Basketball oldtimers from York, Cumberland, Lancaster and Adams counties with a guy from Chagrin Falls, Ohio on the first day of Fall 2024. (photo credit Tom Kuhn)

This successful trey by Sam Sherry (Cumberland Valley HS) gave Elon a two point lead over #9 UNC in last Friday's contest. Sherry finished with 15 points and 8 rebounds as Elon gave the Tar Heels an early scare, thought they eventually fell 90-76.

Jeff Livesey. mgr. of the 1996 Senators w/ Vlad, is back in Harrisburg this season. His father, longtime baseball man with the Yankees org., was the baseball and basketball coach at Florida Presbyterian, now D2 Eckerd, back in 1972. Mark Clark and Mark Mattern in this pic, too.

#TORvsCLE Great win for the Cavs! Saw the piece on Donovan Mitchell and the Greenwich Country Day School during the game. The GCD started in a barn once owned by the Greenwich Rockefeller family...in terms of philanthropy, is Donovan walking in shoes worn by the Rockefellers?

The 2024-25 HS Basketball season in central Pa. is upon us. And four HS Wrestling telecasts.

What do you think Bobby Knight was doing in this April 1960 picture from the Cincinnati paper to his reigning national champion teammate and my rebounding GOAT, Jerry Lucas?

Just wouldn't want to be the 4 man for this 1914 hoops play from the Grand Rapids Press.

Mike Scheib, Asst. Coach at Cumberland Valley HS, set the all time point standard for the midstate a half century ago.

James Campbell at the Giant. Congrats Hershey. Perfect form on the jay!

PSU's Mike Rhodes, playing for Lebanon Valley, was MVP of this 1992 Kiwanis tourney in Carlisle. Pat Flannery's LVC team beat Shippensburg University in the finals. In this photo the Skurcenski on D is the father of Stevenson's, Bryan. The Copeland's are, of course, legendary.

A clip from the Evening News 14Feb1973, features Larry Kostelac, Dave Bowers, Kurt Kanaskie and Jim Rowe as Freshmen for their respective schools. They all went on to play D1 or D2 college basketball.

Barb O' Byrne left T-High as girls coach in 1981. The next two years in the District tourney THS opened with Lebanon Catholic.

Bi-County basketball classic, 1975, including Chuck Clement, fresh off a stint in the Roundball Classic, Barb Adams, past president of the West Shore chapter Pa-H-o-F, Dave Evans, Randy Melick, George Pugh, Dan Walck and Stan Bream, older brother of Sid & b-i-l of Shannon Bream.

Last home game in Alumni gymnasium for Dickinson College. Underclassman Mark Copeland and Senior Cal Williams along with coach Gene Evans are pictured. Note Jeff Hoke, head coach of Central York HS, scored double figures for Moravian.

Kudos to Cumberland Valley for waiving admission (in lieu of a donation to the Mike Scheib Memorial Fund) for the Wilkes Barre game tomorrow. A good friend, Mike let Kevin and me share the limelight in this 1980 Hbg. Rec League game vs. CCHS & Dickinson star, Dave Freysinger.

Wyoming Valley champs 100 years ago...Mickey Noonan, the oldest uncle of Frank Noonan (Dickinson College '73), is in the front row. Frank's grandfather, Jim Noonan, was the coach of this squad. Mickey starred in football and was an outstanding professional baseball player.

Thanks to CFHS hall-of-famer Jeff Thompson for stopping in yesterday to talk about his book on the history of Chagrin basketball. Glad we could get the win with him in attendance. jeff thompson