Andy’s Take

Before we start, let us first begin with a bit of a pop quiz…Since 2021, what is the only school in the entire state of Pennsylvania to have reached at least the quarterfinal round every one of those seasons regardless of classification level? Chances are, if you are savant of Lancaster-Lebanon League hoops, you likely […]

There’s an old adage in sports that says, “Styles make fights.” And while that may have primarily been coined as a phrase most related to boxing, it can apply most anywhere else. Even the PIAA boys’ basketball tournament for example. Once you get to this stage of states, really any point in the state tournament […]

If you would’ve seen their name appear on the statewide bracket as it did this year and your only point of reference to use was that of a history book and nothing else, you likely would’ve thought this was just another, ho-hum season for them. After all, their 22 state playoff appearances tops the list […]

While losing a game in the state tournament – especially in the first round – can sometimes be a crushing blow, it doesn’t necessarily have to always be. No, not all these losses are necessarily created equal. In theory, all one would have to do is just look at last year’s Octorara squad to help […]

Truthfully, if you were to have taken an unscientific straw poll on the teams that figured to make a run at the District 3 title in just two years’ time in 2024, you probably wouldn’t have picked a team that had just put the wraps on a 3-18 campaign that season. Then again, if you […]

They are the types of moments that every athlete dreams of. Those instances where you indelibly leave a mark so high – and so significant – that there is no real dispute as to what your most memorable moment was over the course of your entire career that ranks above all others. For one Cedar […]

If the conversation you’re looking to have is centered around the best teams that District 3 produced last season from the rank and file that is the boys’ basketball 1A landscape, you’d have a hard time doing much better than these two. First, how about the ones who took the district title home last year? […]

3 miles. That’s the distance between Hershey High School and the nearby Giant Center. A trip so short that they’ve probably made it a million times. Perhaps, but not while riding on a bus while en route to a basketball game that is. Last season, even for those that wouldn’t normally consider themselves to be […]

(Photos courtesy of Mark Palczewski) Maybe it was some form of poetic justice. Maybe it was destiny. But whatever the underlying “it” was, this almost had to be the final game to conclude the Lancaster-Lebanon League boys’ basketball season in 2025-26 did it not? In a year where up seemed to be down, left diverted […]

In retrospect, having them play this game – during this week – was if not something totally bathed in irony, then most certainly apropos if nothing else. For most fans of high school hoops within District 3, especially in the Lancaster-Lebanon League in particular, the entire focus and attention this week is squarely focused on […]

(Photos provided by Kirk Neidermyer) Candidly, this could’ve been a bit of an awkward spot for the Warwick Warriors boys’ basketball team to find themselves on Wednesday night. First and foremost, they already knew that their league playoff fate had been decided for them – a Saturday date at noon in paying a visit to […]

To put it rather mildly, it’d be fair to suggest that it was far from Cedar Crest’s finest hour their last time out on the floor. In fact, it was a largely atypical performance for a Falcons’ program that has grown accustomed to rightly considering itself to be the grittiest, toughest, nastiest, insert any adjective […]

While it may not necessarily be all that common to be seen around these parts, the fact of the matter was that this season, as wonky and as crazy as its been inside the Lancaster-Lebanon League boys’ basketball landscape all year long, this year has already seen 75% of the section championships be decided and […]

  Admittedly, it’s not exactly the coziest or most desirable of places to find yourself with less than a week left in the regular season. No, not everyone this time of year can rest easily knowing that they have more games waiting to be played beyond what the regular season campaign allows. Instead, some teams […]

  First, the bad news. 7-29. For those would be the combined records that both of these two 6A programs brought with them into this Friday night nonconference affair against one another. The good news then you may ask? The fact that even though we can now count the number of regular season games left […]