Quick question here for the audience, but how many of you would like to pretend that the last couple of years, last year in particular, never took place at all? A fair amount? Yeah, kinda figured as much. Okay, but I see not everyone in the crowd has their hand raised here. Who’s that abstaining? […]

Post to be updated as results from early in the week come in….   Monday 2/28 5A Semifinals Hershey 82 L-S 86 (3OT) 5A 9th Place Bracket Manheim Central 50 Palmyra 64 Milton Hershey 45 E-Town 57 4A Consolation Bracket ELCO 49 Eastern York 44 3A Consolation Bracket Lancaster Catholic 51 Tulpy 72 Tuesday 3/1 […]

When the fine folks at the District 3 office got together earlier in the year and ultimately rolled out the schedule and slate of championship games that were going to be held inside the Giant Center in the early portion of the month of March, you can best believe that every boys’ basketball program from […]

There was a time not all that long ago – just a few years ago to be exact – that Monday’s District 3-5A semifinal game between Hershey and Lampeter-Strasburg would’ve held up at Giant Center. And sure, while change can sometimes present itself in a manner akin to that of an welcomed house guest, it […]

No matter how you slice it, whether you consider that the circumstances regarding the considerable shrinkage of the PIAA basketball bracket last March in lieu of the COVID-19 pandemic to be a necessary move or not, there most figured to be winners and losers because of such a decision. The good news? Well, the fact […]

For all the many rivalries housed within the Lancaster-Lebanon League, there are simply some that rise above all others. You know, those special few series’ that are truly generational? Well, try as they might in terms of splitting both Columbia and Lancaster Catholic up from another over the last couple of years by putting the […]

Admittedly, prior to Lancaster Country Day coming into the Lancaster-Lebanon League, not many fans who associate themselves with the L-L basketball landscape likely had paid much if any attention whatsoever to the goings on taking place with the 1A classification system. Okay, while that may be true, since the small private school that is situated […]

It’s a hard ask in a lot of ways. You know, having a championship game live up to all its anticipated billing and then some. Fair enough, but if there were two Lancaster-Lebanon League squads that figured to put on the best show of all in this year’s boys’ basketball title fight, it was presumed […]

In sum, a grand total of a dozen Lancaster-Lebanon League boys’ basketball teams advanced into the postseason this year. Listed below are the teams and their opening round matchups/dates   1A #5 New Covenant Christian @ #4 Lancaster Country Day (Monday 2/21 @ 7pm)   2A #6 Fairfield @ #3 Lancaster Mennonite (Tuesday 2/22 @ […]

You know, for all the excitement that comes with teams making Cinderella-type runs throughout postseason tournaments, sometimes there’s simply nothing that can match the prospect of two heavyweight giants meeting up and trading body blows against one another, especially once the stakes get ratcheted up to an entirely different level that is altogether different. Well, […]

For as good as the Lancaster-Lebanon League tournament is –and selfishly we truthfully believe it is the best of any local conference around – there are certain unalienable qualities about it that make it so intrinsically special and unique. Sure, while it’s fun to see the matchups of teams that don’t meet eye-to-eye in the […]

To some, it was a mere date in history that likely got lost somewhere in time. October 20, 2016. To others though, it was a landmark day. For those with a strong rooting interest in the Octorara Braves however, that quiet Thursday some nearly seven years ago now was rather unprecedented. For it was on […]

Without question, the high school basketball season can quite often be a long and sometimes very winding road. Sure, while there are some fortunate squads that will still have another month of their season yet to unfold from this particular juncture onward, those who are found staring down the barrel of the end of their […]

REPLAY link for the show on Youtube can be found below Bruce Badgley and Dell host. New location – Aroogas in Centerville PA hosts the show. The times of various guests are listed. Coach Megan Collins- Penn Manor Girls 25:42 mark Andy Herr – LLhoops Staff  43:52 mark Coach Chris Christensen 1:05 mark

Opening Round (Friday 2/11 @ Conestoga Valley) Octorara (Section Four Runner-Up) vs Lebanon (Section Two Runner-Up): 5:30pm Lancaster Mennonite (Section Five Runner-Up) vs Manheim Central (Section Three Runner-Up): 7pm   Quarterfinal Round (Monday 2/14) Game 1:Manheim Township (Section One Co-Champ) vs Mennonite/Manheim Central @ Manheim Township: 7pm Game 2:Lampeter-Strasburg (Section Three Champ) vs Octorara/Lebanon @ […]