Each week, LLHoops will compile a weekly list of the top boys’ scoring performances in the conference that week. Thanks to Joe Shindle for compiling the list. Current season-high Ja’Loney Porter (McCaskey): 40 points vs Manheim Township on December 19th   1. Noah Bailey (Solanco): 32 points in win over Susquehannock   2. Chase Smucker […]

  Admittedly, this can be one of the more awkward times of the year. To put it simply, you’re finding yourself inside one of three buckets here inside the final week(end) of the regular season. First, you find that the clock can’t move fast enough, and you just want the postseason to start because the […]

  If you’ve been following along this season, you’re already well cognizant that the Lancaster Mennonite Blazers have big, bold aspirations not just for this season, but next year as well. Chief among them, perhaps chasing down another District 3 title, this of the 3A variety these days, while also setting their sights on accompanying […]

    As is always the case when you get to the end of the season in this sport, while one story ends, another one is just beginning at exactly the same moment in time. In this arena, the cyclical beast that constructs high school athletics, it’s evident that constant change is the only true […]

Each week, LLHoops will compile a weekly list of the top boys’ scoring performances in the conference that week. Thanks to Joe Shindle for compiling the list. Current season-high Ja’Loney Porter (McCaskey): 40 points vs Manheim Township on December 19th    1. Colton Hegener (Lancaster Catholic): 31 points in win over Columbia   2. Kareem […]

From a historical standpoint, there are few, if any much better. But if specific numbers are indeed more your forte, those regarding the Hempfield Black Knights’ boys’ basketball program over time can stand comfortably upon their own merit. In terms of Lancaster-Lebanon League championships, only McCaskey and Lebanon have fared better than the sprawling suburban […]

In their Tuesday night home game against Solanco, Garden Spot senior guard, Jace Conrad, eclipsed the 1,000-point total over the course of his Spartans’ career. In doing so, Conrad becomes the 7th player in program history to join the prestigious club and is the first since Keontae Nunn in 2019. Additionally, Conrad now also joins […]

For a while there, it almost seemed like they were immune. Hard to argue considering how since between the years of 2020 thru 2024, their divisional record against fellow L-L competition flourished into a staggering 31-1 clip within that cycle. However, even for a school like Columbia, one of the proudest brands that the conference […]

You probably weren’t expecting to see a Bill Parcells reference pop up at any point within this space and that’s fair. But sometimes, regardless of the sport or the level of the profession involved, some things are just so applicable that they can be applied all the same. As some of you may know, the […]

(Mason Rodgers. LLHoops POG In Manheim Central Win Over Wyomissing In Scoring Game-High 24 Points)   Well, as hard as it may to be believe for some, we’ve finally made it. We’ve actually reached that point in the season where we can discuss the topic that some consider to be taboo in some ways—the District […]

Article by David Kehler Roman Catholic defeated Devon Prep 70 to 67 in two overtimes on Sunday afternoon at Holy Family U. in a matchup between two of the top teams in Pennsylvania.  The game was a strategic, competitive contest between well-coached, excellent Philadelphia Catholic League teams. It was Roman’s home game, played at Holy […]

Each week, LLHoops will compile a weekly list of the top boys’ scoring performances in the conference that week. Thanks to Joe Shindle for compiling the list. Current season-high Ja’Loney Porter (McCaskey): 40 points vs Manheim Township on December 19th 1. Ladarian “LD” Miller (Columbia): 39 points in overtime loss to Northern Lebanon 2. Brady […]

Sometimes, the best thing you can do right after suffering a tough loss is to get right back up and ride the horse again in next to no time at all. Of course, that can’t always be the case in every single instance. Especially not when the schedule dictates your fate as such. For the […]

Truthfully, if you would’ve asked each of these two teams to perform an encore, it’d be a bit of a tough ask all things considered. After all, how do you possibly follow up their earlier meeting this winter which saw both clubs score northward of 80-points apiece, including one falling just five points shy of […]

You know that old cliché used in sports? The one that says, “You want to be peaking at just the right time?” Well, yeah, even here in the world of Lancaster-Lebanon League boys’ basketball in the year 2025, there are indeed some teams that seem to be prescribing to that notion with the season now […]