This post will probably make Kyle Smith uncomfortable.
Lancaster Catholic’s sensational senior quarterback normally sidesteps praise as though it were a blitzing linebacker. I’ve probably interviewed him 100 times since he first stepped under center for the Crusaders as a sophomore, and I’ve never once heard him accept a compliment without quickly passing the credit along […]

[Read more →]

Lancaster Catholic coach Bruce Harbach says Greensburg Central Catholic, the Crusaders’ opponent in Saturday’s PIAA Class AA championship game, is a “mirror image” of his team.
Centurion coach William “Muzzy” Colosimo agrees with that assessment, and adds that he became a fan of Lancaster Catholic after watching the Crusaders take down Philly West Catholic on film.
Earlier today, […]

[Read more →]

With two Lancaster-Lebanon League teams vying for state championships this weekend, LancSports.com figures to be a busy place this week. Jeff and I will have tons of stuff on both games in the coming days.
But before we get into all that, I’d like to take a look back at Lancaster Catholic’s 23-21 victory over Philly […]

[Read more →]

Sportswriters are supposed to remain coolly above the fray no matter how exciting a game is. But if your heart wasn’t beating fast after Lancaster Catholic’s 23-21 victory over Philadelphia West Catholic earlier today, you’re not human. The Crusaders took the lead for good with about a minute left when Kyle Smith — in a […]

[Read more →]

Manheim Central and Lancaster Catholic both stayed alive last week in their respective PIAA brackets, though there must have been some white knuckles on both sidelines.
Bad news — it won’t get any easier from here for either team. That’s the price you pay when you reach the rarefied air of the state semifinals — you […]

[Read more →]

Most Lancaster Catholic fans are probably familiar with Philadelphia West Catholic — the Burrs have some history with the Crusaders. It was West Catholic that ended a brilliant season for the Crusaders last year with a 37-14 victory in the PIAA Class AA semifinals on a frigid night at Philly’s Northeast High School.
The two teams […]

[Read more →]

Remember what I said this week about how stats can lie? Yeah, I do too. Despite holding a significant statistical advantage over the Lancers in total offense and points scored, Lancaster Catholic had all it could handle from Loyalsock today in Shamokin.
Of course, there was an X-factor. The game was played in snowy conditions that […]

[Read more →]

 ”There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies and statistics.” — Mark Twain 
The trouble with making predictions in the playoffs is that, nine times out of ten, you’ve only seen one of the two teams squaring off. So you’re forced to rely on common opponents — if the teams share any — and statistics, […]

[Read more →]

Hard to believe we’re coming up on the halfway point of the regular season already. Football season always seems to fly by, even when the playoffs extend into late November or early December.
Seems like there’s a good chance of that happening again around here. We’ve already hit the point where the wheat begins to separate […]

[Read more →]

After a slow start in the opening week, I bounced my way back to respectability with my performance in Week 2: a 15-4 record, moving me up to 25-11 this season. I think my strategy of actually thinking  about the picks beforehand may have helped me a bit, so we’ll do the same for Week 3.
Lots […]

[Read more →]