LANCASTER – The first of several L-L League basketball coaching vacancies will be filled on Thursday. According to the school’s Web site, Pequea Valley is set to name Jason McDonald as its next girls’ varsity basketball coach. The school board will vote for McDonald’s approval on Thursday night. And if his name sounds familiar,...
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LANCASTER – Now here’s a video for you. If you have nearly two hours on your hands, and especially if you’re an L-L League girls’ basketball fan, you should enjoy this one. Lancaster Catholic rallied past Oley Valley to win the District 3 “AAA” championship on March 3 in Hershey’s Giant Center. Final score:...
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LANCASTER – The recruiting pipeline from Alvernia University in Reading to the Fortna household in Lebanon is open for business yet again. Lebanon Catholic senior point guard Stevie Fortna, an All-State pick this past season after helping the Beavers win their record 16th District 3 “A” championship, will continue her academic and basketball careers for Alvernia....
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LANCASTER – Several L-L League items to share, so pull up a chair … TORNADO’S DAVIS PICKS SHIPP – McCaskey senior multi-purpose threat Quashaun Davis will continue his scholastic and football careers at Shippensburg University, a Division II program that competes in the PSAC. A shifty wideout/d-back/special teams performer, Davis caught 20 passes for...
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LANCASTER – One and done. But it sure was a memorable one. After one season calling the shots on Manheim Central’s girls’ basketball bench, Tom McCabe has stepped down, he has confirmed to L-L League News. McCabe took over the Barons’ program last June when Jason Coletti left to take the boys’ basketball job...
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LANCASTER – Nineteen L-L League basketball standouts will participate in the Senior All-Star Showcase event Friday and Saturday at Middletown High School. Sixteen boys’ players and three girls’ players are on rosters in games featuring the top talent from Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Maryland. If you’re a prep basketball buff and you’d like to see some...
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LANCASTER – One player saved her best for last. The other player helped take her team to the season’s final game. Both players helped their team win District 3 championships. And both players were rewarded handsomely for their standout seasons. Lebanon Catholic senior guard Stevie Fortna and Lancaster Catholic junior guard Porscha Speller were...
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LANCASTER - L-L League News All-League pick Jess Rheinheimer, the third-leading scorer in the history of Lancaster Mennonite’s girls’ basketball program, will continue her hoops career at Eastern Mennonite University in Harrisonburg, Virginia. Rheinheimer will join her older sister, former Blazers’ standout Steph Rheinheimer, who recently completed her sophomore season for EMU, a Division...
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LANCASTER – Lebanon Daily News has weighed in with its girls’ basketball All-Star Team, and the L-L League is well represented on the list. Three players earned First-Team honors, four players earned Second-Team honors and five players earned Honorable Mention honors. Here’s a closer look … FIRST-TEAM Emily Brandt, Northern Lebanon – Sleek junior...
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LANCASTER – The Tim Bartholomew Basketball Shootout is set for Friday May 18 and Saturday May 19 at three venues in Ephrata. Bartholomew was a longtime L-L League official. He died unexpectedly four years ago, and the league’s officials organized this tournament and have held it in his memory every spring since his passing....
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