Boys Basketball Results Tracker: December 16-21

In this post, we will attempt to bring you details from as much of the Boys Basketball action from around LebCo.  It will be a rolling summary, as we get details, that will serve as a place where you can find out about what is going on.

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Saturday, December 21

Blue Mountain 48, Northern Lebanon 37 – Brady Krall led the Vikings with 15 points, but a strong 2^nd half by Blue Mountain helped them pull away from their hosts. Northern Lebanon (2-6) will welcome Kutztown on Monday night.

Following the game, Coach George offered these thoughts about how his Vikings played:

“It was a fantastic effort and easily our cleanest offensive, along with our best defensive game of the season. I’m super proud of these guys.  To play like that versus a perennial District and State contending 5A team in Blue Mountain was awesome. We committed less than five turnovers and held them to under 50 points.  

We keep improving in so many areas, but we’ve got to hurry up and start collecting some wins. We’ve been leading in every game but one in the second half this year and many times by double digits.  We’ve just got to put it all together. Today, it was shooting that got us.   A lot of that credit can go to Blue Mountain; they’re very athletic and made shots tough. But we executed well. It just wasn’t our day to get it through the hoop. 

We did get really nice contributions from Carter Moyer & Connor Stoltz off the bench.  Brandt, Bicksler, Messinger, Planken, and Via played tremendous defense as well.   We’ve just got to find some more consistent scoring behind Krall.  But we’re really getting close.  We just have to stay locked in and the victories will come.”

Governor Mifflin 54, Lebanon 40 – Following Friday night’s game against Cedar Crest, the Cedars were back in action on Saturday afternoon. Robert Santiago led Lebanon with 12 points & Alex Wolfe scored 9 points, but it was not enough. Lebanon (4-6) will travel to Donegal on January 3^rd for a non-league matchup with the Indians.

Friday, December 20

Cedar Crest 66, Lebanon 53 – Danny Speaks scored 22 points to lead the Falcons to the win in this rivalry game. Joining him in double figures was Isaac Wolfe, who hit three three-pointers. Cedar Crest benefitted from eleven players registering points in the game. For Lebanon, freshman Derek Franco led with 14 points, and Ihab Abdallaoui scored 10 points. Ten players scored for the Cedars. Cedar Crest (5-1) will be back in action next Friday in their own holiday tournament. Their first opponent is Palmyra. Lebanon (4-5) will host Governor Mifflin on Saturday.

Manheim Central 51, ELCO 42 – Austin Smith led the Raiders with 12 points as a solid team effort helped keep the game close against a tough MC squad. Fellow junior Josiah Hayes finished the game with 9 points. ELCO (4-5) will have off until January 3^rd when they will meet Pottsville at Martz Hall.

Mechanicsburg 60, Palmyra 48

Harrisburg Christian 58, New Covenant 36

Thursday, December 19

Annville-Cleona 58, Pequea Valley 48 – Elisha Slabach poured in 37 points to pace the Dutchmen to victory. Jon Shay added 15. Annville is now 6-2.

Columbia 45, Northern Lebanon 43

Girls Basketball Results Tracker: December 16-21

Tuesday, December 17

ELCO 63, Annville-Cleona 50 – The Raiders got 26 points from Kaden Shultz-Tillison as they defeated a persisten AC team. Micha Gray scored 12 points & Josiah Hayes provided 11 points in the winning effort. For the Dutchmen, Elisha Slabach scored 20 points, while Jon Shay scored 17 & Anthony Pena scored 10. ELCO is now 4-4, while Annville is 5-2.

New Covenant 49, West Shore Christian 46 – Lincoln Hess led the Flames with 19 points. Alex Hart had 8 points & 13 rebounds. New Covenant is now 4-3.

Penn Manor 65, Lebanon 54 – For the Cedars, Robert Santiago scored 20 points, while Manny Suarez joined him in double figures with 10 points of his own. Lebanon is now 4-4.

McCaskey 65, Cedar Crest 62 – The Falcons could not overcome a great shooting night from Jaloney Porter, as the sophomore guard dropped 35 points to lead the Red Tornado. RJ Young & Isaac Wolfe each scored 16 points for Crest, who moved to 4-1.

Lancaster Country Day 73, Northern Lebanon 62 – Riley Messinger & Brady Krall each scored 16 points, but it was not enough to withstand a strong 2nd half by LCDS. Andrew Via also scored 11 points for the Vikings. NL is now 2-4.

Monday, December 16

Annville-Cleona 63, Lancaster County Christian 44 – Jon Shay & Elisha Slabach each scored 22 points as the Dutchmen improved to 5-1.

Lampeter-Strasburg 64, ELCO 54

Lower Dauphin 64, Palmyra 49