Ty Little leads Team Chapman to a victory...

In a showdown of the top two teams in the Susquehanna Township Basketball League, the two teams showed why this game was a must see....

6th grade phenom Tiara Little playing against boys 2 years ago....

This was a video create 2 years ago showing Tiara Little playing in one of the areas top Pony leagues in Steelton.  She was in the 4th grade at the time but played well beyond her years..

Cody Williams has a monster game.....

Orange Crush Cruises Past Bronx

Saturday, December 10th, 2011

Middletown, NY - The SUNY Orange Men's basketball team continued its winning ways with its third win in a row and fourth in the past five games. The victory over Bronx CC was the best of the week. Orange had it working on both ends of the floor for a convincing 96-86 win. The 86 points Orange gave up does not tell the story of how good its defense was. Bronx came into the game averaging over 95 points a game. Orange held Bronx to 31 first half points and Bronx was on fire in the second half hitting 8 very well guarded 3's. Orange defenders continuously had a hand in the Bronx players faces as they hit their shots. On the rare occasions that the Bronx did miss it was one and done for the Broncos. Orange once again relied on it's calling card, dominant rebounding. Cody Williams had 17 rebounds, Ryan McNeill-Moses had 15, and Avery West pulled down 10 rebounds and had 3 blocks.

The first half was text book Orange basketball. The team opened up with a 13-2 run to open the game. Williams and West sparked the opening run with 5 and 4 points respectively. West punctuated the opening stretch with a thunderous dunk with 15:15 left in the half. The rest of the half saw Bronx battle back and cut the deficit to three after two made free throws from an Orange technical foul made it 35-32. Orange came up big in the final two minutes of the half to finish with an 8-0 run. The run included a three by Marian Smith, a three by Avery West, and a shot at the buzzer by Smith for another two. Orange went into the locker room up 11, 42-31.

Orange opened the second half with a dunk by Ryan McNeill-Moses off a rebound and outlet by Malcolm Covington. The crowd went nuts as Ryan had many friends and family in attendance. McNeill-Moses continued to impress. In addition to his 15 rebounds he also had 10 points, 7 assists, and 4 steals. The Orange lead stayed between 8 and 16 the rest of the game. Leading scorers in the game for Orange were Avery West with 26, Marian Smith with 24, and Cody Williams chipped in with 21. Smith continues to be hot from behind the arc with 9 made threes for the week.

The win moves Orange to 8-3 on the season. Orange continues Tuesday with a Mid-Hudson Conference match up with Westchester on Tuesday night. The game is in Valhalla at 7:00 pm.

Jon Breeden and West Chester pull it out.....

Jon Breeden takes the ball up court during the second half of West Chester’s home game against Clarion.

LOCK HAVEN, Pa. – Lance McDowell scored 19 points, and Khalif Foster and Jon Breeden each contributed 15 as visiting West Chester University topped host Lock Haven, 88-76, in a PSAC men's basketball contest inside Thomas Fieldhouse Saturday afternoon.

Lock Haven falls to 0-7 overall and 0-6 in conference play while West Chester improves to 6-4 and 3-3 with the win.

The Bald Eagles trailed by 12 at the break (46-34) and by as many as 18 points in the second, but Lock Haven continued to press.

In the end West Chester proved too strong thanks to four players in double figures in the scoring column. McDowell led the way for West Chester with a game-high 19 points. McDowell was 8-for-14 from the field and also grabbed a team-high eight rebounds.

A huge key for the Golden Rams was their 30-for-36 outing at the free-throw stripe. A huge spark in WCU’s 83 percent night at the charity stripe was Breeden’s 13-for-13 outing. He finished with 15 points and a game-high six assists.
Lock Haven freshman Terrell Johnson netted a career-high 18 points to lead four Bald Eagles in double figures. Andre Rivers added a career-high 16 points for The Haven. Anthony Baker and Lucas Mosca added 12 and 11 points, respectively. Baker also had a team-best eight rebounds.

Mosca added a team-high five assists in a solid all-around effort for the Bald Eagles.

With the win, the Golden Rams bounced back from yesterday’s 92-86 loss at Edinboro.

West Chester is off until the New Year. The Golden Rams hit the court next at IUP on Friday, January 6 at 7:30 p.m.       

Saturdays top performers....

Jordan Brooks (McDevitt) scoring 19 points in a lost...  He's averaging 17.5 in two games...

DJ Polachack (McDevitt) had another 15 point game in a lost to Central York...

Brian Laird (Central Dauphin)  scored 19 points in an easy victory....

Shaquan Sheppard (Susquehanna) scored 21 points as he's averaging 21.5 ppg

Haiishen McIntyre (Harrisburg) torched Lancaster with 29 points but it wasn't enough to pull out the victory.

Mike Zangari (Red Land) poured in 22 points on Hazelton but those Cougars came out on top...

Matt Aikey (East Penn) had 20 points in a loss while Gettysburg Cody Kiefer (19 points) came out on top with the victory......

Freshman Joe Marshall (Susquehanna) scored 10 points today to break out of his shell...

Eddie Cowan (East) had 8 points, 8 rebs, 5 steals, 4 assist and the game winning steal to win the LD tip off while Tony McCraw (East) led the way with 15 points and 7 rebs....

Steady Eddie saves the day.....

Im going to be flat out honest....   "What an ugly game"!!!!  In a game where there was too many whistles in the first half to get into a flow, there was no telling who was going to get this win...East finally pulled it out at the end 45 - 41 vs Lower Dauphin but the game shouldn't have been that close....

Fridays top performers......

Here's a look at some of the top performers from the area on their first day of the season.....

Devin Thomas of Central Dauphin  set it off with 34 points and 17 rebounds....

Reggie Dudley from CD East tourched Cedar Crest with 28 points including 4 three's....

Aaron Devan (McDevitt) lit up Solanco with 26 points.....

Matt Aikey (East Penn)  had 24 points in a lost to New Oxford.....

DJ Policheck (McDevitt) scored 15 points, 7 rebs, 4 assist and 5 steals....

Harold Brantley (Hershey) lit it up for 27 points vs Cocalico......

Logan Stumpf (Cedar Cliff) poured in 19 points.....

McDevitt turns it up late on Solanco

McDevitt played as sloppy as a first half as you can see while they trailed Solanco 41 - 38. 

Cody Williams is a DOUBLE/DOUBLE Machine

Orange Shuts Down Run-n-gun Senators

Wednesday, December 7th, 2011

Stone Ridge, NY - The SUNY Orange basketball team came into this Mid-Hudson Conference match up determined not to trade baskets with Ulster all night long. Orange's stingy defense held the Senators to a season low 65 points. Ulster came into the game averaging in the high 90's. Orange was able to impose it's defensive resolve upon Ulster to cruise to a 93-65 victory.

Some teams sneak, some teams flop....

Every season we see a group of teams we thought were going to be horrible and they end up being pretty good.  Then there's some teams we thought would have a dynamite season and they totally choke....

Sleepers to watch this year........

As the basketball season kicks off in the next 3 days, we all know about the Devin Thomas's and the Aaron Devans, the Nol Aru's and the Sheen MacIntyres....  but there's other players around that can make a HUGE impact on a game that you may not here to much about...

Cody Williams is making a name for himself in NY

Many have forgotten but the ex-Harrisburg Cougar Forward Cody Williams is having a fantastic time at Orange County Community College in Middletown, N.Y.  Lats year, Cody made 1st team All NY for Division II JUCOS and is well on his way to making first team again. 

His school is ranked #11 nationally while Cody is posting averages of 13 ppg and 12 rebounds....

If you would like to follow more on Cody go to http://www.sunyorange.edu/athletics/sport/index.php?sports_id=5

Let's keep supporting our youth as much as we can....

Jon Breeden Leads West Chester to victory....

West Chester University played a hard fought game vs Gannon from Erie, PA and pulled out an 83 - 79 victory....

Former CD East District 3 MVP Jon Breeden had a great all around game with 17points, 6 assist, 6 rebounds while playing all but 1 minute of the game...

He also shot 9 - 10 from the charity stripe and was clutch at the end of the game going 4 - 4 to seal the victory.....

He's currently averaging 14 ppg and is shooting 93% from the free throw line, 41 - 44 so far.

Many Blessings Jon and keep up the great work!!!!

EBCA comes close but not close enough...

                          Nehemiah Mack, Jansen Morrison and Tyrece Little                                    

Emmanuel Baptist in their third game seems to be improving as a team.

Emmanuel Baptist loses a tough one in West Chester tip off...

EBCA loses a tough fought game in the West Chester Christian tip off to Concord from Delaware 75 - 50.......        

Team Brothers Making a Difference (BMD) at Hoop Group

Team BMD had the opportunity to attend the Hoop Group College Match up in Philly....  Great experience for this group of young guys....

From left to right Front....   Coach Joe Proctor, Takhi "The Beast" Turner, Jamal "C-4" Carter, Sekou "S-Dot" Johnson, Ramique " Meek" James IV, Dejour "All Day" Williams, Jahaad "The Truth" Proctor, Coach Boomer Proctor
Back Row left to right....   Jakai "Zelle" Bowman, Joe "Alexander the Great" Marshall, Malik "Majik" Gantz