The good thing about playoff basketball is that it can you give matchups like L-S and Hempfield as was the case last Wednesday when the Pioneers and Black Knights squared off in the most-anticipated game of the season for the right to advance to the L-L title game opposite of Lancaster Catholic. The bad thing […]

When talking about the top high school athletic programs in the midstate, it is downright impossible to have any such conversation without including the Saints of Berks Catholic. No doubt about it, any list that would be devoid of having Berks Catholic mentioned would simply be incomplete at best. If nothing else, it’d certainly be […]

The arrival of postseason basketball no matter what the level–high school, college or professional can mean only one thing. Brackets. And when District 3 released their brackets last week, there were plenty of intriguing matchups to go around. But perhaps no contest was as tasty as the opening round 5A matchup between #9 seed Ephrata […]

In sports, the general rule of thumb is that the defending champion earns the right to be considered king of the hill until knocked off their lofty perch and proven otherwise. Don’t bother trying to sell this year’s Lampeter-Strasburg basketball team on that notion however. They’re simply just not buying it. Rewind the clock all […]

For whatever the reason, the L-L League Boys’ Basketball tournament has always shown an uncanny knack for producing monumental semifinal games the last few years. In fact, it could very well be argued that some of these games featured head to head matchups that most would have considered to be the de-facto championship games as […]

Without question, the number one goal for each and every team LL team that reconvenes every fall for the start of preseason practices is to play beyond their regular season slate and make the playoffs whether it be leagues, districts, or for even more select few, having the opportunity to take part in both. On […]

In many ways, it’s fair to say that Saturday afternoon in the Lancaster Lebanon League basketball community was date that many had been anticipating for quite some time. And unless you’ve been living under a rock for the last few weeks, you know full-well by now that Saturday officially marked the beginning of postseason play […]

 (Tyler Crespo Starred In The Streaks’ Win Over Lebanon With 37 Points)     As an athlete, there are just certain nights that you will never forget. As a high school athlete in particular, one night you’ll remember forever is the final home game of your career. A final curtain calls which includes all the […]

There’s simply no denying it. There’s just something different in the air when rivals get together that can make things a little more shall we say, “hectic.” If you need validation, look no further than the first Warwick and Manheim Township game contested this year for proof of that. Yes indeed. The last time that […]

Last year when the Donegal Indians met the Daniel Boone Blazers on the basketball court, both programs were desperately itching for a win to help close out frustrating seasons in which the wins were hard to come by. Hit the fast forward button to 364 days later and the story is a little bit different. […]

When high school hoops teams look up and see that the calendar has finally flipped to February, odds are that they find themselves in one of two scenarios. The first being optimistic about closing the season out on a high note while hoping to build momentum for the next season, while others are fortunate enough […]

The last time that the Manheim Township Blue Streaks and Governor Mifflin Mustangs hooked up on the basketball court, the result had seismic-like repercussions. On the late Saturday afternoon of January 28th last year, the Blue Streaks trekked northward to tangle with the then #1 ranked team in District 3 6A. It was a game […]

Let’s face it. As a true competitor, there is simply nothing better than the thrill of victory. Perhaps the only thing that could make a win even sweeter would be emerging triumphant to break a long and frustrating losing streak. And ironically for both the E-Town Bears and Solanco Golden Mules, Thursday night provided the […]

(Northern Lebanon’s Thomas Folmer Dribbles Up The Court Against Lancaster Catholic Earlier This Season) For most high school hoops fans, there is simply is nothing that matches the excitement and intensity of playoff basketball. And while some may feel like they will have to continue waiting patiently until the night of February 9th when the […]

A league championship and a district championship. For most programs, those two accomplishments rarely ever come together as a package deal. But sure enough, they did last year for Lancaster Catholic. In fact, the Crusaders have seemed to make a habit of literally putting the two together considering Catholic was able to capture both L-L […]