Falcons Ascend Back To Lancaster-Lebanon League’s Top Perch As Cedar Crest Outduels Warwick To Claim Fourth League Crown
February 15, 2020 Andy HerrIn a sense, really no tournament is ever truly complete without their inclusion. You know, the “Cinderella’s” of the dance. Okay, fair enough. But while Friday night’s Lancaster-Lebanon League boys’ basketball championship game would indeed feature a Cinderella of its own, you’d certainly be hard-pressed to call them that just a few short weeks […]
Cedar Crest Gets Defensive, Locks Down Lampeter-Strasburg As Falcons Head Back To L-L League Championship Game
February 13, 2020 Andy HerrIf someone were tasked with going into a laboratory and concocting the perfect Lancaster-Lebanon League semifinal round matchup in the year 2020, you probably couldn’t have possibly done much better than the first game that tipped off a double-header night of league semifinal play held on Wednesday night at Hempfield. Over the course of the […]
E-Town Stands Tall, Fends Off Late ELCO Charge As Bears Prevail In Instant-Classic To Advance To L-L Quarterfinal Round
February 8, 2020 Andy HerrWay back when in a land that is now far and away a distant long ago memory to some, if someone were to have stopped you on the street just a few months ago prior to the start of the Lancaster-Lebanon League Boys’ Basketball season and say that the E-Town Bears and ELCO Raiders would […]
Antietam Exerts Will, Cruises Past Lebanon Catholic In Beavers’ Season Finale
February 7, 2020 Andy HerrSuccess, much like beauty, can sometimes be in the eye of the beholder. Take the Lebanon Catholic Beavers for example. This season, while the boys from Assumption Hill failed to win any league games during the 2019-20 campaign, it was just a few weeks ago when Lebanon Catholic was seen flirting with the District 3-A […]
Elijah Terry Leads The Way With 41-Point Outburst To Help McCaskey Outlast CD East In Double-Overtime Classic
February 6, 2020 Andy HerrAt this stage of the game, most coaches –particularly those with teams that will enter the postseason in the upcoming days—likely feel fairly comfortable in knowing their team from top to bottom considering the regular season is now living on life support with just two more nights left to go. That said, please forgive second-year […]
Manheim Township Completes Late-Season Stretch Run As Impressive Second Half Performance Helps Push Blue Streaks Past Cedar Crest In Regular Season Finale
February 5, 2020 Andy HerrWhen you think of the final night of the regular season, chances are that you might envision a team in the situation that Manheim Township found themselves in on Tuesday night. Backs against the wall, desperately trying to protect the very-last District 3 playoff spot, all while having everything come to a head on Senior […]
Lancaster County Christian Holds Steady, Makes Winning Plays As Lions Hold Off Hard-Charging Lancaster Country Day In Nonconference Clash
February 4, 2020 Andy HerrAt the start of the last decade, the college sports world had its overall landscape rocked with the restructuring of conference realignment. Yes, with the presumption of some major, well-known conferences possibly going under when coupled with the prospect of some conferences expanding out to a possible 16-team “superconferences,” numerous universities were left scrambling for […]
Twin Valley Hangs Tough, Staves Off Valiant Late-Game Ephrata Charge As Raiders Prevail In Nonleague Tussle
February 2, 2020 Andy HerrOkay, here’s a simple truth that comes contained with the framework of any high school basketball season. Yes, while the season can be undeniably long, especially if you find yourself with a goose egg still hanging in the win column with the finish line of the regular season rapidly approaching in your windshield view, the […]
Dominant Second Half Performance Catapults Lampeter-Strasburg Past Cocalico As Pioneers Keep Unblemished Section Three Record Intact
February 1, 2020 Andy HerrWith just one calendar week remaining in this year’s Lancaster-Lebanon League high school basketball regular season, it’s uncommon –almost rare as a matter of fact—to see the league tournament field already filled out and largely compiled heading into the final night of league-play this coming Tuesday. And in an ironic twist of fate, Section Three’s […]
E-Town Leaves No Doubt, Continues Sprint Towards Postseason In Resounding Crossover Triumph Over Hempfield
January 31, 2020 Andy HerrIn sports, much like in show business, sometimes the sequels can be extremely difficult to surpass. Fitting then that the E-Town Bears, a team full of well-known stars, happened to find themselves in that very same position heading into their Thursday night Lancaster-Lebanon League crossover tilt against Hempfield. You see, just a few night ago […]
Middletown Starts Fast, Explodes Past Pequea Valley As Blue Raiders Notch Late-Season Nonleague Road Win
January 30, 2020 Andy HerrAt this stage of the season, you’re likely playing somewhere within the scope of three main scenarios. First, the place where everyone desires to reside come late-January, is to be firmly and comfortably entrenched within some sort of playoff field, whether it be leagues or districts. The second, the type of situation that is far […]
L-L Scores/Schedule: 1/20-1/25: Complete 1/25
January 25, 2020 Andy HerrMonday 1/20 Non-league Lebanon 52 Garden Spot 48 Twin Valley 41 E-Town 82 Donegal 34 West York 73 Tuesday 1/21 League E-Town 66 Warwick 70 (LLHoops.com Live Stream) Hempfield 47 Penn Manor 53 McCaskey 74 Man TWP 85 (OT) Cocalico 58 Conestoga Valley 65 Ephrata 45 Lebanon 56 Garden Spot 55 Solanco 49 L-S […]
Young Barons Flash Fearlessness And Fortitude As Manheim Central Outduels Northern Lebanon In Overtime Classic
January 24, 2020 Andy HerrNo matter what the sport and no matter what the level of competition, there are always a few certain places that likely create a general feeling of queasiness when a team looks at their schedule at the beginning of the season before soon discovering that they must travel to one of the toughest places in […]
West York Leaves No Doubt As Bulldogs Show Off Bark And Bite In Nonleague Win Over Donegal
January 20, 2020 Andy HerrIn the game of basketball, not all losses are created equal. Yes, while all are painful in their own unique way, whether you find yourself coming up shy by just one-point, or by as many as say 50-points, the feeling can be nonetheless painful no matter how big or how small. However, there is arguably […]
Octorara Finishes Strong, Silences Solanco As Braves Begin Playoff Push With Crossover Victory
January 17, 2020 Andy HerrAs crazy as it is to believe, just one look at the calendar likely causes more than a few teams in the Lancaster-Lebanon League to recognize that their season has now reached its bewitching hour. Not the least of which likely just so happened to be the Octorara Braves. For the Braves, a school in […]