Jason Guarente

@LLhoops Let’s hope so.

Final Devon Prep beats Obama Academy, 58-41. The PCL is bringing back another one. Tide dynasty only continues onward . Might be awhile before we see another state champ finish at 10-18 on the year.

Central Dauphin, West York and Trinity all reach the PIAA boys basketball finals. All were district champs. District 3 was strong this season.

.@JasonGuarente and I will have a season-wrap Full Court Press podcast coming early in the week. And that will do it for basketball. What a looooong season. But a fruitful one for the local squads. Stay tuned for that. #PaGirlsHoops #LLsports

Final: Lourdes Regional 45, Linville Hill Christian 26. Warriors' run ends at 17-8 in the PIAA Class 1A quarterfinals.

Lourdes Regional leads Linville Hill 35-23 after 3. Warriors had 3-pointers from Courtney Good and Adalie Fisher that quarter.

Lourdes Regional leads Linville Hill 30-17 with 4 minutes left in 3rd. Warriors 0-for-6 shooting, all from 3, this quarter.

Lourdes Regional leads Linville Hill 26-17 at halftime. Red Raiders with a 13-2 run to start quarter. Courtney Good with 8 points for Warriors. Sophia Karlovich has 13 for LR.

Lourdes Regional leads Linville Hill 13-12 after 1. Courtney Good with the first 6 points for the Warriors. Payton Smucker mid-range jumper beats the buzzer to get them within one.

Girls basketball. Hazleton. Linville Hill Christian and Lourdes Regional in the PIAA Class 1A quarterfinals.

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There are math formulas that tell us a team that was 31-0 when the day started doesn’t belong in the NCAA tournament.

@coach_fletcher @rockyparise @EarlyRetirePod The calculation is based on who plays instead of the player in foul trouble. It's a little different at a Class 1A school with 65 boys that's being told it has to play in 3A.

@rockyparise @JasonGuarente @EarlyRetirePod Good one! I was never comfortable with most guys playing when they were in foul trouble ever, but eventually had to learn to trust certain guys…until they proved to be untrustworthy.

Have often wondered why players are in foul trouble for districts and states when they haven't been in foul trouble all season. The best explanation I can come up with is the referees don't know the players well enough.

@LAPCSboysbb If it happens all the time, that’s bad. It’s not a badge of honor to overcome great players being removed from games. It’s a problem that should be avoided at all costs.

@JasonGuarente Happens to us all the time with 7 players and we don’t make excuses for it .

@rockyparise My suggestion would be to look at the first offensive foul call and tell me how a player is supposed to adjust to that.

@JasonGuarente The player deserves scrutiny if he/she doesn't adjust to the way the game is being officiated. This is all part of the game. I didn't watch the game though, so maybe I'm off. Just giving my opinion based on 35 years of experience as a player and coach in these situations.

@rockyparise You should watch this one.

@rockyparise I don't dispute any of this. My point is if you're fouling out an all-state player with a high basketball IQ in 22 minutes of a PIAA game, the referee performance deserves some scrutiny.

That’s a good observation. The answer is that different leagues ref differently. For example, in my experience, Mid Penn Officials call fouls when it’s a foul. L-L Officials seem to let players get away with more contact. In districts and states you get officials from different areas and the games are reffed differently than they have been used to all year.

@TJEck_TV @LancasterSports @LMHBlazersbball @LancasterOnline Thanks, TJ. Miss you in these parts.

@LancasterSports @LMHBlazersbball @LancasterOnline Outstanding writing @JasonGuarente

New from the @LancasterOnline sports team: Lancaster Mennonite's season ends with a foul taste in PIAA Class 3A boys basketball second round lanc.news/3MXZtjR

Final: Notre Dame Green Pond 66, Lancaster Mennonite 61. Blazers finish at 24-4 and fall short of the PIAA quarterfinals for the first time in six seasons.

ND Green Pond leads Mennonite 61-56 with 1:29 left. Blazers ball.

ND Green Pond leads Mennonite 59-54 with 2:52 left. Blazers unable to get stops they need to cut into the deficit.