By Josh Verlin (@jmverlin) When Joey Crawford was growing up on Virginia Ave. in Havertown, just off Lawrence Road by Lynnewood Elementary, Springfield was the next town over. It was the town where...

Rich Flanagan (@richflanagan33) COATESVILLE-Shawn Shreffler was having déjà vu as his Chambersburg team warmed up for its matchup against Coatesville in the opening round of the PIAA Class 6A Tou...

Rich Flanagan (@richflanagan33) WEST CHESTER, PA – Jada Lynch entered the game two minutes into the second quarter. She immediately corralled a rebound then proceeded to make her presence felt ...

By Josh Verlin (@jmverlin) The atmosphere inside Malvern Prep’s O’Neill Gymnasium on Wednesday night was different from any other that the Philadelphia area will see during the 2025-26 season.  T...

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 202...

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-...

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 2025-2...

Josh Verlin (@jmverlin) Ed. Note: This article is part of our 2025-26 season coverage, which will run for the six weeks preceding the first official games of the year on Nov. 4. To access all of ou...

Josh Verlin (@jmverlin) Ed. Note: This article is part of our 2025-26 season coverage, which will run for the six weeks preceding the first official games of the year on Nov. 4. To access all of ou...

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...

By Josh Verlin (@jmverlin) When Tom Heston was at Holy Ghost Prep, playing the Catholic League never really crossed his mind. The former Firebirds guard, who graduated in 2012, was focused then on ...

Rich Flanagan (@richflanagan33) Brad Wanamaker has something that very few players in the history of Philadelphia basketball have: his picture inside the Palestra. He can always find himself ther...

Rich Flanagan (@richflanagan33) Brad Wanamaker has something that very few players in the history of Philadelphia basketball have: his picture inside the Palestra. He can always find himself ther...

By David Comer Ari Rosenfeld cannot pinpoint where his love of basketball started. He just knows that’s been his favorite sport since he was growing up in Cherry Hill, N.J., in a family of Philadel...

Joseph Santoliquito (@JSantoliquito) Mike Doyle remembers sitting at home watching ESPN during spring break his sophomore year at Philadelphia Textile (now currently Thomas Jefferson University) ...

By CoBL Staff (@hooplove215) Over the course of the June live periods, the CoBL writers and staff took in hundreds of games featuring area teams, getting a chance to update ourselves on the thousan...