Article by David Kehler This is the second in a series of tournament previews on this website.  See piaa.org for the entire tournament schedule. The PIAA state championship tournament begins on Friday and concludes on Saturday, March 21. In a single elimination format, champions will be crowned in six classes, which are largely based on […]

Article by David Kehler This is the first in a series of tournament previews. The PIAA state championship tournament begins on Friday and concludes on Saturday, March 21.  Overall, 192 teams will contest for championships in a single elimination format.  Champions will be crowned in six classifications which are mostly based on the number of […]

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 Timmy Hambright (Cocalico): 43 points against Lebanon on February 5th  1. Timmy Hambright (Cocalico): 32 points in district playoff consolation win over New Oxford  2. […]

Beginning this weekend, the Lancaster-Lebanon League will send five of its boys’ basketball teams found within three of the state’s six classification systems into the state tournament that will get underway on Friday evening and Saturday afternoon respectively. With just five schools receiving a bid, that ties 2025, 2020, and 2015 for being the fewest […]

List compiled by David Kehler To date, the following 156 teams have qualified for this season’s PIAA state championship tournament.  Each listed team’s PIAA District number is in parentheses.  The five Lancaster-Lebanon League teams that have qualified are listed in bold type.   A total of 192 teams will participate in the PIAA tournament.  As […]

Lancaster Mennoite’s boys’ basketball program has steadily built quite the dynasty in recent years. Back-to-back Section Four titles in the L-L League, plus their first league championship in over two decades this season. A Class 2A state title back in the 2022-23 campaign. And maybe most impressively, a whopping six straight appearances in District 3 […]

Truthfully, if you were to have taken an unscientific straw poll on the teams that figured to make a run at the District 3 title in just two years’ time in 2024, you probably wouldn’t have picked a team that had just put the wraps on a 3-18 campaign that season. Then again, if you […]

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 Timmy Hambright (Cocalico): 43 points against Lebanon on February 5th  1.  Chase Book (Manheim Central): 33 points in District 3-5A playoff loss to Greencastle-Antrim  2. […]

They are the types of moments that every athlete dreams of. Those instances where you indelibly leave a mark so high – and so significant – that there is no real dispute as to what your most memorable moment was over the course of your entire career that ranks above all others. For one Cedar […]

If the conversation you’re looking to have is centered around the best teams that District 3 produced last season from the rank and file that is the boys’ basketball 1A landscape, you’d have a hard time doing much better than these two. First, how about the ones who took the district title home last year? […]

3 miles. That’s the distance between Hershey High School and the nearby Giant Center. A trip so short that they’ve probably made it a million times. Perhaps, but not while riding on a bus while en route to a basketball game that is. Last season, even for those that wouldn’t normally consider themselves to be […]

Article by David Kehler   Cocalico led for the entire game and defeated visiting Solanco 67-51 in the first round of the PIAA District 3 Class 5A playoffs.  By virtue of the win, Cocalico has qualified for the PIAA Class 5A state championship tournament, to be played next month.   Some early first quarter Solanco […]

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 Timmy Hambright (Cocalico): 43 points against Lebanon on February 5th  1. Chase Book (Manheim Central): 30 points in win over East Pennsboro  2. Chase Fetrow […]

Listed below are the L-L teams that have reached the District 3 basketball tournament in each of the respective classes. Upcoming games beyond this initial list will be updated and accounted for on both the Scoreboard tab and each respective team’s pages.   6A  #16 Manheim Township @ #1 Central Dauphin — 2/17 @ 7pm […]

For the 8th consecutive year, LLHoops is pleased to have partnered with the L-L League in being the exclusive streaming provider for bringing you both the boys’ and girls’ championship games, sponsored this year by OAL.  For the boys’ tilt, it’ll be historic either way as the Section Three champ, Octorara, makes its maiden voyage […]