Kehler on Hoops

LANCASTER MENNONITE DEFEATS CAMP HILL 69-39 Lancaster Mennonite scored the first nine points in the game played at Camp Hill and easily defeated the hosts 69-39. Lancaster Mennonite’s man-to-man defense stifled Camp Hill’s perimeter oriented offense. Camp Hill committed eight turnovers in the first quarter and managed to score just one field goal in the […]

ROMAN CATHOLIC DEFEATS BISHOP LOUGHLIN 70-59 Extremely rarely does a high school basketball team surrender 10 or more consecutive points and come back to win the game, but that’s what happened on Sunday afternoon in Roman Catholic’s 70-59 win over Brooklyn traditional power Bishop Loughlin in a game played at Cristo Rey in Philadelphia. Bishop […]

ARCHBISHOP RYAN DEFEATS DOWNINGTOWN WEST 69-42 In the feature game of a triple header on Friday night sponsored by the website cityofbasketballlove.com, host Archbishop Ryan used a balanced attack to defeat Downingtown West 69-43. Archbishop Ryan advanced to the PIAA Class 5A state championship game last season. Although key members of that team graduated, this […]

FATHER JUDGE DEFEATS ENGINEERING & SCIENCE 72-64 Father Judge overcame an eight point third quarter deficit to defeat Carver Engineering & Science 72-64 in a fiercely contested game between two Philadelphia teams played at Archbishop Ryan in the first matchup of an opening night triple header sponsored by the website cityofbaketballlove.com. Judge displayed a more […]

WEST CATHOLIC DEFEATS ABRAHAM LINCOLN 72-62 West Catholic overcame a seven point third quarter deficit to defeat Abraham Lincoln in an intensely contested game between two Philadelphia teams in the second matchup in a triple header at Archbishop Ryan sponsored by the website cityofbaketballlove.com . These two very good teams are likely to advance far […]

GOERGE DEFEATS WEST NOTTINGHAM ACADEMY 67-52 Friends Schools League power George defeated visiting West Nottingham Academy (Colora, MD) 67-52 in a spirited and intriguing game on Wednesday afternoon. West Nottingham Academy has a number of international players, including highly touted 6′ 11″ sophomore Yves Missi, from Camaroon, who has scholarship offers from UCLA, St. John’s, […]

ACADEMY OF THE NEW CHURCH DEFEATS SPRINGSIDE CHESTNUT HILL ACADEMY 79-39 Despite being shorthanded due to injuries to key players, Academy of the New Church overwhelmed visiting Springside Chestnut Hill Academy in a matchup of non-PIAA teams on Tuesday afternoon. Quick, disciplined, and displaying great teamwork, ANC scored first and led for the entire game. […]

GEORGE DEFEATS VISION ACADEMY NEW YORK 63-52 Friends Schools League power George (Newtown, PA) opened their season on Wednesday afternoon with a convincing win over visiting Vision Academy New York (Brooklyn, NY) 63-52. Vision Academy describes itself as “a sports specific preparatory school”. As is customary for entities of this sort, Vision Academy has multiple […]

PENN CHARTER DEFEATS GERMANTOWN FRIENDS 59-51 In a close–but sloppy–game on Tuesday afternoon, visiting Penn Charter defeated Germantown Friends 59-51. These two Philadelphia schools are not part of the PIAA. Germantown Friends is a member of the Friends Schools League, while Penn Charter is a member of the oldest scholastic sports conference in America, the […]

Ed note: David Kehler (@david_kehler) provides us with a wrap on a high level scrimmage. ROMAN CATHOLIC VS. GEORGE SCRIMMAGE The view from here is that Roman Catholic, Lower Merion, and defending champion Reading are the preseason favorites to win the 2021-22 PIAA Class 6A state championship. On Saturday afternoon, Roman Catholic visited George’s terrific […]

Ed note: David Kehler (@david_kehler)  joins LLhoops for some updates from S.Eastern PA and New Jersey regions. He’s looking ahead for sure 🙂 Enjoy David’s writings in the future.   HOOP GROUP ANNOUNCES SCHEDULE FOR SHOWCASE ON FEBRUARY 6 AT PARKLAND The Hoop Group, a New Jersey-based basketball skills instructional organization, has announced the schedule […]