As far as the numbers of it all are concerned, there are 192 boys’ basketball teams from all around the state of Pennsylvania that make it into the state tournament on annual basis ever since the implementation of the six-classification rule as decided almost a decade ago now. All that is to intimate, surely the […]

In the second half of their state playoff-clinching victory last week at Lower Dauphin, Cocalico senior forward, Camden Ochs, reached the 1,000-point total over the course of his Eagles’ career. With his accomplishment, Ochs becomes the 8th player in Cocalico’s proud history to join the illustrious club and is the first to do since current […]

On Saturday night in suburban Harrisburg, Spring-Ford’s zone defensive schemes throttled host Central Dauphin’s high-powered offense, and the visitors from Royersford won a convincing 59-53 victory in a PIAA Class 6A state championship tournament 1st round game.    It’s unusual for a high school team to win an important game while playing a lot of […]

Linville Hill Christian traveled to Marian Catholic in Tamaqua on Saturday afternoon in the opening round of the PIAA Class 2A state championship tournament and easily defeated the District 11 champions 77 to 42.  The mercy rule was triggered late in the game, and the contest was never competitive.  The view from here is that […]

If you’ve followed along this whole season inside this space when it comes to the Lancaster Mennonite Blazers, the word “plural” has been used so much that it might as well have become just as familiar as the school’s black and yellow color scheme.  Plural of course being used to describe the litany of titles […]

Before we get started and look forward, let us first look back. Like, all the way to the very beginning type of “back.” There, on just the second day of the newly designated high school basketball schedule — Saturday, November 30th to be exact — the Octorara Braves traveled down to District 1 territory and […]

Article by David Kehler   Holy Ghost Prep defeated Lampeter-Strasburg 62 to 57 in an absorbing, see-saw game at Bensalem on Friday night in the first round in the PIAA Class 5A state championship tournament. Lampeter-Strasburg was never out of contention in this contest, and a late fourth quarter rally by the Lancaster-Lebanon League squad […]

David Kehler, All-State voter and contributor to LLHoops.com, checks in to give us his preview of the upcoming 6A bracket which begins this weekend and will end with 6A’s state championship game, slated for an 8pm tip at the Giant Center in Hershey on Saturday, March 29th. Enjoy PIAA State Championship Tournament Preview   This […]

David Kehler, All-State voter and contributor to LLHoops.com, checks in to give us his preview of the upcoming 5A bracket which begins this weekend and will end with 5A’s state championship game, slated for an 8pm tip at the Giant Center in Hershey on Friday, March 28th. Enjoy PIAA State Championship Tournament Preview   This […]

(Cover photo credit to Mark Palczewski)   David Kehler, All-State voter and contributor to LLHoops.com, checks in to give us his preview of the upcoming 4A bracket which begins this weekend and will end with 4A’s state championship game, slated for an 8pm tip at the Giant Center in Hershey on Thursday, March 27th. Enjoy […]

David Kehler, All-State voter and contributor to LLHoops.com, checks in to give us his preview of the upcoming 3A bracket which begins this weekend and will end with 3A’s state championship game, slated for a 2pm tip at the Giant Center in Hershey on Saturday, March 29th. Enjoy PIAA State Championship Tournament Preview   This […]

David Kehler, All-State voter and contributor to LLHoops.com, checks in to give us his preview of the upcoming 2A bracket which begins this weekend and will end with 2A’s state championship game, slated for a 2pm tip at the Giant Center in Hershey on Friday, March 28th. Enjoy PIAA State Championship Tournament Preview   Article […]

David Kehler, All-State voter and contributor to LLHoops.com, checks in to give us his preview of the upcoming 1A bracket which begins this weekend and will end with 1A’s state championship game, slated for a 2pm tip at the Giant Center in Hershey on Thursday, March 27th. Enjoy PIAA State Championship Tournament Preview   Article […]

David Kehler, all-state voter and contributor to LLHoops.com, checks in to give us his Top 10 rankings for each of the state’s six classes when it comes to schools considered to be on the “eastern” side of Pennsylvania prior to the start of this weekend’s PIAA state tourney. District 3 programs listed in bold. Enjoy […]

Beginning this weekend, the Lancaster-Lebanon League will send five of its boys’ basketball teams found within three of the state’s six classification systems into the state tournament that will get underway on Friday evening and Saturday afternoon respectively. With just five schools receiving a bid, that ties both 2020 and 2015 for being the fewest […]