2013-2014 boys' basketball preview full coverage
Central Pennsylvania's winter sports season is here and you've come to the right place for boys' basketball previews.Over the next week, the PennLive staff will be examining each team in great detail,...
View ArticleLampeter-Strasburg has the goods for a Section 3 repeat: L-L girls'...
When can a team lose the reigning section player of the year to graduation and still be the favorite to win the championship?When that team is Lampeter-Strasburg.The Pioneers, who went 15-1 in league...
View ArticleNewport hoping to contend for Tri-Valley League championship: 2013-14 boys'...
NEWPORT Buffaloes District and PIAA classification: 3-AA Head coach: Jason Shorey (3rd season, 16-28). 2012-13 record: 7-15 overall, 5-11 in the Tri-Valley League. CLICK HERE TO FIND THE OTHER TVL...
View ArticleNew coach, new system, new Tri-Valley League outlook at Juniata: 2013-14...
JUNIATA Indians District and PIAA classification: 6-AA Head coach: Al Ream (1st season at Juniata, 8th overall). 2012-13 record: 4-18, 3-13 in the Tri-Valley League. CLICK HERE TO FIND THE OTHER TVL...
View ArticleManheim Central's Barons ready to contend for L-L Section 3 crown: 2013-14...
MANHEIM CENTRAL Barons District and PIAA classification: 3-AAA Head coach: Chris Sherwood (6th season at Central, 63-56). 2012-13 record: 15-9 overall, 9-7 in Lancaster-Lebanon’s Section 3. Lost to...
View ArticleLancaster Catholic angling for 3-peat Section 4, league crowns: L-L girls'...
Lancaster Catholic’s girls’ basketball team took a couple of hits in the graduation department.Still, the Crusaders — under longtime 700-win coach Lamar Kauffman — have enough firepower returning not...
View ArticleLosses may have been heavy at Williams Valley, but lofty expectations remain:...
WILLIAMS VALLEY Vikings District and PIAA classification: 11-AA Head coach: Denny Kasper Sr. (19th season, 317-157). 2012-13 record: 17-7 overall, 10-3 in Schuylkill League’s Division 2. Lost in...
View ArticleExperienced Elco side hoping to be more competitive, successful in L-L...
ELCO Raiders District and PIAA classification: 3-AAA Head coach: Brad Conners (4th season). 2012-13 record: 4-18 overall, 1-15 in Lancaster-Lebanon League’s Section 3. CLICK HERE TO FIND THE OTHER...
View ArticleHigh-powered Northern Lebanon squad looking to make run at L-L's Section 3...
NORTHERN LEBANON Vikings District and PIAA classification: 3-AAA Head coach: Gary Bouchette (8th season). 2012-13 record: 15-8 overall, 10-6 in Lancaster-Lebanon League’s Section 3. Lost to Lancaster...
View ArticleReconstructed Garden Spot side hoping to impact L-L's Section 3 race: 2013-14...
GARDEN SPOT Spartans District and PIAA classification: 3-AAAA Head coach: Ryan Trupe (5th season, 35-49). 2012-13 record: 7-14 overall, 4-12 in Lancaster-Lebanon League’s Section 3. CLICK HERE TO FIND...
View ArticleWhile other Keystone clubs welcomed returning veterans, Palmyra starting...
PALMYRA Cougars District and PIAA classification: 3-AAA Head coach: Pete Conrad (5th season at Palmyra, 9th overall: 96-101). 2012-13 record: 18-9 overall, 10-6 in the Mid-Penn Keystone Division....
View ArticleWith Bloom recruit Cami Boehner leading charge, Gettysburg poised for...
When the dust settled in the Mid-Penn Colonial race last winter, Big Spring and Gettysburg posted 10-2 conference marks, fending off Boiling Springs down the stretch.And this is shaping up to be quite...
View ArticleLoaded with experienced veterans, Lower Dauphin should challenge in rugged...
LOWER DAUPHIN Falcons District and PIAA classification: 3-AAAA Head coach: Mark Hofsass (7th season at LD, 14th overall). 2012-13 record: 14-9 overall, 9-7 in the Mid-Penn Keystone Division. Lost to...
View ArticleHoping to get solid guard play to complement quality bigs, Mechanicsburg has...
MECHANICSBURG Wildcats District and PIAA classification: 3-AAAA Head coach: Bob Strickler (10th season, 121-108). 2012-13 record: 11-11 overall, 6-10 in the Mid-Penn Keystone Division. CLICK HERE TO...
View ArticleFlammable McDevitt bunch pointing toward Keystone Division crown: 2013-14...
BISHOP MCDEVITT Crusaders District and PIAA classification: 3-AAA Head coach: Jeff Hoke (6th season at McDevitt, 65-57; 8th season overall). 2012-13 record: 19-8 overall, 10-6 in Mid-Penn Keystone...
View ArticleTrinity has enough components to challenge for Keystone crown, much more:...
TRINITY Shamrocks District and PIAA classification: 3-AA Head coach: Larry Kostelac Jr. (30th season, 601-249). 2012-13 record: 21-8 overall, 11-5 in the Mid-Penn Keystone Division. Finished second in...
View ArticleConestoga Valley's Nate Delgado lands All-American honors and Pennsylvania's...
Talk about a timely finish. While Nate Delgado’s high-performance soccer career at Conestoga Valley High School featured plenty of oft-spectacular moments around the goal cage, the prolific Buckskins...
View ArticleSteel-High-Old Forge state football playoff tickets on sale beginning Wednesday
Tickets for Friday's PIAA Class A football semifinal between District 3 champion Steel-High and District 2 champion Old Forge will be on sale Wednesday and Thursday from 6-7 p.m. at Steel-High's main...
View ArticleNine local girls' soccer players nab all-state nods from the Pennsylvania...
Cumberland Valley junior forward Jen Falconer, who helped the Eagles to a Mid-Penn Commonwealth Division title and a District 3-AAA championship, was one of nine midstate girls' soccer players named...
View ArticleLower Dauphin's Taryn Messick and Cumberland Valley's Jen Falconer among area...
Cedar Crest senior Haleigh Echard, a Penn State recruit, was selected to the National Soccer Coaches Association of America All-America Region II team.Echard, a member of the U.S. National Under-18...
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