Andy’s Take

  Without fail, Mother Nature always has a funny way of inserting herself into the conversation when it comes to winter weather found here in central Pennsylvania, almost always throwing a wrench into everyone’s collective plans as it relates to high school basketball most of all. Funny thing is, she wasted little time this year […]

Coming out of the first weekend of the season, to suggest that the shared experiences found inside their respective tip-off tournaments in which they played were a bit of a mixed bag when referencing both Elizabethtown and Lampeter-Strasburg might be a bit of disservice. For starters, coming out the initial weekend with a pair of […]

Maybe it’s cliché and hokey. Maybe it’s not. Either way, the fact of the matter is that when it comes to first full week of the high school basketball season at the start of every December, there are championships to be won coming out of the weekend. For some, winning a tip-off tourney title likely […]

It’s been a little quiet around here about them. Almost too quiet quite frankly. Part of that perhaps makes sense, doesn’t it? Graduating almost all the key pieces that were integral parts of back-to-back league championship runs. I mean, what could possibly be left up there in the cupboard still? Well, while that may all […]

Coming into this season, it’d be fair to suggest that Lancaster Catholic was most certainly looking forward to the idea and overall promise that came part in parcel with a new year getting set to commence. And frankly, how could they not? As far as the record books will tell you, the Crusaders’ 2024-25 season […]

    While it’s true to say that all season-openers are special, there are undeniably others that are just a cut above when it comes to storylines and historical significance. And Wednesday night in Manheim could not have been any stronger indication of that notion ringing true. But before we look forward, we must first […]

    At the start of every season, new is always going to be the word of the day. Then again, there’s “new” and there’s the type of new that the Northern Lebanon boys’ basketball program is rolling out with this winter. New coach? Say hello to Franklin Wilson Jr, getting his shot at a […]

  It’s one of the worst kept secrets this year when it comes to the landscape of Lancaster-Lebanon League boys’ basketball action. That of course being that the Octorara Braves come into their 2025-26 campaign with a boatload full of optimism and sky-high hopes.   And frankly, how could they not? If the name of […]

For most of you, this is a site and space that you have grown accustomed to reading about high school hoops, most specifically the Lancaster-Lebanon League scene in particular. Rest assured, so long as it’s still up and running, the premise of this site will never deviate from what made it great and self-sustaining for […]

Much like the cover photo used for this post, the sun has now also set on Spooky Nook’s 2025 edition of their summer league slate. Additionally, this notebook figures to be a bit more abridged considering how the back half of the month is typically when teams in the league begin to pull the string […]

As part of our summer coverage, LLHoops will post semi-weekly updates regarding things we have seen while over at Spooky Nook observing their annual summer league. With the June-only league now sitting squarely on its halfway point, it seemed like as good a time as any to release the first report of our findings. And […]

(Photos by Kate Levato) On Wednesday evening, when those of whom were selected to partake in the Lancaster-Lebanon League Senior All-Star Game were asked to put their school’s uniform on for one final run, some things were different. Yet some things remained similar as they had all year long. Or year(s) long for that matter.  […]

Before we start, let’s first lay out an initial ground rule. First and foremost, this piece is not intended to be one that addresses the overarching elephant sitting in the room that comes up this time of year – public or private. Yes, private schools won all six of the boys’ state finals this weekend […]

A week ago in this space, the question was outwardly posed as to whether or not this was the best iteration of a Lancaster Country Day boys’ basketball varsity team that had ever been assembled at any point during the tiny private school’s history. In short, that overarching question would be demonstrably answered over the […]

It’s funny in some ways how so much yet so little can change over the course of just two years’ time. Whether you want to ponder that statement and apply it to life in general, or would rather drill that notion all the way down to that of the boys’ high school basketball scene in […]