LANCASTER – A couple of L-L League recruiting items for you … MANHEIM CENTRAL’S MYER PICKS MESSIAH … FOR SOCCER: Bryant Myer, who will handle the punting and kicking chores for the Pennsylvania team in the Big 33 football game later this summer, will play soccer for national powerhouse Messiah in the fall. His...
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LANCASTER – The first PA SWAG 7-on-7 Northeast Regional passing camp and football tournament is set for April 28 at Plymouth-Whitemarsh High School in Plymouth-Meeting. Six current L-L League junior standouts are set to play in the tournament, which is an official IMG/Madden Academy championship presented by Under Armour. There are 25 teams registered, and...
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LANCASTER – The L-L League has produced its first football player from the class of 2013 to appear in a national recruiting list. McCaskey junior Diante Cherry, who recently received his first scholarship offer – from FCS Delaware - cracked the ESPN list of top wideouts as a three-star recruit. Cherry is ranked as...
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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 – A pair of veteran L-L League Section 1 quarterbacks are headed to The Valley. Ephrata senior Jeremy Franck and McCaskey senior Johnathan Hulyo will play football for Division III Lebanon Valley College, which competes in the Middle Athletic Conference under longtime coach Jim Monos. The Dutchmen went 5-3 in the conference and...
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LANCASTER – The first of what are expected to be many football scholarship offers is in Diante Cherry’s back pocket. McCaskey’s fleet junior wideout received an offer from FCS powerhouse Delaware while visiting the campus in Newark late last week. Cherry recently returned from Florida, where he worked out at the IMG Academy for the...
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LANCASTER – McCaskey’s resident high flyer is heading to Albright College. Red Tornado senior forward/dunk meister Calvert Gantz, an L-L League All-Defensive Team pick who helped McCaskey win its record 12th league championship this past season, will continue his scholastic and hoops careers at the Division III program in Reading. Gantz averaged 7.9 points per...
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LANCASTER – A shiny new feature for you here at L-L League News. This will be the first of a number of L-L League baseball videos for your viewing pleasure. I’ll go ahead and bill it as the Game of the Week highlights. Truth is, there might be weeks when I post more than one baseball...
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While you’ve been tearing up your brackets and prepping for One Shining Moment, you probably have not been following the College Basketball Invitational. Pittsburgh won that tournament on Friday, topping Washington State 71-65 to win the series 2-1. Former McCaskey standout Lamar Patterson scored 14 points in the championship game, and he was named...
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LANCASTER – A truly fantastic video for you here. Kev Thomas is a big Chester basketball fan. And a filmmaker, apparently. If you scour his YouTube account, he’s put together many videos capturing Chester boys’ basketball games. And it’s more than just highlights from the game. It’s kind of like a mini sitcom straight...
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