Without a doubt, the Manheim Township Blue Streaks have gotten off to a red-hot start this year. And like any good story, it’s appropriate to start at the very beginning. After winning their season-opening tip-off tournament to start the campaign, the Streaks went on a streak. Literally. After Township sailed past Mid-Penn blueblood Central Dauphin […]

It’s called the Christmas break. For many, the holiday season between Christmas and New Year’s offers a reprieve from either work or school. In the basketball world, the situation is no different. While some teams choose to remain idle for the entire week, others decide to take advantage of the situation that offers a respite […]

When trying to handicap the 2017-18 Lancaster Lebanon Boys Basketball season as it specifically related to Section 1, it was largely agreed that it would turn out to be a three horse race with Hempfield, Manheim Township, and Cedar Crest duking it out from December through early February for supremacy in the “big boy” division […]

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Alright LLhoops.com readers, time for a little pop quiz. For this one we will need your complete and total honesty. Ready? Here we go. Please raise your hand if you would have predicted that on the eve of the last section game before Christmas the Northern Lebanon Vikings Boys Basketball team would be undefeated in […]

Don’t be taken by surprise if the most popular phrase uttered around Landisville this winter is “What can you do for an encore?” The question of course being asked about the Hempfield Black Knights boys basketball program. A task that may seem easier said than done when you consider that the Knights were able to […]

Although the 2017-18 high school hoops season only became a week old on Friday night, it has not been without its share of early headlines. Perhaps none nearly as eye-catching across the LLhoops landscape than that of the Donegal Indians. Starting off a season 3-0 may seem like old hat to some programs year in […]

It wasn’t all that long ago that seeing Cedar Crest and McCaskey on the nightly basketball slate wouldn’t have garnered much attention. But those days are long gone. For years, the McCaskey Red Tornado dominated the Section 1 landscape taking down nearly all comers. But for the last handful of seasons, the Cedar Crest Falcons […]

If last season were to be summed up in one phrase for E-Town Basketball after posting a 5-21 overall record, the term would be “learning experience.” Although the record in 2016- 17 was not what everyone was hoping to have in Bear Country, all was certainly not lost last year in Elizabethtown. With a young […]

Although this year’s high school basketball season is still in its infancy, it’s safe to say that the Cocalico Eagles did not get off to the type of start they were hoping for thus far. Although the Eagles entered their home opener on Tuesday still winless, a closer look at Cocalico’s early season slate helps […]

For some, Monday night across the LLhoops landscape marked the beginning of a brand new season. Not so for Ephrata and Penn Manor. This past weekend, both the Comets and Mounts played in traditional early season tip off tournaments at Exeter and Lancaster Catholic respectively, with both squads coming away with 1-1 marks after the […]

On Friday night the ball was officially tossed into the air in gyms across the state signifying the start of another season of high school hoops. And for the Garden Spot Spartans, the 2017-18 campaign began like many others of recent memory as the Spartans made the short trek eastward on Route 23 to get […]

DISCLAIMER: This list is based upon rosters submitted last season and information gathered in the offseason. These lists do not account for ALL unknown transfers, injuries, incoming freshmen, or those who are no longer playing hoops this upcoming season Logan Horn: Cedar Crest Jaiden Melendez: Cedar Crest Blake Thomson: Cedar Crest Cole Laney: Cedar Crest […]

DISCLAIMER: This list is based upon rosters submitted last season and information gathered in the offseason. These lists do not account for ALL unknown transfers, injuries, incoming freshmen, or those who are no longer playing hoops this upcoming season Aidan Trynosky: Cocalico Avery Walker: Donegal Michael Lyons: Donegal Elijah Swanigan: Donegal Ryan Parise: E-Town Cade […]