Andy’s Take

Admittedly, it’s probably been the type of grind for the Solanco Golden Mules boys’ basketball team so far this winter that makes them feel as if they were trying to cut a two-dollar steak with plastic utensils throughout the span of these last two months. But for all the disappointment that may come part in […]

When those in the Lebanon Cedars boys’ basketball camp awoke from their slumbers on Saturday morning, it’d be hard to find fault with anyone one of them if they began the day with a renewed sense and overall feeling of promise. Granted, that may be hard to figure considering how the Cedars began the day […]

If we were to ever take an unscientific straw poll to try and determine who some of the more renowned and recognizable brands contained within District 3 boys’ basketball are, it might prove to be a rather arduous task. Sure, you have the likes of the proverbial giants, Reading High and Harrisburg for example, right […]

In a lot of ways, this is exactly how we thought things would eventually play themselves out. That of Chief among them being the Warwick Warriors sitting all by their lonesome atop the Lancaster-Lebanon League Section Two boys’ basketball standings through the first cycle and change of conference play. Fair enough, but it might also […]

Up until about a week ago, there may have been some debate fermenting beneath the surface in District 3 boys’ basketball circles as to whether or not the Berks Catholic Saints were legitimately the best squad found in classes 1A thru 6A within the mid-state. Certainly in 4A in particular, Berks Catholic’s home classification, there […]

Ever since Manheim Central and Warwick combined to join forces inside of Lancaster-Lebanon League Section Two boys’ basketball a few years ago now, seeing both the Barons and Warriors effectively take the division by sheer force has largely been one of the worst kept secrets found within the conference since that powerful tandem came into […]

If there’s one thing that we’ve learned throughout this season when talking about Section One of Lancaster-Lebanon League boys’ basketball, it’s obviously this… It’s uhhh…Umm….Hang on a sec here….It’s umm.. Dang. Looking back on it, have we really been able to glean much of anything tangible that we can hang on our hats on when […]

Admittedly, while this site will almost always be reserved for chronicling the overarching landscape of high school basketball teams found from around the Lancaster-Lebanon League most specifically, it’s not as if we are totally incapable of being able to walk and chew gum at the same time. Or, more succinctly put, not being totally naïve […]

If you hang around long enough to check out the scenery that the L-L League boys’ basketball circuit has to offer, chances are that you’ll eventually start to pick up on some things and some underlying trends that always make their way to market. One of those of course being the undeniable fact that the […]

There’s that adage in sports that goes somewhat along the lines of, “You want to be peaking at the very end of the season.” Fair enough. And while we’re not exactly at the finish line quite yet, please don’t find much in the way of fault with either the ELCO Raiders or the Lampeter-Strasburg Pioneers […]

At first glance, it might be easy to just flatly assume that Hershey and Lebanon boys’ basketball programs might not have all that much in common with one another. After all, aside from the most elementary of examples being that of physical differences with one school residing inside the confines of Dauphin County while the […]

Arguably, one of the chief takeaways that most anyone will make mention of when asked about the benefits of playing a high school sport during their formative years figures to be the intrinsic value of which it can offer. Within that, perhaps the vital being the ability to compartmentalize and handle the effects of both […]

Throughout the first month of this season, one thing that has appeared to bubble up to the surface in the Lancaster-Lebanon League boys’ basketball world on the whole is that every race, yes, in every section, appears to be extremely deep and competitive. In fact, it really doesn’t matter if you’re talking specifically about Section […]

While conventional wisdom might’ve told you that Monday night’s rivalry affair between Annville-Cleona was nothing more than a “nonleague” scrap between two foes hailing from different sections within the Lancaster-Lebanon League, the truth of the matter was that there was far, far more to it than just that alone. Again, the proverbial elephant in the […]

Technically, when Penn Manor paid a visit to Hempfield’s Buchanan Gymnasium to take on the Black Knight on Friday night, the best that the victor could hope for entering the weekend would be for second place behind the current division leader in the clubhouse, Cedar Crest, with almost one full turn of Section One play […]