Lauren Beckley breaks 2,000 points at Shippensburg

Common perception in basketball circles is that it’s easier to score 1,000 points in college then in high school, as the timelines work more in favor of the college athlete.
As a high schooler, you have to fight growth and development. Some players aren’t ready to contribute heavily until their junior and senior [...]

Boys Basketball: Figuring out Division IV

My oh my, how things have changed in the once challenging YAIAA Division IV.
After Delone Catholic made the switch to III before the start of last season, thereby shifting York Catholic down to IV, it’s left the division looking like a leftover dish of meatloaf.
Right now, Hanover is the only respectable team with [...]

Girls Basketball: Playing up to expectations

It’s still too early to treat the opening one-sixth (roughly) of the season as an end-all for predicted success rate through the high school basketball season. But with two weeks of hoop nearly complete, there are several things that need to be addressed.
Mainly, which teams are blowing the socks off early expectation?
The answer [...]

Moore seeing results in sophomore year

For a girl that wowed York and Adams County on the basketball court last year, Sierra Moore’s best days are still way ahead of her.
Yes, even after scoring 500+ points in her freshman year and earning a third team All-State selection. Even after helping Delone Catholic reach the semifinals of the District 3 [...]

Video: Big Shot Hock

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On Wednesday night, the South Western boys’ basketball team rode an exhilarating turn of events in the final seconds of regulation, using a Matt Hockenberry three-pointer as time expired to platform a near-loss into an eight point [...]

Prep Basketball: Top 10 Girls from Weekend

After listing the Top 10 boys basketball players over the weekend yesterday, I promised to continue with a girls list today. I have no qualms with doing that.
Without further adieu, the Top 10 girls basketball players from games over the weekend. These girls could, and probably should, play a strong role for their teams [...]

The Aftermath: Delone over York Catholic

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Maybe the appropriate phrase for this space is such: “Spartans, arm yourselves!”
Actually, that “300″ reference makes no sense in this case….unless we’re referring to York College, which we’re not. But for some reason, the few young and ebullient York [...]

Prep Basketball: The Top 10 Players from the Weekend

Through two games, we can’t really come to any definitive conclusions about teams. But we can surely put together some great reads on players.
The opening slate of tournaments allowed us to look at the players who may play a significant role on their teams this season.
Below, I list 10 players from this past weekend’s [...]

College Basketball Roundup: Ahmetovic’s Career Day

Here’s a very informative nugget for you.
Through 77 games before Saturday, Millersville University senior center/forward and New Oxford graduate Alen Ahmetovic had never scored in double-figures.
Never.
Not once.
Crazy thing, the points that gave him his career-high 11 on Saturday? They were the go-ahead points that gave Millersville a 62-59 win over Virginia [...]

College Basketball: A Resurgent Gettysburg

On two fronts, Gettysburg College has made a huge push over the past two weeks on the basketball court.
For the men, who lost three straight games to open up the season, they’ve found their rhythm over the past four games, going 3-1 with wins over Johns Hopkins, Haverford and Widener.
They’re currently fourth in the [...]