Andy’s Take

Over the coming weeks we will be featuring a few of the top players in the Lancaster-Lebanon League through our Player Profile series. We continue with Cody Fisher of Lancaster Mennonite. Below are his answers to a variety of questions from the LLHoops.com team. Player Profile Name: Cody Fisher School: Lancaster Mennonite Class: Rising Junior […]

Over the coming weeks we will be featuring a few of the top players in the Lancaster-Lebanon League through our Player Profile series. We start with RJ Young of Cedar Crest. Below are his answers to a variety of questions from the LLHooops.com team. Player Profile Name: RJ Young School: Cedar Crest Class: Rising Senior […]

Two Lancaster-Lebanon League players earned all-state honors from PA Sportswriters for their performance during the 2023-2024 season. Penn Manor standout senior forward Ethan Benne caps off his outstanding high school basketball career with a spot on the Class 6A all-state second team. He becomes the first Comet to earn all-state honors since 1990. Benne led […]

Ed note: Welcome to the 2023-24 All LLhoops.com teams. Between Dell, Andy, and TJ, we saw each player no fewer than two times. We continue with our 6 player teams- more awards for more deserving players. Names appear in alphabetical order.  Enjoy!   Section One First Team Ethan Benne (Penn Manor) De’Andre Jones (McCaskey) Fernando […]

For the first time in nearly a decade, the Columbia Crimson Tide boys’ basketball program will have a new voice in the front of the room. Early Sunday afternoon, Kerry Glover informed LLHoops.com that he was resigning his post as Columbia head coach. During his eight-year stint, Glover was able to post a 131-68 overall […]

What do we like most about the state playoffs? Is it the drama that comes part in parcel with a single-elimination format? Sure, that certainly figures to be a key element in the mix. It is it the fact that we always see matchups we likely wouldn’t any other day of the year had it […]

Not bad for a reclamation project, huh? Alright. It’s not as if they were totally left for dead and needed resuscitation of course. Even still, having to reinvent yourself just prior to the most important portion of the season, the postseason, isn’t exactly for the faint of heart. Regardless, that was precisely the assignment that […]

While you never want to diminish or underappreciate runs that get you to the state tournament, there are those certain marches –both informal and formal in the vernacular given the actual month they occur within– that just feel “different”, right? For this year’s version of the Cedar Crest Falcons, this specific likely felt as if […]

Friday March 8 1A Lancaster Country Day 42  Notre Dame East Stroudsburg 33 4A Octorara 50 Danville 63 5A Warwick 53 Franklin Regional 68 Manheim Central 31 Unionville 56 ——————————————————————– Saturday March 9 2A St John Neumann 43 Lancaster Mennonite 71   3A  Columbia 64 Pickett Mastery 46   6A  Cedar Crest 55 Lower Merion […]

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 […]