Andy’s Take

In terms of sheer history, it’d be hard to try and supplant this senior group of Barons if one felt the need to do so. Yes, while there are surely some who in recent Manheim Central history would like to have a say in that regard –likely the 2016 and 2017 Manheim Central senior classes […]

Monday February 26   1A Consolation Bracket York Country Day 54 Lancaster Country Day 60   5A Consolation Bracket Warwick 82 Manheim Central 61   —————————————————————– Tuesday February 27   6A Consolation Bracket Cedar Crest 50 Carlisle 49   4A Consolation Bracket Middletown 59 Octorara 73 ———————————————————————- Wednesday February 28   5A 5th Place Game […]

This is one of those where there really isn’t much of a debate that can take place. If you grow up watching, competing, and/or coaching in the ranks of PIAA District 3, this is the summit of the mountain you want to crest. When you consider your preseason goals –whether you put it into actualized […]

While some may not care any less about the row to hoe if they are fortunate enough to make the postseason, it’d be kind of understandable if Cedar Crest may have been a bit miffed as to why they garnered such an arduous task compared to most others this year in terms of the District […]

The 2023-2024 PIAA District 3 tournament brackets have been released. Below are the first-round matchups featuring Lancaster-Lebanon League teams. BOYS Class AAAAAA No. 10 Wilson 50 No. 7 Cedar Crest 55 No. 11 Penn Manor 55 at No. 6 Reading 70   Quarterfinal Round #7 Cedar Crest 34 #2 Cumberland Valley 41   Class AAAAA […]

Typically, one would rightly equate receiving a postseason bid with that of a continuation of sorts in terms of your overall regular season legwork. And while that would indeed be the case and should not in any way diminish what Lancaster Country Day was able to achieve in the wake of their 14-8 overall record […]

If you want to make the postseason, surely you want to get the full experience, right? Well, sorta. As far as the ELCO Raiders were concerned, while they were understandably and rightfully excited about receiving a bid to dance, they probably would’ve preferred the least exciting of options all things considered. But truthfully, seeing the […]

As far as the actual verbiage was concerned, Monday night would be considered a District 3-5A opening round matchup between Warwick and Red Land. In reality however, it probably would’ve been far more accurate to label it something akin to that of a wild card game. Not in the sense of the matchup itself. No, […]

We get it. It’s been an absolutely difficult season in Lancaster-Lebanon League boys’ basketball circles to try and figure out which way is up, and which way is down. At nearly every turn, on every night it seemed, there would be a surprising result come across the wire (if “wires” even exist anymore) that either […]

Perhaps it’s funny. Perhaps it’s ironic. Whatever the adjective of choice, there’s something be said for not much changing in a year’s time. Or, more accurately, 364 days. You see, back on February 15th of 2023, this was the exact same scenario. Well, sort of. In terms of what made it similar was the stage, […]

At first blush, you might assume that the connections found between Lampeter-Strasburg and Penn Manor would be remarkably similar. Easy to think that seeing as how roughly 10 miles separate the school’s two campuses from one another with the tiny hamlet of Willow Street essentially serving as a 48th parallel when it comes to determining […]

Death, taxes, and Lancaster Country Day boys’ basketball in the postseason. Okay, even if that’s not the precise phrase that gets uttered, it doesn’t make it any less true. Since the Cougars from Country Day joined the Lancaster-Lebanon League cast and crew six years ago now, LCD has known nothing but playoff basketball once the […]

When you get right down to it, what more could you possibly ask for on the final night of the season? Of course, a little luck along the way certainly doesn’t hurt the mission either. For the Annville-Cleona Dutchmen, that’s exactly what Thursday night in their regular season finale offered to them—A chance. A chance […]

To say that Tuesday night’s Octorara and ELCO game was simply “important” might be the biggest undersell of all-time. Alright, alright. Extreme hyperbolic language pushed to the side for just a moment, the fact of the matter was that history was on the line once the Octorara Braves loaded up the bus and ventured northward […]

This is a bit of an open-ended question, but how is this possible? How is it possible that a defending state champion, the first one that the L-L League has seen in 20 years, is somehow flying under the radar? Granted, while one could argue that Lancaster Mennonite never really receives the lion’s share of […]