Dell’s column: Feb. 26

Written by: Dell Jackson on February 26, 2023

Dell’s column
Feb 25

The Week that was…

Andy
Mechanicsburg/Warwick
Wilson/Cedar Crest
Warwick/Donegal
Hempfield/Central York

Dell
Lancaster Mennonite/Steel High

NEast Beat
West Scranton/Dallas
Abington HTs. /Dallas: GIRLS
District 2 Semis- BOYS
Crestwood/N. Pocono
Riverside/Carbondale

David Kehler
Dock Mennonite/Church Farm
George/Malvern Prep
Philly Catholic League- Semis
Manheim Central/Muhlenburg
George/Phelps
High Point/Daysprings

PIAA Qualifiers- Updated Feb 26
All Districts

Bruce
Hershey/LS

District 3
District 3 puts out a digital program – free to all. It includes all boys and girls teams, each with a separate link. The brackets are updated after EACH game.  District 3 website.
BOYS
GIRLS

District 3 finals will occur Tuesday February 28th. and Thursday March 2nd. at the Giant Center. Our interview with Steve Navaroli, District 3 Communications Director, is HERE. Some good information on how the District gets info out and some live streaming talk as well.

LL teams still alive for District 3 titles (as of Feb 26)
6A- Hempfield
5A- Manheim Central
4A- Octorara
2A- Lancaster Mennonite

LL teams still alive for PIAA berths.
Play-in games this week will determine if the teams qualify.
All teams above plus:
5A- Warwick, LS
3A- Columbia
1A- Lancaster Country Day (qualified)

LL Teams in Districts- Scores/Schedule Feb. 27-March 2nd

PIAA will start on Friday March 10 and 11
BRACKETS

1000 point club
Congrats to Elijah Hamilton, Octorara,  and Miguel Pena, Hempfield!

‘23 Elijah Hamilton (📷) got downhill persistently, scoring 17pts (including his 1000th) in @OctBball’s 71-69 OT win over @boys_ey in @piaadistrict3 playoffs. ‘24 Zach Kirk slashed to his own 17.

Versatile ‘25 Carter Wamsley shined with a 27pt double-double + 3 assists for EY pic.twitter.com/0aXmIBV2zZ

— ELITE High School Scouting (@EliteHSscouting) February 24, 2023

CONGRATULATIONS to Miguel Pena on scoring 1000 career points on Feb. 24th 2023 in our District III 6A Quarterfinal game vs. Central York! 🏀 pic.twitter.com/XYUSn0mfQC

— Hempfield Basketball (@HBBTOGETHER) February 25, 2023

LL finals re-visited
Hempfield claims it’s 8th overall title with a 57-46 win over Manheim Central.
LLhoops had the game live streamed (Replay HERE). Also, Andy supplied a game wrap.
Mark22 took some photos for us as well. Thanks to all the LLhoops sponsors for providing funds so that we can pay the fees and produce the games. LLhoops has been live streaming the finals for the last 5 years- always a good time. BTW the girl’s game outdrew the boys this season- Replay for Columbia/Lebanon HERE.

Mark Palczewski Photo.

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LL archives
All LL tournament games from 1973 to 2023 appear HERE.

50 Years of LL Boys Basketball – Book

The book is on Amazon Kindle, Softcover and Hardcover. We are working on getting the book in the Barnes and Noble stores/online as well- stay tuned.

LLhoops website
Overall, February is our highest traffic month. We cover the LL finals and Districts. We have many folks checking out our team pages, standings, and scores. Last 30 days we are averaging over 90,000 page views. Scores/Standings are the highest counts, but each article gives fans across the Eastern part of PA something to click on.  Of course, our twitter handles continue to grow (@llhoops , @AndyBrackets , @BadgleyBruce , @david_kehler,  @LLHoopsNEPbeat , @Phil_LLHoopsNEP .) Thanks to all for your support.
An updated version (home page and design) for llhoops.com will appear down the road. We should have it up and running by this summer. Circle W Sports keeps us rolling. Check out Circle W for web design, database, and server space.

Web design- LLhoops customer

Lancaster Mennonite vs Antietam- 2A Finals, Feb 28 at 4:15
LLhoops will live stream this game. LMHS’ Boys Boosters are sponsoring the game.
The link is HERE. We could use a few more sponsors to cover production costs.
Email us webmaster@llhoops.com if interested.

LLhoops Store
We have some T’s for sale. Plus there are links to the ’50 Years of the LL Boys Basketball’ book.
Special thanks to Spooky Nook Basketball for sponsoring ‘Player of the Game’ T’s this season.

Another big week ahead!

~Dell Jackson

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