Andy’s Take
2018-19 All LLhoops.com Section 2 Honors
March 29, 2019 Andy HerrLLhoops.com Section 2 All-League Teams Coach Of The Year Chris Christensen (Warwick) First Team Ryan Shirk (Warwick) Larry Locker (E-Town) Joey McCracken (Warwick) Xavian Rodriguez (Ephrata) Jean Carlos Gonzalez-Belen (Lebanon) Colby Martin (Warwick) Second Team Ryan Parise (E-Town) Dylan Sweger (E-Town) Jordan Ransing (Conestoga Valley) Scottie Porter (Lebanon) Luke Collins (Lebanon) Elijah […]
2018-19 All LLhoops.com Section 3 Honors
March 29, 2019 Andy HerrLLhoops.com Section 3 All-League Teams Coach Of The Year Ed Berryman (Lampeter-Strasburg) First Team Keontae Nunn (Garden Spot) Cam Sell (Manheim Central) Seth Beers (Lampeter-Strasburg) Chase Broderick (Lampeter-Strasburg) Andrew Zentner (Garden Spot) Connor Mack (Cocalico) Second Team Chase Marquette (Manheim Central) Dawson Kreider (Solanco) Adam Stoltzfus (Lampeter-Strasburg) Zach Kingsley (Lampeter-Strasburg) Pat Holmes (Lampeter-Strasburg) […]
2018-19 All LLhoops.com Section 4 Honors
March 29, 2019 Andy HerrLLhoops.com Section 4 All-League Teams Coach Of The Year Joe Klazas (Lancaster Catholic) First Team Johnny Besecker (Lancaster Catholic) Naji Hamilton (Octorara) Dwayne Caine (Lancaster Catholic) David Kamwanga (Lancaster Catholic) Braden Bohannon (ELCO) Asher Kemble (ELCO) Second Team Peyton Wolfe (Northern Lebanon) Alex Lantz (Octorara) Bryce Coletti (ELCO) Ryan Zuch (Donegal) Keith […]
2018-19 All LLhoops.com Section 5 Honors
March 29, 2019 Andy HerrLLhoops.com Section 5 All-League Teams Coach Of The Year Jon Shultz (Lancaster Country Day) First Team Andrew Williams (Lancaster Country Day) Elijah Terry (Lancaster Mennonite) Andrew Long (Annville-Cleona) Devon Colyer (Pequea Valley) Matt McCleary (Columbia) Luke Walling (Lancaster Country Day) Second Team Kerry “Hov” Glover (Columbia) Devin Root (Lebanon Catholic) Elijah Bynum […]
Lancaster-Lebanon League All-Stars Bring The Fireworks In Annual Senior Showcase
March 28, 2019 Andy HerrIf you were to sit down and spend time with someone who is deeply involved in the game of basketball, particularly those involved at the high school level, odds are they would tell you that the roundball game is now a year-long commitment. And truth be told, they really wouldn’t be lying. It’s true. While […]
Lincoln Park Staves Off Furious Trinity Comeback, Westry’s Performance For The Ages To Nab PIAA-3A State Crown
March 24, 2019 Andy HerrHello world. Thy name is Chance Westry. For high school basketball fans around the mid-state, nearly all are at least somewhat familiar with the sheer excellence that has been exerted by the Trinity Shamrocks over the years. And while the ‘Rocks had most recently been getting the job done with more than their fair share […]
Tshiebwe, Kennedy Catholic Block Pennridge From Claiming 6A State Title In Double Overtime Classic
March 24, 2019 Andy HerrAs a self-proclaimed “hoops junkie,” how on earth do you go about trying to describe what may have been the best high school basketball game that you have ever witnessed? Well, here it goes. Coming into the weekend (and really the season quite honestly), most fans across the state of Pennsylvania were more than curious […]
Hot-Shooting Moon Puts Together Out-Of-This-World Performance, Beats Archbishop Wood To Claim PIAA-5A State Title
March 23, 2019 Andy HerrWhen playing in the state championship game, you’d like to play your very best game of the season. In that regard, hang a star next to the Moon Tigers on Friday evening. After a wild back-and-forth second half, Moon, hailing from just west of Pittsburgh (think Robert Morris University), captured their school’s second state […]
Lancaster Catholic Meets Its Match As Crusaders Bow Out To Archbishop Carroll In PIAA-4A Second Round Defeat
March 13, 2019 Andy HerrLancaster Catholic and postseason basketball. In many ways, the two pair together as nicely as even the most killer of peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. And this year too has proved to be no exception to the norm. If you live on the eastern side of the state, chances are that you really don’t need […]
Lancaster Mennonite Shows Fight, Succumbs To Neumann-Goretti In PIAA-3A Opening Round Matchup
March 10, 2019 Andy HerrWhen thinking of the PIAA state playoffs, chances are that most of the matchups — especially those that take place in the first round — are games that feature two teams from various of pockets of the commonwealth against one another that often have no history whatsoever. But on Saturday afternoon at Father Judge High […]
Sun Valley Shoots Past Garden Spot As Vanguards Advance To Second Round Of PIAA-5A Tournament
March 9, 2019 Andy HerrWhen trying to assess and determine who the most impressive basketball programs have been inside the Lancaster-Lebanon League the past two seasons, it’s understandable for one to get caught up in the same familiar names. Names such as Cedar Crest, Hempfield, E-Town, Lampeter-Strasburg, Lancaster Mennonite, Lancaster Catholic and Manheim Township are often the ones that […]
Lancaster Country Day Finds Sweet Redemption As Cougars Claw Past Halifax To Win District 3-1A Title
February 27, 2019 Andy HerrIt’s a beautiful and wondrous thing when a plan comes together so perfectly isn’t it? Sure, while that saying may be true when applying it to every-day life, it also just so happened to be applicable when talking about this year’s Lancaster Country Day squad as well. Rewind the clock back to this time a […]
Lancaster Catholic Digs Deep, Perseveres Past Susquehanna Township En Route To District 3-4A Title Game
February 26, 2019 Andy HerrAlthough they may not be called the Wildcats, Cougars, or anything else of the feline variety, it certainly would have been more than apropos for Lancaster Catholic to have such a nickname given the way in which they persevered past Littlestown on Thursday night, truly receiving at least a second life this season down in […]
Harrisburg Fends Off Hard-Charging Cedar Crest As Falcons Drop To Consolation Bracket In District 3-6A Playoffs
February 23, 2019 Andy HerrAs unbelievable as it may seem in today’s day and age, there was a time not all that long ago when the prospect of witnessing a possible matchup between Harrisburg and Cedar Crest would have made even the most loyal of Falcons supporters squirm just ever so slightly in their seats. But unless you’ve been […]
Lancaster Country Day Plays ‘Complete Game’ In District 3-1A Quarterfinal Win Over Lancaster County Christian
February 22, 2019 Andy HerrWhen the District 3 playoff brackets were ultimately unveiled for the first time officially and released to the general public last week, there was one theme that became abundantly clear when trying to assess where the Lancaster-Lebanon League fell in relation to the overall scope of everything. That being the fact that nearly everyone from […]
