvania that make it into the state tournament on annual basis ever since the implementation of the six-classification rule as decided almost a decade ago now. All that is to intimate, surely the […]

In the second half of their state playoff-clinching victory last week at Lower Dauphin, Cocalico senior forward, Camden Ochs, reached the 1,000-point total over the course of his Eagles’ career. With his accomplishment, Ochs becomes the 8th player in Cocalico’s proud history to join the illustrious club and is the first to do since current […]

On Saturday night in suburban Harrisburg, Spring-Ford’s zone defensive schemes throttled host Central Dauphin’s high-powered offense, and the visitors from Royersford won a convincing 59-53 victory in a PIAA Class 6A state championship tournament 1st round game.    It’s unusual for a high school team to win an important game while playing a lot of […]

Linville Hill Christian traveled to Marian Catholic in Tamaqua on Saturday afternoon in the opening round of the PIAA Class 2A state championship tournament and easily defeated the District 11 champions 77 to 42.  The mercy rule was triggered late in the game, and the contest was never competitive.  The view from here is that […]

  PIAA SECOND ROUND SCHEDULE   TUESDAY, MARCH 11 RESULTS   GIRLS AAAAAA (2-1) Hazleton Area 62, (11-3) Bethlehem Liberty 48 (ends at 18-9)    BOYS AAAA (2-1) Valley View 42, (11-3) Saucon Valley 25 (ends at 22-7) (3-1) Berks Catholic 51, (2-2) Scranton Prep 47 (ends at 19-8)   GIRLS AAA (2-1) Dunmore 65, […]

By now you’ll have already seen the All League and All Section Honors that have been handed out by local news outlets. They’re comprised of a senior heavy list of who’s who in the LL this past season, as they should be. But what names do you need to know heading into next season? Below […]

Editor’s Note: I would like to add that I will be updating this article as I find out more about the events that will unfold.   It is currently 36 hours from the initial fight that took place on Friday night at Meadville High School, where the first round of PIAA 5A basketball took place […]

If you’ve followed along this whole season inside this space when it comes to the Lancaster Mennonite Blazers, the word “plural” has been used so much that it might as well have become just as familiar as the school’s black and yellow color scheme.  Plural of course being used to describe the litany of titles […]

Before we get started and look forward, let us first look back. Like, all the way to the very beginning type of “back.” There, on just the second day of the newly designated high school basketball schedule — Saturday, November 30th to be exact — the Octorara Braves traveled down to District 1 territory and […]