The Queens, NY based I.S. 8 Spring league is starting up.....

To the unaccustomed player, the biannual basketball tournament held at Richard Grossley Junior High School—better known as IS-8 (as in Intermediate School 8)—can be intimidating. For starters, it's a taxing trip to the Jamaica, Queens-located school; without the aid of a car, the journey from the nearest NYC borough can take over an hour..........

Register at www.nationalhoops.com or you may register at the school on Saturday!!! Only $40 a team... JV ages 12 - 15, Varsity ages 16 - 19....

Go out to Emmanuel Baptist Christian Academy on Saturday March 31st from 9:30am - 4pm... National Hoops 3 on 3 tourney and it will be some really good comp...

NATIONAL HOOPS 3 ON 3 TOURNAMENTS

Win a $200 Scholarship to summer basketball camp......

West Chester University Athletics - Breeden Named Second Team All-ECAC

West Chester University Athletics - Breeden Named Second Team All-ECAC

HUGE CONGRATS go out to Steel Hi girls basketball team for winning their 2nd straight State Single A title.... It was a great team effort all tournament...

Central Dauphin takes on Chester in the Semi Finals....

This is the game that most people was hoping would be the championships but due to circumstances, they met much earlier.....

Final day at Adidas Phenom East camp and Harrisburg turned it up.....

The final day of camp had some pretty intense games....   The kids from the area played extremely well......   Here's how most of the players performed at Camp.....

Day 1 at Adidas Phenom Camp

The first day at the Adidas Phenom camp started out a little shaky due to registration issues...  Once the kids got started playing basketball, they represented the area very well.....

Harrisburg and CD get ready for round 4.....

The Harrisburg Cougars are showing everyone that they really aren't just a one man team by picking up a huge win vs Williamsport in overtime on a last second shot by Stanley  Lumpkin....

Ty Little leads Pontes to the Championships....

After all these weeks of playing games in the Steelton Midget basketball league, Coach Calvin always said "I wonder how good we could be if the whole team would just show up..." ....  Well, on this night, he had his entire team and they were fired up to play against one of the top offensive players in the middle school Casey Caruso and his Albert Hi team.....

NCAA Bracket Challenge

Let's see who can get the most right picks in this years March Madness.....

Albert Hi and Pontes make it to the championships in the Steelton Midget league....

With the season winding down and teams fighting to get to that final game, you had to expect some nail bitters tonight....   We got what we wished for as both games came down to the wire but on tonight, Albert Hi and Pontes would prevail.....

Adidas Junior East Phenom Camp .....

The Adidas Junior East Phenom Camp is headed East and will be at West Chester University March 17th - 18th and will be super competitive.....   Most of the best talent from the Philly and South Jersey area will be in attendance...

Harrisburg City Catholic State Bound....

In an epic battle today in the finals of the Harrisburg Diocesan Boys Tournament at Trinity High in Camp Hill.......

Steelton Allstars win on both Ponies and Midget levels...

All I can say is "What a day"!  From the outside looking in, you can say, hey good game guys and way to bring the championships back to Steelton...  from the inside looking in, you can say, this has got to be the most selfish and out of control tournament I've ever seen......

Big Shout out to Coach Kirk Smallwood for getting his 500th win yesterday.... Huge accomplishment for a great man!!!!

PIAA State Tourney predictions......

Here is our preview of the four tournaments, with predicted champion in each classification.......

Middletown Allstar tourney in full effect....

If you haven't been in the Main Street gym in Middletown this week, you're missing an opportunity to see some of the top young talent in the area...... 

2012 CYO Open Diocesan Tournament

The final eight brackets have been released for the 2012 CYO Open Diocesan Tournament with the winner advancing to the 2012 State CYO Grade School Tournament at Alvernia Universtiy in Reading, PA. April 13th.- 15th.....

Harrisburg vs Chambersburg championships

This is going to be a dandy....   Feel free to blog if you're at home watching...

CentralPABasketball.blogspot.com presents Coach Little's Super 17 Boys Basketball players....

With the State playoffs coming and the regular season being done with, here's a look at the Super 17 players in the Harrisburg area for their performance this season.....  

Coach Archer takes Pine Grove to the Championships....

Notre Dame High School faced Pine Grove in the District 11 Class AA boys basketball semifinals with both teams staring at a district championship berth, a spot in the PIAA tournament -- or an unceremonious end to their season.

And for the second straight year, it was Pine Grove that will be moving on while Notre Dame was left with the prospect of packing up the basketballs and wondering what if.