In hindsight, how exactly do you prepare for this game? Admittedly, it’s a bit of a curious, if not totally leading question to try and ask. Aside from the pure “Captain Obvious” aspect to it all that involves, you know, preparing, and putting together a scouting report and subsequent gameplan of attack, there was more […]

  Trinity vs. Lancaster Mennonite VIA KATE LEVATO 02/14/2025 Boys Basketball by Kate Levato. For prints please contact Kate Levato: klevato.graphics@gmail.com all images copyrighted by Kate Lavato and LLhoops.com          

  updated 3/1    2024-2025 PIAA FIRST ROUND BOYS MATCHUPS   “hosts” means a home court game (or within District 2) “visits” means opponent’s home court (or in opponent’s district) # before team name indicates seeding going into district tourney      Boys AAAAAA PIAA First Round (March 8) District 2 Champion hosts District 1, #7 Team […]

Article by David Kehler   Father Judge defeated Roman Catholic 41 to 34 on Sunday afternoon at The Palestra to win the Philadelphia Catholic League championship before a sellout crowd.  The view from here is that the Philadelphia Catholic League playoffs are the premier competition in Pennsylvania boys basketball.  It has been proven time and […]

  Article by David Kehler   As of this morning, the following 117 teams have qualified for the PIAA state championship tournament, well over half of the total field.  The tournament field is comprised of 32 teams in each of six classes, with the classes mostly based on the number of boys enrolled in the […]

  February 22, 2025   District 2/4 Boys 6A Sub-Regional Semi-final   Scranton 44, Williamsport 43 OT   Knights Survive Millionaires’ Rally SCRANTON – Familiar foes faced each other once again in Saturday afternoon’s matchup between Scranton and Williamsport.  The Knights were seeking an opportunity to play for their 5th straight District 2/4 Boys Class […]

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. Previous season-high Ja’Loney Porter (McCaskey): 40 points vs Manheim Township on December 19th Current season-high  Chase Smucker (Lampeter-Strasburg): 50 points in win over Northern York 2. Chase Smucker: […]

  Ever since they came into the league, they hadn’t been shy when it came to saying out loud that reaching that stage for what would be the first time in its program history would be a momentous achievement whenever that time ultimately came to pass. The school? Lancaster Country Day. The occasion? Reaching the […]

Article by David Kehler   Central Dauphin defeated host Cumberland Valley 78 to 74 in overtime on Friday night to advance to the semifinals of the PIAA District 3 Class 6A tournament in an exciting game before a capacity crowd.  It was the third game between the two Mid Penn Conference Commonwealth Division rivals this […]

Warwick/ Cedar Crest vs. VIA KATE LEVATO 02/14/2025 Boys Basketball by Kate Levato.   For prints please contact Kate Levato: klevato.graphics@gmail.com all images copyrighted by Kate Lavato and LLhoops.com    

Switching it up from Section 3, there is a title to be fought for in the 6A for Section 6 between Keystone’s Mifflin County and State College. Both teams have a lot to fight for with this game being one of the two wins needed to reach the state championships. Let’s take a look at […]

Despite their losses in the first round, both these teams are still alive and fighting to win the next three games to gain the last spot in the state tournament. After losses to two Keystone Division teams, Lower Dauphin and New Oxford hope to bounce back and regain some hope going into the first game […]

Mechanicsburg did their job against an LL team. Governor Mifflin did their job against an LL team. (Sorry for the shade guys) Now these two face off in a battle between the Mid-Penn and the Burks Leagues. It’s time to do a rundown of these two teams and see where they stand in tonight’s 6A […]

1.7 This number may not seem special to look at, but, to these bitter rivals, that’s the distance in miles of their rivalry that has stretched for decades. Milton Hershey and Hershey get to square off for their third time this season, with a team hoping to break the series tie between these two teams. […]

Maybe it first came at Media Day around Thanksgiving. Perhaps it was back near the July 4th holiday smack dab in the middle of their always imposing slate of competition found during the summer circuit. Shoot, maybe it can even be traced as far back as the afternoon of March 16th last year, the day […]