| Octorara Braves |
| Head Coach: Gene Lambert (26th/9th in LL: year, 134-71 (In Time As L-L Member School)) |
| PIAA District 3 |
| Class: 4A |
| Lancaster-Lebanon League - Section 4 |
| OVERALL | PCT | SECT | PCT | HOME | AWAY | STREAK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0-0 | 0.000 | 0-0 | 0.000 | 0-0 | 0-0 | - |
12-10 |
@ Solanco |
- |
12-15 |
vs. Lancaster Country Day |
- |
01-06 |
@ Lancaster Mennonite |
- |
01-19 |
@ Lancaster Country Day |
- |
01-23 |
@ Ephrata |
- |
01-29 |
vs. Lancaster Mennonite |
- |
There’s an old adage in sports that says, “Styles make fights.” And while that may have primarily been coined as a phrase most related to boxing, it can apply most anywhere else. Even the PIAA boys’ basketball tournament for example. Once you get to this stage of states, really any point in the state tournament […]
While losing a game in the state tournament – especially in the first round – can sometimes be a crushing blow, it doesn’t necessarily have to always be. No, not all these losses are necessarily created equal. In theory, all one would have to do is just look at last year’s Octorara squad to help […]
Article by David Kehler This is the fifth in a series of tournament previews. For schedules and updated results, see piaa.com. The PIAA state championship tournament begins on Friday and concludes on Saturday, March 21. Champions will be crowned in a single elimination format in six classifications largely based on enrollment. The smallest schools […]
Beginning this weekend, the Lancaster-Lebanon League will send five of its boys’ basketball teams found within three of the state’s six classification systems into the state tournament that will get underway on Friday evening and Saturday afternoon respectively. With just five schools receiving a bid, that ties 2025, 2020, and 2015 for being the fewest […]
Truthfully, if you were to have taken an unscientific straw poll on the teams that figured to make a run at the District 3 title in just two years’ time in 2024, you probably wouldn’t have picked a team that had just put the wraps on a 3-18 campaign that season. Then again, if you […]
For the 8th consecutive year, LLHoops is pleased to have partnered with the L-L League in being the exclusive streaming provider for bringing you both the boys’ and girls’ championship games, sponsored this year by OAL. For the boys’ tilt, it’ll be historic either way as the Section Three champ, Octorara, makes its maiden voyage […]
Here is the assorted photo gallery documenting the 2026 L-L boys’ semifinal round between Conestoga Valley and Octorara as taken by Kate Levato. Photos copyright of LLHoops and Kate Levato Graphics. For purchase inquiries, please reach Kate at her website, Kate Levato Graphics, or email, klevato.graphics@gmail.com
Here is the assorted photo gallery documenting the 2026 L-L Boys’ Championship Game as taken by Mark Palczewski (MarkP22). Photos copyright of LLHoops and Mark22. For purchase inquiries, please reach Mark at his website, Mark22.com, or email, palmark@aol.com
(Photos courtesy of Mark Palczewski) Maybe it was some form of poetic justice. Maybe it was destiny. But whatever the underlying “it” was, this almost had to be the final game to conclude the Lancaster-Lebanon League boys’ basketball season in 2025-26 did it not? In a year where up seemed to be down, left diverted […]
(Cover photo courtesy of Kate Levato) By Kyle Morgan A doubleheader in the league semifinals brought the L-L League a pair of overtime thrillers Tuesday night at Conestoga Valley’s Rill Gym. CV and Octorara had the daunting task of trying to top game one, where Lancaster Mennonite held on in the fifth period after a […]
Here are the updated dates/times and matchups for this year’s L-L League championships as presented by the L-L League and its corporate partner, OAL
Here are the updated dates/times and matchups for this year’s L-L League championships as presented by the L-L League and its corporate partner, OAL
By Kyle Morgan Who would you pick? The reigning league champions? Or the team with the best regular-season record? Score one for the latter. Octorara has now earned the first L-L League playoff victory in program history with a 76-63 win over Cedar Crest, who won last year’s title game. That means there will be […]
Here are the dates/time and matchups for this year’s L-L League championships as presented by the L-L League and its corporate partner, OAL
Earlier this week, inside of their thrilling come-from-behind victory while just up the road at L-S, Octorara’s Vincent Thaler decided on his own to make it a memorable game, albeit for a far different occasion aside from seeing the Braves officially make it a perfect sweep over fellow L-L competition this season while en route […]
As we come down the final stretch of the regular season in the LL, there is still a lot to be determined in the final week of league play. Let’s take a look at where things stand before games tip on Thursday, January 29th. As always, views and opinions expressed in this column represent my […]
Coming into this 2025-26 season, we figured they’d be good. But, c’mon. This good? Shoot, outside of their own locker room, even with all the logical, plentiful optimism and all, the jury would’ve probably been out if you were to tell the masses as to where the Octorara Braves’ boys’ basketball team stood at the […]
As the season ramps up, so too do our LLHoops livestream productions. We are excited to bring you a Friday night rivalry with a much-improved L-S team of late making the short trek down to tangle with Octorara, the lone unbeaten squad in all the Lancaster-Lebanon League, in a key Section Three tilt for backyard […]
Overall Thoughts: The game Tuesday in Xfinity Mobile Arena ended with the Octorara Braves ahead of the Kennett Blue Demons 57 – 46. Octorara used a fourth quarter run to pull out a double digit victory in a game that was otherwise very close and even saw the Blue Demons lead for a good portion […]
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 and LLHoops)
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 […]
Before we get started and look forward, let us first look back. Like, all the way to the very beginning type of “back.” There, on just the second day of the newly designated high school basketball schedule — Saturday, November 30th to be exact — the Octorara Braves traveled down to District 1 territory and […]
David Kehler, All-State voter and contributor to LLHoops.com, checks in to give us his preview of the upcoming 5A bracket which begins this weekend and will end with 5A’s state championship game, slated for an 8pm tip at the Giant Center in Hershey on Friday, March 28th. Enjoy PIAA State Championship Tournament Preview This […]
Article by David Kehler Trailing 46 to 25 early in the fourth quarter to Warwick, Octorara launched a furious rally fueled by pressure defense but fell just short in a Lancaster-Lebanon League playoff quarterfinal on Monday night in Lititz. Host Warwick, which led from the second minute of the game, held on for a […]
Section 2 and Section 3 ended up exactly as I thought when I surveyed the landscape at the mid-way point of league play, so catch up on those articles if you want a little more insight into these teams. This is the first of 4 posts previewing each of the Round 1 LL League Play […]
Sometimes, the best thing you can do right after suffering a tough loss is to get right back up and ride the horse again in next to no time at all. Of course, that can’t always be the case in every single instance. Especially not when the schedule dictates your fate as such. For the […]
Ed note: LLhoops will be presenting 5 High School Games Jan. 14 on the NFHS network, live streaming.You must have an account with NFHS in order to watch. One price will get you any NFHS game for 1 full month 11.99 per month, 79.99 per year with access to any NFHS games -PA championships as […]
Off the Court: The combination of fans in attendance and physical size makes Octorara feel like the smallest gym in the LL (maybe there is technically a smaller one somewhere in section 4). When the student section is locked in you would think it was Cameron Indoor Stadium (I would know, I did my undergrad […]
As cliche as it may be, everyone is obviously giddy this time of year in the high school basketball world. And how could they not be considering hope springs eternal for everyone on the very first weekend of the season? Even still, there might be a few teams who eagerly await the start of a […]
