Dell’s Column

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 […]

Foreword written by Mike Gross of LNP…   “The only thing on my bucket list that I really want,’’ Loyalsock boys’ basketball coach Ron Insinger told the Williamsport Sun-Gazette last month, was a state championship. Insinger’s Lancers got him there a few days later, defeating Brookville 75-53 for the PIAA Class 3A championship and completing […]

Foreword written by Mike Gross of LNP….   No Pennsylvania high school basketball team had a better year than Class AA state champion Sacred Heart, a truth reflected in voting for the Pennsylvania Sportswriters’ all-state team. Jake DiMichele, a 6-3 junior swingman for the Chargers, is the AA player of the year, which goes to […]

Foreword written by Mike Gross of LNP….   Berlin Brothersvalley, a small public high school in Somerset County, accomplished about all it could in boys’ basketball the past two years without winning a state championship. The Mountaineers went a combined 55-3, and were stopped short of the big prize by COVID-19 halting the PIAA tournament […]

Foreword written by Mike Gross of LNP…   High honors have gotten routine and redundant for Germantown Academy basketball star Jordan Longino. Longino, a 6-4 senior guard bound for Villanova, is the Non-PIAA Player of the Year, which goes to the leading vote-getter for the Pennsylvania Sportswriters’ Non-PIAA all-state team, announced Sunday. Longino was Class […]

Old Forge 69 Lancaster Mennonite 64  (2OT) PIAA Boys 2A March 20, 2021 One team had to lose…isn’t that always the case during the PIAA tournament? …This game featured wild swings, clutch 3-point shooting, clutch foul shooting and not so clutch foul shooting too, scrambles for EVERY lose ball, multiple players in foul trouble, dominant […]

Wilson 56 Hempfield 30 Second round of District 3   6A Boys At Wilson High School: March 5, 2021 Wilson displayed a dominant defense holding Hempfield to 30 points. Wilson’s Stevie Mitchell scored has 2000 point tonight. Points: Wilson- Stevie Mitchell 23, Ryan Strobel 14 Hempfield – Cole Overbaugh 8, Miguel Pena 8   Some clips […]

Lancaster Mennonite 71 Millersburg 59 Boys 2A Semis March 4, 2021 These teams met on Feb 6th with Millersburg beating the Blazers by a score of 76 – 65. In the first game, high scoring C Bingaman 5’11” sn. burned the nets for 41. Lancaster Mennonite was without high-scoring Cole Fisher. With Bingaman (sorry I […]

        Dell’s column- March 1st LL playoffs How about the final games for the LL? Hempfield defeated Lancaster Catholic in OT in the girls game. The boys game was a one point affair, with the Lebanon Cedars pulling out a 41-40 final. LLhoops had the games live streamed, photo gallery by Mark22, […]

  Dell’s column- Feb 14 Recap me Andy Pequea Valley / AC LC Day /AC ELCO / AC                 Dell- LLhoops Live Stream TWP @ Crest Warwick/TWP Lebanon/ Warwick Bruce- Berks Beat Ephrata/Etown girls Gov. Mifflin/Exeter Boys/Girls Muhlenburg/ C Weiser Boys C York/ Gov. Mifflin Girls Warwick/TWP Girls […]

Dell’s column: Jan 31 Another week….The LL is chugging along. We had several postponements last week, but there were still games each and every night. There are games scheduled this week every day. So, the next issue that the AD’s will be dealing with is the weather. As always, we will have to wait until […]

Soundcloud wrap by Dell           Mccaskey 46 twp 43 after 3@AndyBrackets pic.twitter.com/U3wgnCvZ7i — LLhoops (@LLhoops) January 27, 2021   End of quarter. 11- 7 twp over mccaskey after 1 @andy pic.twitter.com/P7PFpLOlDP — LLhoops (@LLhoops) January 27, 2021 LLhoops Player of the Game: Hassan Williams Hassan interview   Coach Freddy Interview

Column- Jan 18, 2021 Busy busy.. We had a full week of LL hoops – Jan 11-16. Recaps Andy’s Games Solanco/LS Big Spring/Donegal Lancaster Catholic./Northern Lebanon Exeter/TWP       Dell’s – clips/picts/audio Hempfield/Penn Manor Columbia/Lancaster Mennonite Cedar Crest / Hempfield Columbia/LMHS         Our friends from the NEast Beat (Jon K  @LLHoopsNEPbeat […]

Dell’s column Nov 26 Another year….LLhoops enters its 21st year of covering the LL. We are ready to roll and hoping the teams/players get to display various skills this season. The LL is suggesting a 17 game limit. The Mid Penn is going with 18 games and no playoffs. Last season…Lots to talk about here. […]