Article by David Kehler   Defending PIAA Class 6A state champion Central York defeated Central Dauphin 72 to 58 on Friday night at the Giant Center in Hershey before a large and enthusiastic crowd to win this season’s District 3 Class 6A championship.  It was a close game for most of the way, with Central […]

 through 3/1  2025 District 2 Tournament   BOYS PLAYOFFS  BOYS PLAYOFFS   BOYS CLASS AAAAAA 2/4 SUB-REGIONAL   WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 19 (QUARTER-FINAL RESULTS) (1) Scranton (16-6) bye (5) Williamsport 54, (4) Delaware Valley 49 (ends at 13-10) (2) Wilkes-Barre Area 66, (7) West Scranton 27 (ends at 2-21) (3) Hazleton Area 69, (6) Wyoming Valley […]

Quick question here, but what’s the best way to get to either Chartiers Valley or Peters Township High School? Sure, while there’s bound to be various twists and turns involved, especially considering the roughly 15 miles that separates those schools apart from one another, your best bet is to simply get on the PA Turnpike […]

York Catholic overcame a rocky start to defeat Linville Hill Christian 48 to 46 to capture the PIAA District 3 Class 2A championship on Wednesday afternoon at the Giant Center in Hershey.  It was a close, well-played game decided by York Catholic’s interior defense.   The Giant Center presents a background for outside shooters entirely […]

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 […]