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  It’s one of the worst kept secrets this year when it comes to the landscape of Lancaster-Lebanon League boys’ basketball action. That of course being that the Octorara Braves come into their 2025-26 campaign with a boatload full of optimism and sky-high hopes.   And frankly, how could they not? If the name of […]

(Photos copyright of Kate Levato & LLHoops)

(Photos copyright of Kate Levato and LLHoops)

(All photos copyright of Kate Levato and LLHoops)

All photos copyright of Kate Levato and LLHoops

On Sunday, L-L basketball teams from all around the league descended upon Lancaster city, Penn Medicine Park specifically, home of the Lancaster Stormers, for the third straight iteration of annual Media Day festivities. We sincerely thank LNP and the Stormers for their hospitality and logistics coordination in making this year’s event fun and run smoothly […]

The 2025-2026 LLHoops season officially kicked off yesterday with LNP’s Media Day. As was the case last year, I’ll use this space primarily to post quick observations from what I see during the season. Full Media Day Interviews on our YouTube Page Here 2025-2026 Media Day Notes: 1. Watch your head. A number of players […]

With the start of the new season just a few weeks away, LLHoops is equally excited to unveil a new venture we’re embarking on starting this year.  LLHoops is proud to announce that we are partnering with one of our long-time sponsors, H&L Team Sales, to launch a brand-new LLHoops “Swag Store” to the general […]

(Photos provided by Smucker family)   “How would you feel about possibly being the head coach here?” Sometimes, all it takes is someone to ask you a question that then puts the bug in your ear.  In this scenario, the one asking the question, Dr. Branden Lippy, athletic director at L-S, posed that hypothetical to […]

(Cover photo provided by the Salisbery family)   They’re breaking out the time machine at McCaskey. For just the 4th time since the inception of the L-L League (1972), and for the 13th time in the last 100 years overall, the McCaskey boys’ basketball program will have a new head man in charge once this […]

Truth be told, we’re not really sure if the title of this series, “Meet the New Guys,” is misleading or not for our next interviewee.  After a one-year sabbatical of sorts away from us here in L-L country while he was off with the Littlestown Thunderbolts, Scott Gaffey, who we remember from recent years in […]

It’s the start of a new era in more ways than one this winter when it comes to the boys’ basketball program at Northern Lebanon. Aside from christening in a brand-new gym this year, the man with the keys to the new house itself will be different with Franklin Wilson Jr taking charge of the […]

Spooky Nook will once again be playing host to a Wednesday night fall varsity league for many local teams. Listed below are the dates, times, teams, and locations for those clubs competing this year. L-L teams listed in bold.    Wednesday October 8th Dallastown vs Manheim Central- 6:30pm (Court 1) Bishop McDevitt vs Manheim Township– […]

For most of you, this is a site and space that you have grown accustomed to reading about high school hoops, most specifically the Lancaster-Lebanon League scene in particular. Rest assured, so long as it’s still up and running, the premise of this site will never deviate from what made it great and self-sustaining for […]

In recognition of his recent All-State accolades, LLHoops contributor, David Kehler, recently awarded Lampeter-Strasburg’s Chase Smucker with a plaque to mark the accomplishment. We thank David for his graciousness in presenting this physical memento.     Smucker, the all-time leader in L-S program history in terms of points scored, became the fifth Pioneer in program history […]