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Prepping For Preps '25-26: Upper Dublin (Girls) Andrew Robinson (@ADRobinson3) For three straight years, Upper Dublin’s had an incomplete postseason. Whether it was injuries or factors outside their control, the Flying Cardinals didn’t have al...

Upper Dublin is entering the season with high expectations and confident it has the team to meet them.

2025 CoBL Boys' Winter Showcase at Exeter: Schedule + Preview (Dec. 5-6) By Josh Verlin (@jmverlin) The third annual CoBL Winter Showcase at Exeter Township is set to be our best in-season boys’ event yet, with multiple state championship contenders coming up to Reading...

The third annual CoBL Winter Showcase at Exeter Township is set to be our best in-season boys’ event yet, with multiple state championship contenders coming up to Reading for a 12-team, eight-game event this Friday and Saturday.

Prepping for Preps '25-26: Sun Valley (Boys) By Josh Verlin (@jmverlin) Ed. Note: This story is part of CoBL’s “Prepping for Preps” series, which will take a look at many of the top high school programs in the region as part of our 2025-26 se...

Maloney’s relying on his program’s insistence on high-energy practices and a 1-3-1 zone defense that’s been a calling card of his program the last few years.

Prepping For Preps '25-26: Lansdale Catholic (Girls) Andrew Robinson (@ADRobinson3) Tom Lonergan’s never had a team quite like this. In a 40-plus year career with more than 700 wins and stops at Bishop McDevitt, Council Rock North, Central Bucks Ea...

“I gave them specific goals we feel are fully achievable,” Lonergan said. “We fully expect to get a first team All-Catholic, now with the talent in our league, it’s going to be hard but we expect to get at least one on the first team and there’s no reason why we can’t.”

Prepping for Preps '25-26: Spring-Ford (Girls) By David Comer Ed. Note: This story is part of CoBL’s “Prepping for Preps” series, which will take a look at many of the top high school programs in the region as part of our 2025-26 season preview...

“If every player gets better by 1% each day, the team gets better by 18%. We want to be playing our best basketball at the end of the season. That’s our goal. The byproduct of that goal is the opportunity to advance in the playoffs.”

Prepping For Preps '25-26: Central Bucks East (Girls) Andrew Robinson (@ADRobinson3) Ed. Note: This story is part of CoBL’s “Prepping for Preps” series, which will take a look at many of the top high school programs in the region as part of our 2025-2...

“We have a lot to build on from last year,” senior Natalie Berndt said. “Just taking the four returning starters and adding, it just builds our team chemistry so we’re taking that and trying to go as far as we can.”

Prepping for Preps '25-26: Lansdale Catholic (Boys) By David Comer Ed. Note: This story is part of CoBL’s “Prepping for Preps” series, which will take a look at many of the top high school programs in the region as part of our 2025-26 season preview...

Sitting atop second-year coach Torre Harrison’s list of goals for this season is securing that first PCL victory for the school since the 2020-21 campaign.

Prepping for Preps '25-26: Germantown Academy (Boys) By Olivia Valania Ed. Note: This story is part of CoBL’s “Prepping for Preps” series, which will take a look at many of the top high school programs in the region as part of our 2025-26 season prev...

Cox wants to return this program to the level of success they found under Fenerty and honor the legacy that he created for GA basketball.

Prepping for Preps '25-26: Cheltenham (Boys) By Sean McBryan Ed. Note: This story is part of CoBL’s “Prepping for Preps” series, which will take a look at many of the top high school programs in the region as part of our 2025-26 season previe...

Cheltenham has been a District 1 and state contender for years. Now the Panthers want to take the next step toward securing some hardware.

Prepping for Preps '25-26: Downingtown East (Boys) Dan Arkans (@dan_arkans)  Ed. Note: This story is part of CoBL’s “Prepping for Preps” series, which will take a look at many of the top high school programs in the region as part of our 2025-26 sea...

The Cougars have high expectations this year. They believe the pieces are there to make a run at the Ches-Mont National and the district playoffs.

Prepping for Preps '25-26: Council Rock South (Girls) Joseph Santoliquito (@JSantoliquito) Ed. Note: This story is part of CoBL’s “Prepping for Preps” series, which will take a look at many of the top high school programs in the region as part of ou...

"We expected to win a few district playoff games. We did some good things. Our next goal is to win a few state playoff games. We want to repeat as Patriot champions, and we want to make our senior year a memorable one."

Prepping for Preps '25-26: Neumann-Goretti (Girls) Joseph Santoliquito (@JSantoliquito) Ed. Note: This story is part of CoBL’s “Prepping for Preps” series, which will take a look at many of the top high school programs in the region as part of ou...

The math adds up to this: The Saints could be even better than they were last year, when they went 26-4 overall and went 11-0 in the Catholic League.

Prepping for Preps '25-26: Haverford High (Girls) By Tom Robinson Ed. Note: This story is part of CoBL’s “Prepping for Preps” series, which will take a look at many of the top high school programs in the region as part of our 2025-26 season previe...

The Haverford girls team will lean heavily on a player who broke in immediately on the varsity level and another who has put in her time building up for this season.

Prepping for Preps '25-26: Constitution (Boys) Joseph Santoliquito (@JSantoliquito) Ed. Note: This story is part of CoBL’s “Prepping for Preps” series, which will take a look at many of the top high school programs in the region as part of our ...

In Mitchell and Young, the Generals have two versatile players who create matchup problems for opposing teams.

Prepping for Preps '25-26: West Chester Rustin (Boys) By Owen McCue __ Ed. Note: This story is part of CoBL’s “Prepping for Preps” series, which will take a look at many of the top high school programs in the region as part of our 2025-26 season previe...

"Every week we’re practicing and making ourselves better and just communicating with each other, trying to make ourselves better."

Prepping for Preps '25-26: St. Joseph's Prep Rich Flanagan (@richflanagan33) Ed. Note: This story is part of CoBL’s “Prepping for Preps” series, which will take a look at many of the top high school programs in the region as part of our 2025-...

Clark is excited about remaking his alma mater in his image and meeting the expectations that come with rebuilding a roster that is coming off the end of one of its better runs in recent memory.

Prepping for Preps '25-26: West Chester Rustin (Girls) By Sean McBryan Ed. Note: This story is part of CoBL’s “Prepping for Preps” series, which will take a look at many of the top high school programs in the region as part of our 2025-26 season previe...

The Golden Knights have focused on conditioning and building chemistry in the offseason. Falcone emphasized the importance of competing every night in a tough Ches-Mont American division.

Grand Theft Ava: Ursinus senior guard Possenti serves as a game-changer on defense Andrew Robinson (@ADRobinson3) HAVERFORD -- Ava Possenti giveth by taking away. The Ursinus College senior is a difference-maker for the Bears and she can do it without even scoring a point. In a...

Wednesday night, Possenti’s defensive efforts went a long way as the Bears put together a huge second half in an 80-52 win at Haverford College to open Centennial Conference play.

Merion Mercy's depth shows in win over Pope John Paul II By Josh Verlin (@jmverlin) LOWER MERION — For Merion Mercy to take a step forward in the Catholic Academies’ Association and make a run at the PIAA tournament, depth is critical. Second-year head c...

Every one of the 11 Merion Mercy players that Shanette Lee deployed on Wednesday night made an impact in a 41-34 victory over Pope John Paul II.

Charlotte Aldridge and Downingtown East get off to a great start, beating Phoenixville Joseph Santoliquito (@JSantoliquito) PHOENIXVILLE — By halftime, Charlotte Aldridge’s name seemed to have been called a thousand times by the PA announcer. The Downingtown East 6-foot senior forw...

Charlotte Aldridge equaled a career-best 25 points and led the Cougars to a season-opening 61-27 victory at Phoenixville Wednesday night.

CoBL Area Roundup (Dec. 3, 2025): E&S boys pick up statement win, Rustin girls shut down Methacton Jeff Griffith Engineering & Sciences didn’t wait around to make noise this season.  Riding the coattails of back-to-back strong seasons, the Engineers posted a 56-51 season-opening win against Sp...

Catch up on last night's action with our 12/3 CoBL Area Roundup!

Prepping for Preps '25-26: Chester (Boys) Joseph Santoliquito (@JSantoliquito) Ed. Note: This story is part of CoBL’s “Prepping for Preps” series, which will take a look at many of the top high school programs in the region as part of ou...

Their vice-grip, full-court defense can void the size difference Chester will probably face each game. The Clippers’ ability to force turnovers into instant offense is still vital to Chester basketball.

Prepping for Preps '25-26: West Chester East (Girls) By Sean McBryan Ed. Note: This story is part of CoBL’s “Prepping for Preps” series, which will take a look at many of the top high school programs in the region as part of our 2025-26 season previe...

"It’s definitely a goal to get to all three — Ches-Mont, district, and state playoffs," Listrani said. "But we’ll be taking it step by step."

Prepping for Preps '25-26: Gwynedd Mercy Academy Andrew Robinson (@ADRobinson3) Ed. Note: This story is part of CoBL’s “Prepping for Preps” series, which will take a look at many of the top high school programs in the region as part of our 2025-2...

On the court, the Monarchs will be playing with pace as they lean into a guard-heavy lineup that could excel in a more up-and-down and open floor game. As a group, they’ll be looking to pace their development as an underclassmen-heavy group figures some things out behind its leaders.

CoBL-Area D-III Notebook: Decker keeps Arcadia WBB rolling; Cottrell shining at Alvernia By David Comer Diane Decker was unsure of what to expect when she was hired as the Arcadia women’s basketball coach in May. She was taking over a team she didn’t recruit to the school and didn’t kn...

Catch up with the latest D-III action with this week's CoBL-Area D-III Notebook.

New West Catholic coach James Lewis gets greeted with first victory in 80-66 win over Dobbins Joseph Santoliquito (@JSantoliquito) PHILADELPHIA — James Lewis had a feeling that the bucket was coming. As the first-year West Catholic head coach walked in the dressing room Tuesday night, he ...

New West Catholic coach James Lewis received his first Burrs' victory, thanks to the play of Nyiere Farlow.

Emboldened by expectations, William Tennent rallies to down CB South in season opener Andrew Robinson (@ADRobinson3) WARRINGTON >> For the first time in their four years at William Tennent, Avery Kocur and Halie Staub are playing on a team with expectations. The Panthers have neve...

It took a half to get there in Tuesday’s season opener, but Tennent played like a team with an expectation it would win in a 52-37 victory at CB South.

Joley Hohman returns as Pennsbury girls impress in opener; Abington boys beat Bensalem By Josh Verlin (@jmverlin) ABINGTON — As Frank Sciolla sat in his 12th grade English classroom at Pennsbury High School on Tuesday, he had one main hope for Falcons junior Joley Hohman in her retur...

Pennsbury girls beat Abington 62-26 in the season opener for both teams; Abington boys defeated Bensalem 67-51.

HS Roundup 12/2/25: La Salle rallies past Abington Friends; Graham goes off for Haverford School Dan Arkans (@danarkans) Experience is not necessarily on the side of the La Salle College high school boys basketball team this year. In fact, junior guard Max Okebata was the only Explorers st...

We've got your 12/2 High School Roundup featuring results from across the Delaware Valley.

Grant hits game-winner as Archbishop Carroll downs Notre Dame By Owen McCue __ Archbishop Carroll senior Bridget Grant describes herself as a good team player. Whatever my team needs from me in the moment,” Grant said of her role. For most of Tuesday night...

"Whatever my team needs from me in the moment."

Archbishop Carroll senior Bridget Grant nailed a go-ahead 3-point shot with three seconds left as Archbishop Carroll downed Notre Dame, 49-48, to open its season.