Youth Travel Basketball Boys Update: December 7

This update runs through December 4, 2022.

This feature recaps recent action from the youth travel basketball organizations in Lebanon County. Additional reporting beyond the scores is based on information provided by the dedicated volunteers within these organizations.  

     Annville-Cleona 

6^th grade (1-1, 1-0 in Section 5)

Recent Games:

12/1:  Donegal defeated Annville

12/4:  Annville defeated Warwick White

5^th grade (2-0 overall, 0-0 in Section 4)

Recent Games:

11/28: Annville defeated Hempfield White

12/4: Annville defeated Warwick White

     Cedar Crest 

6^th grade – Blue (1-0 overall, 0-0 in Section 1)

Recent Games:

11/28: Cedar Crest Blue defeated Northern Lebanon

Insight: Team Blue started out the season with a big win over a local county rival Northern Lebanon, the same team they faced in the championship of the Northern Lebanon Turkey Tip Off.  The Falcons applied full court pressure to win their first game of the season.  The team was led by the scoring of Jaden Truss with 18 points and Griffin Lorenzo with 9 points.

6^th grade – White (1-1 overall, 1-0 in Section 5)

Recent Games:

11/28: Cocalico defeated Cedar Crest White

12/4: Cedar Crest White defeated ELCO White

Insight: Team White’s first week of basketball resulted in a record of 1 and 1, with a tough loss to Cocalico and a big win over ELCO White.  In the win, the effort was led by Dante Gray with 10 points and Denny Furmanski with 9 points.

5^th grade – Blue (1-0 overall, 0-0 in Section 1)

Recent Games:

11/30: Cedar Crest Blue defeated Manheim Central

This big season opening win over Manheim Central gives the players something to be excited for going forward.

5^th grade – White (0-2 overall, 0-1 in Section 5)

Recent Games:

11/28: Cocalico defeated Cedar Crest White

12/4: Manheim Twp White defeated Cedar Crest White

Insight: Team White has come up just short in their first two games after facing the tough defense from Cocalico and the three-point shooting of Manheim Township White.  Team White has been led by the scoring of Adam Caldron and Joshua Zentner.

   ELCO 

6^th grade – Blue (1-0 overall, 0-0 in Section 4)

Recent Games:

12/1: ELCO Blue defeated Lebanon

6^th grade – White (0-2 overall, 0-1 in Section 5)

Recent Games:

12/4: Cedar Crest White defeated ELCO White

12/1: Hempfield White defeated ELCO White

     Lebanon 

6^th grade (0-2 overall, 0-1 in Section 2)

Recent Games:

12/1: ELCO Blue defeated Lebanon

12/4: E-town defeated Lebanon

5^th grade (0-2 overall, 0-1 in Section 2)

Recent Games:

11/28: Manheim Twp Blue defeated Lebanon

12/4: E-town defeated Lebanon

     Northern Lebanon

6^th grade (0-1 overall, 0-0 in Section 4)

Recent Games:

11/28:  Cedar Crest Blue defeated Northern Lebanon

North Schuylkill Tournament Recap: Over the past weekend, the Viking 6^th grade team completed a 5-0 run at the annual North Schuylkill 6^th grade tournament located at the former Cardinal Brennan School, Ashland.  In a pool of 12 teams, NL finished 5-0, beating Minersville, North Schuylkill Red, and Freeland in their pool play.   They battled past a good host North Schuylkill team in the semifinals, 42-38, and beat St. Clair for the championship 35-24.

The team was led in scoring by Christian Rizzo (16 in semifinal and 12 in championship) and Brayden Demler who also scored 12 in the championship.   The Vikings held their opponents to an average of 18 points over the entire weekend, led in defense by Demler, Rizzo, Tyler Hornberger, Nolan Anspach, Trent Walborn, and Dante McFarland.  Hornberger led the team all weekend in rebounds and played tremendous defense on the  opposing team’s post players.   The Vikings resume Lancaster-Lebanon league play this week and will be back in tournament action New Years Eve at Spooky Nook.

The Vikings are coached by John Rizzo and assisted by Jaime Walborn and Rick Hornberger.

5^th grade (1-0 overall, 0-0 in Section 4)

Recent Games:

11/30: Northern Lebanon defeated Warwick White

   Palmyra

Unlike the previous teams, Palmyra does not compete in the LL Travel League, making the exact results a little tougher to find.

6^th grade – Lost by 3 in their most recent match-up.

5^th grade – Suffered a loss in their most recent game.

^4th grade – Won 11-9 in their most recent match-up

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