In all honesty, Tuesday night’s games are kind of blah this week. Not much to get excited about.

The best of the bunch is probably the Section 1-2 crossover between Hempfield and Conestoga Valley, but only because it’s a revenge game for the Knights. Last year, Hempfield put together a perfect 16-0 record in L-L League regular-season play, but got upset by CV in the semifinals. A rematch sounds good on paper, but CV isn’t the same team that won the league title last season. The Buckskins are 8-8 overall and are barely clinging to second place in Section 2, three games behind Solanco.

That takes us to Friday’s docket, which marks the return to straight section play. There are some good matchups there. Let’s take a look at the two top choices:

SECTION 1

Penn Manor (11-5, 7-3) at McCaskey (8-8, 7-3):The winner of this one gets sole possession of second place in Section 1 with two weeks left in the regular season. Since only two teams from each section make the playoffs, that’s big. Penn Manor won the first meeting 80-64 earlier this month, but has been struggling recently. The Comets are 3-3 in their last six games. McCaskey has gone 4-2 during the same span.

SECTION 4

Lancaster Catholic (13-3, 10-0) at Lancaster Mennonite (12-4, 8-2): If the Blazers are going to have any shot at catching Catholic in the section title chase, they absolutely have to get a ‘W’ here. Good luck with that; the Crusaders won the first meeting 53-33 back on Jan. 5, and have been steadily improving since. But Mennonite’s no slouch, either; the Blazers have won seven straight since they met the Crusaders and will be gunning for vengeance in the rematch.