Tournaments/Shootouts

TWO SHOWCASES CANCELLED Due to coronavirus issues, Scholastic Play-by-Play Network showcases that had been scheduled for December 27 at Chestnut Hill College and for December 28 at Widener U. have been cancelled. Some other games involving southeastern Pennsylvania teams scheduled for the immediate future may also be rescheduled. Please check before you go.

If you’ve been doing this long enough, you start to pick up on trends that can routinely play themselves out on a perennial basis. Case in point, the incredibly strong and impressive close-outs to the regular season that Manheim Township routinely puts together year over year it seems. Of course, that can come with a […]

Hyperbole or not, sometimes the second night of the season can often be one of the most consequential eveings that the entire slate can possibly offer. And sure enough, the situation that was scheduled to take shape in Mount Joy late on Saturday night just so happened to fit snuggly into that very same category. […]

In a way, it’s funny. Well, maybe funny isn’t exactly the most apropos word to use, but it certainly was ironic. For as much promise and anticipation that 2021-22 high school basketball season brings with it, it’s simply impossible to overlook the overarching desire and hope from everyone involved that this year we finally have […]

HILL HOSTS DAVE MERCER TOURNAMENT IN POTTSTOWN DECEMBER 17-19 This is the sixth in a series of postings on this site about upcoming showcases and tournaments involving Pennsylvania teams. The 2021 edition of the Dave Mercer Tournament, hosted by Hill, features eight teams from six states private schools with outstanding academics. The tournament is played […]

OUTSTANDING PENNSYLVANIA TEAMS IN DELAWARE HOLIDAY SHOWCASE This is the fifth of a series of postings on this site about upcoming showcases and tournaments involving Pennsylvania teams. Imhotep Charter, Archbishop Wood, and Westtown will play strong opponents in this year’s edition of the Slam Dunk to the Beach showcase in Lewes, DE. This event is […]

TOP PIAA CLASS 6A TEAMS AT HOOP GROUP SHOWCASES IN READING AND ELIZABETH, NJ This is the fourth in a series of postings on this site about upcoming showcases and tournaments involving Pennsylvania teams. The view from here is that the preseason favorites to capture the 2021-22 PIAA Class 6A state championship are Lower Merion, […]

SHOWCASE AT ARCHBISHOP RYAN ON DECEMBER 10TH This is the third in a series of postings on this site about forthcoming showcases and tournaments involving Pennsylvania teams. The website cityofbasketballove.com is sponsoring an outstanding opening night showcase on December 10 at Archbishop Ryan. The website is focused on high school and college basketball in the […]

PRELIMINARY SCHOLASTIC PLAY-BY-PLAY NETWORK SHOWCASE SCHEDULE This is the second of a series of postings on this site of forthcoming showcase and tournament schedules involving Pennsylvania teams. For about a quarter century, Jeremy Treatman’s Scholastic Play-by-Play Network has been organizing outstanding high school basketball showcases, many of them held in southeastern Pennsylvania. The 2021-22 schedule […]