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In Ephrata’s road win at Conestoga Valley on Thursday night, Cooper Truskey became the Mounts’ program all-time leader in three-pointers hit. The senior guard currently sits at 118 made triples after he eclipsed the previous high of 117 set by Brent Burkholder who held the honor since 2001. Congrats to Cooper (Cover photo courtesy of […]

On Thursday night against Lancaster Catholic, L-S’ Chase Smucker eclipsed the 1,000-point mark at the free throw line. Video of the moment linked here via the L-S team X account. He becomes the 8th Pioneer in program history to hit that mark, the first since Seth Beers in 2020. Congrats to Chase  (Cover photo provided […]

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 […]

Ed note: Mark22 provides us with a gallery from the LL Boys Senior ALL-Star Game on April 2, 2024. For prints contact Mark on his website. He has other images of the games on  his site. The prices are very reasonable. Follow Mark on twitter @Mark22Photos Mosiac- Click to enlarge   Thumbnails- Click to enlarge

  Last Week’s Scores (LINK)   DISTRICT 2 BOYS RESULTS   Boys Standings (LINK)   MONDAY, 2/13 East Stroudsburg North 67, Delaware Valley 46   TUESDAY, 2/14 Abington Heights 62, West Scranton 53 (LL-1) Valley View 69, Scranton Prep 66 (LL-1) Scranton 57, Delaware Valley 45 (LL-1/2) North Pocono 52, Wallenpaupack 35 (LL-2) Western Wayne […]

Last season, 2021-2022, marked the 50th year of the LL League. Dell asked Mike Gross, LNP, to help compile some information about the history of the league for boys hoops. LLhoops.com had some of the information on the website, but we felt like there were many stories that needed to be told. The book features […]

EDITOR’S NOTE: With Lampeter-Strasburg 27-0 heading into the PIAA Tournament, here is a look back at the only Lancaster County team that finished as an undefeated state champion — Lancaster Catholic’s 2002-03 club, which went 35-0. A longer version of this story will be part of LLHoops.com‘s upcoming book about the 50th anniversary of the […]

Ed Note: Our good friend, David Burman (@ross_burman), compiled a list of the past District 3 Boys champions in the largest classification. There have been several changes in classifications. LL teams making this list (Lebanon, Conestoga Valley, Manhiem TWP, McCaskey,  Lititz – ok not LL but pretty cool ….)   District 3 Title Games-BOYS Highest […]

Ed Note: in keeping with out 50th year of the LL theme, our good friend, David Burman (@ross_burman), compiled a list of the past District 3 Boys champions in the largest classification. There have been several changes in classifications (3A-to currently 6A). Several LL teams (Penn Manor, McCaskey, TWP, Cedar Crest, Lebanon, Conestoga Valley,  Hempfield, […]

Ed note: We are gathering some information for an upcoming project for llhoops. We thought it might be a good idea to feature a year now and then on our site. 1980 gets the nod today.  Note that McCaskey represented Section 2 🙂 Enjoy! LL standings -1980 1980               […]

ed note: LLhoops is doing some research for information on past LL teams. Our local historian, David Burman, (@ross_burman) , provided us with this list. Check out 2003.  Enjoy! PIAA undefeated Boys Teams- All classes 2021 Our Lady of the Sacred Heart (“AA”), 24-0 2016 Aliquippa (“AA”) 33-0 2014 New Castle (“AAAA”) 31-0 2012 Chester […]

Foreword written by Mike Drago of the Reading Eagle…   Rahsool Diggins earned All-State recognition as both a sophomore and junior, but he changed his game for his senior season at Archbishop Wood. Knowing he’d be playing point guard at the University of Connecticut he prepared himself by playing that role for the Vikings. Diggins’ […]

Foreword written by Mike Gross of LNP…   Archbishop Ryan’s Aaron Lemon-Warren was leading the powerful Philadelphia Catholic League in scoring in the 2019-20 season when a broken foot shut him down for the year. Ryan started this season two weeks after everyone else in the PCL due to a COVID-19 shutdown, and the PCL […]

Foreword written by Mike Gross of LNP…   It was far from a normal boys’ basketball season for Neumann-Goretti, one of Pennsylvania’s most successful programs. The Saints, who have won nine state championships since 2009, went 4-6 with no postseason in 2020-21, thanks to a combination of pandemic-related issues and the use, acknowledged by the […]