
New-Look Cougars Fall Just Short Of Completing Miracle Comeback As Lancaster Country Day Exits To High Point Baptist In District 3-1A Quarterfinal Round, Leaving No Margin For Error In Upcoming Consolation Bracket Journey
February 23, 2024 Andy HerrTypically, one would rightly equate receiving a postseason bid with that of a continuation of sorts in terms of your overall regular season legwork. And while that would indeed be the case and should not in any way diminish what Lancaster Country Day was able to achieve in the wake of their 14-8 overall record […]

Despite Frantic Finish To Make It In, ELCO Succumbs To Boiling Springs In Opening Round Of District 3-4A Tournament As Raiders’ Valuable Senior Class Leaves Lasting Imprint
February 21, 2024 Andy HerrIf you want to make the postseason, surely you want to get the full experience, right? Well, sorta. As far as the ELCO Raiders were concerned, while they were understandably and rightfully excited about receiving a bid to dance, they probably would’ve preferred the least exciting of options all things considered. But truthfully, seeing the […]

Warwick’s Flair For Playoff Dramatics Continues In Overcoming 18-Point Second Half Deficit To Storm Into District 3-5A Quarterfinal Round, Vanquishing Red Land, As Warriors’ Seniors Successfully Fight To Keep Season Alive
February 20, 2024 Andy HerrAs far as the actual verbiage was concerned, Monday night would be considered a District 3-5A opening round matchup between Warwick and Red Land. In reality however, it probably would’ve been far more accurate to label it something akin to that of a wild card game. Not in the sense of the matchup itself. No, […]

Even Amid Roller Coaster Season, Lancaster-Lebanon League Tournament Continues To Play The Role Of Ol’ Reliable (Column)
February 17, 2024 Andy HerrWe get it. It’s been an absolutely difficult season in Lancaster-Lebanon League boys’ basketball circles to try and figure out which way is up, and which way is down. At nearly every turn, on every night it seemed, there would be a surprising result come across the wire (if “wires” even exist anymore) that either […]

Falcons Turn Into ‘Dawgs’ As Cedar Crest Comes Of Age, Flips The Script, Knocks Manheim Central Off In Semifinal Round To Stalk Fourth Lancaster-Lebanon League Championship Since 2014
February 15, 2024 Andy HerrPerhaps it’s funny. Perhaps it’s ironic. Whatever the adjective of choice, there’s something be said for not much changing in a year’s time. Or, more accurately, 364 days. You see, back on February 15th of 2023, this was the exact same scenario. Well, sort of. In terms of what made it similar was the stage, […]

Penn Manor Slays 34-Year-Old Gorilla As Comets Use Fourth Quarter Comeback To Charge Past Lampeter-Strasburg, Into League Semifinals For Program’s First L-L Tournament Win Since 1990
February 13, 2024 Andy HerrAt first blush, you might assume that the connections found between Lampeter-Strasburg and Penn Manor would be remarkably similar. Easy to think that seeing as how roughly 10 miles separate the school’s two campuses from one another with the tiny hamlet of Willow Street essentially serving as a 48th parallel when it comes to determining […]

Lancaster Country Day Turns Up The Heat Following 32-Point Third Quarter Showing, 32 Forced Turnovers Overall To Stymie Lititz Christian In Regular Season Finale As Cougars Roar Into Postseason While Forced To ‘Figure Things Out’
February 10, 2024 Andy HerrDeath, taxes, and Lancaster Country Day boys’ basketball in the postseason. Okay, even if that’s not the precise phrase that gets uttered, it doesn’t make it any less true. Since the Cougars from Country Day joined the Lancaster-Lebanon League cast and crew six years ago now, LCD has known nothing but playoff basketball once the […]

Annville-Cleona Makes Most Of ‘Second Life’ Following Overtime Loss To Pequea Valley As Dutchmen Wake Up To Surprise In Standings, Race Past Susquenita In Regular Season Finale To Likely Scoop Up Final District 3-3A Playoff Spot
February 9, 2024 Andy HerrWhen you get right down to it, what more could you possibly ask for on the final night of the season? Of course, a little luck along the way certainly doesn’t hurt the mission either. For the Annville-Cleona Dutchmen, that’s exactly what Thursday night in their regular season finale offered to them—A chance. A chance […]

ELCO Finds Team Win ‘Pretty Cool’ As Raiders Withstand Persistent Octorara Challenges, Sets Up Mammoth Regular Season Finale At Home Against Donegal With Postseason Berth Still Within Reach
February 7, 2024 Andy HerrTo say that Tuesday night’s Octorara and ELCO game was simply “important” might be the biggest undersell of all-time. Alright, alright. Extreme hyperbolic language pushed to the side for just a moment, the fact of the matter was that history was on the line once the Octorara Braves loaded up the bus and ventured northward […]

Kennard-Dale Is Able To Ride Logue’s Heroics, 29-Point Second Half Past Lancaster Mennonite As Rams Post Crucial Overtime Victory To Hang Around District 3-4A Bubble
February 6, 2024 Andy HerrThis is a bit of an open-ended question, but how is this possible? How is it possible that a defending state champion, the first one that the L-L League has seen in 20 years, is somehow flying under the radar? Granted, while one could argue that Lancaster Mennonite never really receives the lion’s share of […]

Manheim Central Seniors Take Center Stage On Senior Night As Barons Inch Closer Towards Possible L-L League Tourney Run With Friday Night Win Over Solanco Who Continues To ‘Chase’
February 4, 2024 Andy HerrAdmittedly, it’s probably been the type of grind for the Solanco Golden Mules boys’ basketball team so far this winter that makes them feel as if they were trying to cut a two-dollar steak with plastic utensils throughout the span of these last two months. But for all the disappointment that may come part in […]

In Battle Between Two Starved Teams, Milton Hershey Is Able To Gorge As Spartans Pick Up First Victory Since Mid-December In Impressive Saturday Afternoon Showing Against Lebanon
February 3, 2024 Andy HerrWhen those in the Lebanon Cedars boys’ basketball camp awoke from their slumbers on Saturday morning, it’d be hard to find fault with anyone one of them if they began the day with a renewed sense and overall feeling of promise. Granted, that may be hard to figure considering how the Cedars began the day […]

Carlisle Hits First, Last, And All Points In Between To Race Past McCaskey As Thundering Herd Trio Pave The Way For 35-Point Victory
February 1, 2024 Andy HerrIf we were to ever take an unscientific straw poll to try and determine who some of the more renowned and recognizable brands contained within District 3 boys’ basketball are, it might prove to be a rather arduous task. Sure, you have the likes of the proverbial giants, Reading High and Harrisburg for example, right […]

Warwick Shoots Their Way Past Conestoga Valley As Warriors Ride 11 Triples En Route To Ninth Straight Victory, Finish Off Unbeaten January In The Process
January 31, 2024 Andy HerrIn a lot of ways, this is exactly how we thought things would eventually play themselves out. That of Chief among them being the Warwick Warriors sitting all by their lonesome atop the Lancaster-Lebanon League Section Two boys’ basketball standings through the first cycle and change of conference play. Fair enough, but it might also […]

Fleetwood Hustles Past Garden Spot As Tigers’ Playoff Resume Only Improves Following Decisive 20-Point Victory Over 5A Nonconference Opponent
January 30, 2024 Andy HerrUp until about a week ago, there may have been some debate fermenting beneath the surface in District 3 boys’ basketball circles as to whether or not the Berks Catholic Saints were legitimately the best squad found in classes 1A thru 6A within the mid-state. Certainly in 4A in particular, Berks Catholic’s home classification, there […]