Justin McCuen was recently named the new head boys basketball coach at Plumstead Christian School. He takes the place of the retiring John Elton, who spent the last 17 seasons on Plumstead’s hardwood as an assistant or head varsity coach.
At the halfway point of Dock Mennonite’s summer boys basketball six-week league, there is a prevailing feeling that the outlet has been quite effective. Dock head coach Mike Fergus should know.
In December 2015, Smithsonian Magazine article reported that spiders build their webs beginning at the outside and “working their way in.” Kirby Mooney took the opposite approach to developing his basketball game. The William Tennent star built it from the inside-out.
W-O-O-D. Sometimes, the “O” carried the 2023-2024 Archbishop Wood Vikings. They averaged nearly 60 points per game over their District 12 title win and first four PIAA victories.
Great programs produce great players. Archbishop Wood, fresh off a girls PIAA 5A title and boys 6A final four run, had four products honored with significant end of the season awards.
The Archbishop Wood Vikings have earned the chance to defend their PIAA 5A girls basketball title. Wood (25-5, 14-0 PCL) will face District 10 champion Erie Cathedral Prep (22-3) Saturday in Hershey …
The Archbishop Wood Vikings make a habit of playing ball deep into March, with the crowning moment coming in 2017 with a PIAA Class 5A championship. The PIAA moved Wood to Class 6A, but this …
The Archbishop Wood boys basketball team is moving on to the PIAA Class 6A quarterfinals after defeating District One champion Lower Merion 66-64 Wednesday at Bensalem.
It was a good weekend for Archbishop Wood basketball. It wasn’t so good for Central Bucks East basketball. And for the New Hope-Solebury Lady Lions, it was a little weird. NH-S (14-10), the District …
The Archbishop Wood Vikings were in danger of going one and done in the PIAA Class 6A boys basketball playoffs. And then Jalil Bethea took over. Wood trailed Methacton by two with a little more than …
Teammates again. Thomas Jefferson senior Haley Meinel and Holy Family sophomore Taylor Hinkle shared an alma mater – Central Bucks South. Now, both women’s basketball players share a spot on the …
The PIAA basketball tournaments begin on Friday. Five area teams – the Archbishop Wood girls and boys, the Central Bucks East girls and boys, and the New Hope-Solebury girls – are alive and begin …
The New Hope-Solebury Lions weren’t fazed by Renaissance Academy Charter School’s gaudy record and top seeding. Instead, the Lions were outstanding on both ends of the floor on Saturday as they …
Few things are better than a double overtime championship game at the Palestra. On Monday night, No. 1 Archbishop Wood (20-5) came out on the winning side of the thriller. Wood beat No. 3 Archbishop Carroll …
Tuesday night capped off a busy playoff week for area cagers. The No. 7 Central Bucks East (19-8) boys continued their journey for PIAA seeding with a tough 80-73 loss at No. 6 Methacton in playbacks.
The New Hope-Solebury Lions showed no signs of rust on Tuesday night.New Hope finished .500 in the Suburban One League Freedom Division, not good enough to make the league playoffs, but good enough …
In Tuesday’s District One playoff action, No. 11 Central Bucks West (19-8), an SOL Tournament finalist, erased a 20-8 deficit at No. 6 Methacton but fell 54-51 in a back and forth second-round 6A …
Kadie Fleming, only a junior, became the newest member of the South Hunterdon 1,000-point club Thursday night in the Eagles’ (7-18) 59-45 home win against Koinonia. Fleming scored 22 and grabbed …
The final minute in the Central Bucks East gym was pure pandemonium.There was a sense among the crowd that the game was over, along with the Patriots’ season. But with 30 seconds left – and …
Archbishop Wood (17-5) starts its quest for its first Philadelphia Catholic League title since 2021. With their 80-26 dismantling of Archbishop Ryan on Feb. 8, the Vikings successfully ran the table …
