It’s McCaskey. It’s Hempfield. It’s a game at the end of the season between these two with massive implications. No, we didn’t rewind the clock back to the 90’s or 2000’s for this one.  LLHoops is excited to announce that will be providing livestream coverage of Tuesday’s McCaskey and Hempfield Section One finale, streamed exclusively […]

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 DeMere Salisbery (McCaskey): 41 points against Hempfield on January 9th & Jemar Pauleus (Cedar Crest): 41 points against McCaskey on January 15th  1. DeMere Salisbery […]

  UPCOMING DISTRICT 2 BOYS GAMES   Last Week’s Results (link)  District 2 Boys’ Records (link) District 2 Boys’ Power Rankings (link)   MONDAY, 2/2 Scranton Prep 57, Valley View 54 (LL-1) Scranton 72, West Scranton 45 (LL-1) North Pocono 42, Abington Heights 61 (LL-1) Delaware Valley 54, Wallenpaupack 29 (LL-1) Lakeland 44, Holy Cross […]

  DISTRICT 2 BOYS TOP 10   (games through 2/1/26)   1.  Riverside (17-1) 3A 2.  Dallas (17-3) 4A 3.  Abington Heights (13-5) 5A 4.  Dunmore (16-2) 3A 5.  Scranton Prep (13-4) 4A  6.  Valley View (16-2) 4A 7.  Old Forge (12-5) 2A 8.  Wyoming Area (18-1) 4A  9.  Elk Lake (17-1) 3A 10. Wilkes-Barre […]

Friday night was significant night for the Cocalico Eagles boys’ basketball team for a variety of different reasons. First and foremost, Cocalico did something that no other Section Two team had been able to do this season, defeat Conestoga Valley, as the Eagles knocked off the division champs on the Buckskins’ home floor to hand […]

On Friday, in their league playoff-clinching victory on the road at E-town, Warwick’s win was memorable in another way as it saw Warriors’ senior Ya’Majesty Washington eclipse the 1,000-point milestone over the course of his four-year varsity career.  Aside from being the 10th Warwick player in program history to do so following his inclusion into […]

In their Thursday night game against Lampeter-Strasburg, Manheim Central senior, Chase Book, reached the 1,000-point milestone over the course of his Barons’ career on the hardwood. This season, Book is averaging just a shade under 20 points-per-game (19.7), with his highest scoring output of the season thus far coming in this same L-S game as […]

  Admittedly, it’s not exactly the coziest or most desirable of places to find yourself with less than a week left in the regular season. No, not everyone this time of year can rest easily knowing that they have more games waiting to be played beyond what the regular season campaign allows. Instead, some teams […]

  First, the bad news. 7-29. For those would be the combined records that both of these two 6A programs brought with them into this Friday night nonconference affair against one another. The good news then you may ask? The fact that even though we can now count the number of regular season games left […]

There’s a trend going around on the internet that says, “Not my house, but I know my way around.” Essentially, it’s another way of saying that while you may not actually own or live in the  space being referred to, you’re more than familiar with its surroundings. In Lancaster-Lebanon League boys’ basketball circles, there is […]

As we come down the final stretch of the regular season in the LL, there is still a lot to be determined in the final week of league play. Let’s take a look at where things stand before games tip on Thursday, January 29th. As always, views and opinions expressed in this column represent my […]

It’s late January. There’s a little over a week left in the regular season. That means we’ve officially reached that time of year. The time when the basketball beauty pageants and style points can finally be thrown out the window. Right now, once it gets down this level of nitty-gritty, this is when it’s all […]

  January 24, 2026   Panthers Defeat Knights in Non-League Tilt   Pocono Mountain West 73, Scranton 57   SCRANTON – LLhoops dropped by Scranton high school for a late Saturday afternoon matchup between the Knights and Pocono Mountain West, one of the premier big school programs from District 11.  The Panthers annually schedule a […]

  January 24, 2026   Easton Defeats Dunmore in Non-League Girls’ Matchup   Easton 52, Dunmore 40   DUNMORE – Easton, the current top 6A seed from District 11, traveled to Dunmore on Saturday afternoon to face the Lady Bucks in an interesting matchup of traditional winning hoops programs.  While the temperatures were hovering around […]

  DISTRICT 2 BOYS RESULTS   Last Week’s Results (link) District 2 Boys’ Records (link) District 2 Boys’ Power Rankings (link)   MONDAY, 1/26 Scranton at Scranton Prep (LL-1)  ppd to 2/7   TUESDAY, 1/27 West Scranton at Wallenpaupack (LL-1)  ppd to 2/7  Mid Valley 49, Riverside 78 (LL-2)  Susquehanna Community 66, Mountain View 33 […]