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 […]

John Graham, Tim Speraw, Bruce Badgely and Brad Conners bring you the call.   now with time stamps TUNE IN HERE:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=obTWeMPjKRY Starting at 6:30. Tip off scheduled for 7 pm. Follow LLhoops on Twitter @LLhoops for updates. Thank you to our sponsors.

  For a litany of reasons, there isn’t anything much better on the local hoops landscape than that of the District 3 tournament. No matter whether you’re talking about the boys’ or the girls’ side of the docket, among the many things that make it great is obviously where all roads hope to lead to […]

This matchup between the two Keystone teams who already have matched up twice this year is not what I wanted, especially since I want all the Keystone teams to make the state championships. However, we must deal with another matchup that will put one team into the state playoffs and another to battle it out […]

  2025 District 2 Tournament Picks     BOYS CLASS AAAAAA 2/4 Subregional (1) Scranton (16-6)  (5) Williamsport (9-12) @ (4) Delaware Valley (13-9) (7) West Scranton (2-20) @ (2) Wilkes-Barre Area (15-9) (6) Wyoming Valley West (4-18) @ (3) Hazleton Area (11-11)   FAVORITE:  Scranton                 KEEP AN EYE ON:  Wilkes-Barre Area                DON’T […]

Editor’s Note: I will be doing playoff previews for all of the games that the Keystone teams play in this year through the state playoffs. Stay tuned for lots of new content!   Time to introduce the game that all of the Wildcat and Buckskin faithful have circled on their calendar. How poetic that the […]

  DISTRICT 2 BOYS TOP 10   (games through 2/16/2025)   1.  Holy Cross (20-3) 3A  2.  Riverside (21-2) 3A 3.  Scranton Prep (16-6) 4A 4.  Old Forge (17-5) 2A 5.  Scranton (16-6) 6A 6.  Valley View (17-5) 4A  7.  Abington Heights (12-10) 5A 8.  Dallas (17-8) 4A 9.  Holy Redeemer (14-10) 3A 10. Wilkes-Barre […]

Beginning this week, the Lancaster-Lebanon League will send a dozen of its boys’ basketball teams across four of the six classifications into the District 3 playoffs with the end goal of winding up at the Giant Center. Listed below are the teams that made it, and their first games slated. Keep it tuned to LLHoops.com […]

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 Ja’Loney Porter (McCaskey): 40 points vs Manheim Township on December 19th   1. Camden Ochs (Cocalico): 30 points in win over Lebanon T2. Chase Fetrow (Octorara): […]

  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)     Boys AAAAAA PIAA First Round District 2 Champion hosts District 1, #7 Team 2-1 hosted 1-9 last year   District 2 Runner-up visits District 11 Runner-up 2-2 visited 1-3 […]

      “The Team of the Decade.” How does one achieve such a distinction? Admittedly, it’s a bit of an inexact science in a way. Sometimes, it’s based purely on intuition and what your gut has to say about it. Ala, which programs routinely step up in the biggest of moments and routinely deliver […]

  February 13, 2025   Rivals Set to Collide for WVC Girls’ Championship Nanticoke, PA – The Wyoming Valley Conference Semi-finals hit the hardwoods at Nanticoke Area high school Thursday night.  In the opening tilt, Hazleton Area shook off some turnovers and, at times, some uncharacteristic sloppy basketball, in defeating an inspired and scrappy defensive […]