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 @ […]

In a game between two of the best teams in Pennsylvania on Tuesday night, Imhotep Charter built a big early lead then repelled a furious fourth quarter rally by visiting West Catholic.  The final score before a capacity crowd at Imhotep’s smallish gym was 64-56.  The view from here is that these teams will win […]

Roman Catholic’s vigorous perimeter defense substantially disrupted LaSalle College’s offense on Monday night propelling the visitors to a 63-52 victory in a Philadelphia Catholic League matchup.  Both Roman and LaSalle are in the PIAA 6A classification.   Roman’s defensive pressure forced LaSalle’s offense to set up closer to half court than the Explorers prefer, and […]

Back in the early part of December inside this very same space, I wrote that almost every year for the Manheim Township Blue Streaks seems to eerily play out in almost the exact same format. In some ways in fact, you can nearly set your clocks to it. And wouldn’t you know it, while those […]

Before this past Friday night, the news coming out of Lancaster Catholic’s camp so far this season was admittedly rather quiet all things being considered. After all, while most everyone knew and understood the Crusaders would certainly look much different as comparted to the team that they suited up and brought with them onto the […]