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 […]

  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 […]

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): […]

      “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 […]

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  It’s an unproven and unscientific fact, but there’s magic in this week. Otherwise, how could you possibly try and describe the way in which events transpired on Monday night? If you ask around, those with any sort of vested interest in the comings and goings surrounding the Lancaster-Lebanon League at large — but particularly […]

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In their Monday night season finale at home against Camp Hill, Annville-Cleona senior center, Jon Shay, eclipsed the 1,000-point plateau over the course of his Dutchmen career. With the achievement, Shay now becomes just the 10th player in A-C history to make the club, joining alongside his fellow senior classmate, Elisha Slabach, who also went […]

    In terms of their similarities, just go ahead and call them next to none. In fact, it might be easier to state their differences honestly. For starters, how about the stark separation between Section One and Section Four when talking about the Lancaster-Lebanon League’s overall landscape? Inside of District 3, yet again polar […]

Article written By John Graham   Salisbery’s foul shot with four seconds left in the game gave CV a 48-47 upset victory over Manheim Central in a thriller. It was Manheim Central’s first loss inside the “Derb” which opened up this year. Manheim held a three-point lead with 2:31 left but could not hang on. […]

Article by David Kehler   Trailing 46 to 25 early in the fourth quarter to Warwick, Octorara launched a furious rally fueled by pressure defense but fell just short in a Lancaster-Lebanon League playoff quarterfinal on Monday night in Lititz.  Host Warwick, which led from the second minute of the game, held on for a […]

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. Noah Bailey (Solanco): 32 points in win over Susquehannock   2. Chase Smucker […]

  Admittedly, this can be one of the more awkward times of the year. To put it simply, you’re finding yourself inside one of three buckets here inside the final week(end) of the regular season. First, you find that the clock can’t move fast enough, and you just want the postseason to start because the […]

  If you’ve been following along this season, you’re already well cognizant that the Lancaster Mennonite Blazers have big, bold aspirations not just for this season, but next year as well. Chief among them, perhaps chasing down another District 3 title, this of the 3A variety these days, while also setting their sights on accompanying […]