Great games tonight in the HBG area.....

Here's a look at some of the games in the local area.....

Predictions for 1/31/12....

Let's see how today's games go....

Emmanuel Baptist gets another win at home....

The start of a busy week began for EBCA as thet took on Juniata Mennonite in the first of their 3 games this week.....   EBCA had won the first meeting so JM was looking to get revenge and steal one on the road......  Better luck next time as they fell 57 - 42......

Who's running the CYO league this year?????

Harrisburg City Catholic continued their outstanding 15-1 season with blowout wins over St.Mags on Sat..... 

Congrats to the local players from yesterdays games. Devin dropped 33 and 19, Sheen had 30 again, Rell Patterson 17 w/3 threes, Dudley w/25pts and 9rebs....

Great game in the Steelton Pony league...

The gym was jammed packed as the two top teams in the Steelton Pony league got ready to square off....  If this was a game where the tickets were $10 a piece to watch, every person would have been satisfied spending their cash....

SHOUT OUTS.....

I have a few shout outs to make to a few family members of mine.....

Top players for 1/27/12.....

Here's a look at some of the top performers for Fridays games.....

Predictions for 1/27/12 games....

Here's a look at the games for 1/27/12....  What are some of your thoughts???

Harrisburg Cathedral has a busy weekend....

There's a group of really talented kids lloking to show their stuff this weekend in the CYO league for the Harrisburg area....

Naples vs Pontes round 2 in Steelton.... Don't miss it!!!!

There's lots of good youth leagues going on around the city of Harrisburg and the Steelton Midget league ranks up top for the pony division.....  

New Hope Middle School gets win over Wheatland...

What started out a little shakey ended up a blow out as New Hope MS beat Lancaster Wheatland 45 - 17....

Top Performers from 1/24/12 games...

Here's a look at how some of the players performed in the games from 1/24/12.....    Take a look....

Mack plays big but comes up short....

In the first of two meetings between Emmanuel Baptist and Northumberland, both teams didn't know what to expect.....  EBCA had a bunch of little guys who looked quick and Northumberland had countless size and looked very intimidating....   and intimidating they were.....

CPABBALL Individual awards coming soon....

Centralpabasketball staff has decided to create individual awards for the high school players and even for the middle school players as well....   Here's a list of some of the awards that will be given out once the regular season is over....

CPABBALL Most Outstanding Player of the week....

This week's M.O.P. comes from a small school on the West Shore....  This kid came out of nowhere and literally opened everyone's eyes.....  He goes by the name of......

Harrisburg Youth has a great showing at Nike Pre Draft Camp....

It's 4:00am and kids are looking out the window, only to see snow covered over everything.....  By 5am parents are on the phone checking to see if the trip is still on.....   You bet it's on......  Time to hit the road.....

Rollers get "Rolled on" by East....

CD East and Steelton has had some great games in the past years.....  Players like Jon Breeden, Demond Bates, Amani Glenn and Terrence Kellum up against Lloyd Hill, Jordan Smith, Ryan Hill, and Jeff Davis always made this rivalry fun to watch....    This game started off that way as both teams fought hard to end the first quarter with 9 points a piece.....

Predictions for today 1/20/12.....

Here's a look at some of today's games in the area.....

Rollers get a BIG WIN vs Zangari and Red Land...

Just when you thought you had an easy win, Steel Hi turns it up a notch....  A team that has been struggle to score all season, scores a season high 75 points in a win at home vs Red Land 75 - 66.....

.. Big congrats go out to Q as he looks to fulfill his dreams..... Hard work pays off!!!!

Ex Harrisburg Cougar Quincy Roberts had 34pts and 9rebs yesterday in a loss to Prairie View A&M and is averaging 27pts a game... #1 in Div 1 in scoring.

Nike Youth Pre-Draft Camp Registration

The Nike Pre Draft Camp for Middle school players grades 6th - 8th will be next Saturday Jan 21st.....  Here's a list of the local kids that are confirmed so far for this event at Life Center HS in Burlington, NJ from 9am - 5pm....

Steelton Pony league 1/14/12

Another packed house in the Steelton Elementary gym, you would have thought there was a high school game going on....  Low and behold, it was just another one of the popular Steelton Pony league games which probably drew a crowd of close to 200 people.....

Another balanced attack leaves McD with all grins vs Steelton...

The atmosphere was rocking, everyone was hype, kids and grandparents were doing the "Roller Clap" for the first 3 quarters of the game as the Rollers had clear cut control of the ball game.....  The only problem was, there was another 8 minutes to play......  

Predictions for Friday 1/13/12....

Let's take a look at Fridays games.....

2014 Top 10 players of the season....

Here's how the top sophomores are looking so far as we reach mid way through the season....

Predictions for today's games 1/11/12......

I may be late but it's better than not doing it at all.......

Stevie Jones and Kenton Alston making some NATIONWIDE NOISE.....

I told you guys before and I'll say it again....  Keep your eyes on those Penn State Harrisburg mens basketball players....  They are bringing a lot of attention to this area on the Division 3 level and it's happening rapidly......

Cedar Cliff takes Susquehanna to school......

OK, this was the only game in town on the East Shore with the expectations of everyone watching a hard fought battle....  Cedar Cliff came with the veteran players and one of the top coaches in PA, Coach Jim Rowe...   Susquehanna has a world of talented youthful players and a couple of vets that have played on some pretty good Susquehanna teams.....  Unfortunately, this was never even a close game.....

Predictions for todays games 1/10/12........

Let's take a look at how todays games may go down....

McDevitt is on a roll.......

With all the talk about the big time scorers, undefeated teams, injured players, there's a team that started off very slow but seems to be picking up the pace....

Steady Eddie and CD East is too much for Harrisburg....

In a highly anticipated match up of two of the top teams in the Mid Penn, the crowd got what they came for....  A GREAT GAME!!!!

Steelton Pony league game of the week...

The Harrisburg area has some great basketball going on these days....  You can go uptown Harrisburg and get some good run at the YMCA, you can go to Susquehanna and play at Thomas Holtzman in their junior league (5th grade and under) or Steelton Elementary in the Albert's Pony league on the weekends....

Today's featured game happens to be in Steelton where two undefeated teams went at it hard.....  All I can say is "WHAT A GAME"......

Centralpabasketball Most Outstanding Player (MOP) of the week...

Centralpabasketball has decided to have a MOP of the week....  It won't always be the highest scorer, but the person who was the MOST OUTSTANDING overall player for that week...  This weeks MOP is......

West Chester University Athletics - Men's Basketball Drops PSAC Tilt At IUP, 71-66

West Chester University Athletics - Men's Basketball Drops PSAC Tilt At IUP, 71-66

New Hope Middle school gets huge win over Lancaster Wheatland.....

All week Coach Chris Scott had been hearing about how good Wheatland was and how they're the best middle school team in Lancaster....  Instead of fearing them, he used it as motivation to get his team fired up....  I guess it worked as the came out with the road victory of 59 - 37.....

McDevitt Squeeze out another victory...

In this Mid Penn conference, you better not take a night off....  With a bunch of teams in the middle of the pack trying to protect their home court at least, McDevitt did just that in a 49 - 41 victory over Carlisle....

Predictions on todays games 1/6/12....

Here's a look at some of todays matchups for high school games.....  Should be a very interesting day of games.......

Little and Caruso puts on a show....

Emmanuel Baptist JV boys basketball team went to Red Lion Christian not really knowing what to expect...  "They were pretty good last year" head Coach Brooke Morrison said...  "I'm not really sure how we'll do today"......

PSU - Harrisburg with a big over Lebanon Valley...

PSU - Harrisburg is on a roll right now and seems to be growing as a program rapidly...    With PSU-HBG picking up local guys and a few outsiders, they are well on their way to becoming one of the top Division 3 programs in the country within the next few years.....

This weeks predictions 1/2 - 1/6....

Here's a look at this weeks games......








McDevitt vs Cumberland Valley - For some reason CV hasn't been able to get it together over the years....  They have a lot of talent but it's not producing wins.....  McDevitt is coming off of a two game winning streak and need this win in a big way...  Expect the role players (Jordan Brooks, Milik Gantz, Jaquan Johnson, and Donte Vaughn) to really have impacts on this game as CV will focus on stopping 1000 point scorer Aaron Devan (23 ppg) .  David Craig will be a load for MCD to handle inside but can the guards get him the ball where he needs it???   McDevitt by 5 in a tough one.....



Susquehanna vs Green Castle -  This is a game of who can win the coaching battle as Coach Martin will use his wheel offense to exploit his size advantage over Susquehanna....  Hanna will need a big game from Shoop Shepard on offense and defense if they want to have a chance to win but with pg Gabe Mack out, who can run the show for Hanna???  Too many question marks, Too much Coach Martin, Green Castle by 7 points....


CD East vs Cedar Cliff - This is a rough week for CD East as they play some of the areas top teams...  On paper, the match ups are in the favor of Cedar Cliff as they'll most likely use a solid 1-3-1 zone with Christo Majok up top to bother East with his length...  Cedar Cliff's Logan Stumpf (Gardner Webb signee) has been on fire lately and I expect him to keep it up in this fast paced game.  If CD East's pg Eddie Cowan can control the tempo of this game, East can have a chance...  If not, it could get ugly fast because CC has too many solid horses and are coached very well...    First 3 quarters will be close, 4th quarter, Cedar Cliff takes over and wins by 13 points....


CD East vs CD - This game will be jammed packed early as these two sister schools will do their tradition double header of girls play at 6pm and boys at 7:30pm....   CD will use a lot of strategy to get Devin Thomas into the game early and often....  East starts a very small team so expect CD to exploit the mis match inside until East can figure out a way to stop it....  CD East's Reggie Dudley (19ppg) will be a man on a mission but CD will be all over him so someone else will have to step up...  That someone will be Tony McCraw...  East thrives off of turn overs but veteran guard Nick Seefelt really takes good care of the basketball so it can be tough for East......   CD by 19 points as Thomas goes for 25 points and 15 rebs

Steelton vs Harrisburg - Too much MacIntyre as Harrisburg will pressure Steelton into turnover after turnover....  Steelton will play well in the first half but inexperience will set in after halftime and the Cougars will keep the lead going up and up...  Harrisburg ends up with a 23 point win as Harrisburg plays 12 guys all game...

Harrisburg vs CD - This is the game everyone is waiting for...  This game determines who's the top team in the area right now...  CD has been winning games but haven't played their best yet...  Harrisburg has been scoring lots of points but Haiisheen MacIntyre can't do it all by himself...  Steven Stoney and Jerel Patterson has to begin to be more consistent in order for Harrisburg to win...  Devin Thomas will be a difficult matchup and Ryan Beaver is a lights out shooter...  If Nick Seefelt can handle the pressure, CD can walk out with a nice win...   CD edges Harrisburg by 5 because of the referees in my opinion...  Refs won't let the players play as this will be a free throw shooting game all game...  Be ready to record your favorite shows after 9pm...


Emmanuel Baptist vs Red Lion Christian - EBCA had a really good week of work outs and should be ready for the game....  Red Lion always has a nice team and are full of juniors and seniors....  EBCA will need Nehemiah "Bud" Mack to have a huge game and also Tyrece Little has been playing well as of late coming off the bench....  If those two guys can combine for 40 or more points, expect EBCA to win by 10 points...

Swatara Middle vs Central Dauphin Middle split games...

On one of my few free days of the week, I had a chance to check out some of the local talent in the middle school area here in Harrisburg....   The future is looking bright....