The 2025 portion of the 2024-25 high school boys basketball season is here and the top teams in the state are looking to hit their stride for the season's second half.
When you look around the eastern half of the state, it's not a surprise that many of the best teams are from Districts 12 and 1. In Class 6A, for example, five of the top six ranked teams are from one of those districts. The one that is not is defending state champion Central York from District 3.
Local basketball guru Toomey Anderson has teamed with scholastic basketball expert and historian Dave Burman and Dave Magnotta of NEPA Hoops to provide eastern basketball rankings which rates the teams from districts 1, 2, 3, 4, 11 and 12.
Berks Catholic is the only team from Berks County to garner attention in the eatern rankings.
The Saints are 7-2 and ranked second in Class 4A.
In the District 3 power rankings, the Saints are ranked first with Eastern York (8-1) ranked second. Wyomissing (6-2) is ranked fourth in Class 4A in District 3 and Schuylkill Valley (7-3) is ranked seventh.
In Class 6A in District, Wilson (6-2) is ranked third, and in Class 3A, Antietam (6-4) is ranked fourth.
Take a look at all of the ranking for the eastern part of the state:
Class 6A
Team, District, Record thru 12/31:
(1) Roman Catholic (12) 6-2
(2) Father Judge (12) 5-3
(3) Central York (3) 7-1
(4) Imhotep (12) 7-4
(5) Coatesville (1) 6-3
(6) St Joseph’s Prep (12) 4-4
(7) Cumberland Valley (3) 8-2
(8) Conestoga (1) 7-1
(9) Central Dauphin (3) 8-1
(10) Plymouth Whitemarsh (1) 7-2
Under Consideration: Chambersburg (3) 6-1; La Salle College High School (12) 4-3; Lower Merion (1) 6-3; Pocono Mt West (11) 9-1; Garnet Valley (1) 7-2; Archbishop Wood (12) 3-4.
Class 5A
(1) Upper Dublin (1) 10-1
(2) Bonner- Prendergast (12) 7-1
(3) Penncrest (1) 9-0
(4) Neumann Goretti (12) 4-4
(5) Cardinal O’Hara (12) 7-2
(6) Hershey (3) 8-0
(7) Springfield Delco (1) 7-1
(8) Sun Valley (1) 7-2
(9) Manheim Central (3) 8-1
(10) Octorara (3) 10-1
Under Consideration: York Suburban (3) 7-3; Roxborough (12) 6-3; Milton Hershey (3) 6-0; Abington Heights (2) 3-5; Upper Moreland (1) 8-2; Pottsgrove (1) 8-1.
Class 4A
(1) Archbishop Carroll (12) 4-4
(2) Berks Catholic (3) 7-2
(3) Devon Prep (12) 5-1
(4) Allentown Central Catholic (11) 8-2
(5) Valley View (2) 9-0
(6) Conwell Egan (12) 7-2
(7) Bishop Shanahan (1) 6-6
(8) Northwestern Lehigh (11) 7-1
(9) Pope John Paul II (1) 7-3
(10) Simon Gratz (12) 8-2
Under Consideration: Boiling Springs (3) 8-3; Mount Carmel (4) 8-1; Shamokin (4) 8-1; Dallas (2) 7-4; West Philadelphia (12) 6-4.
Class 3A
(1) Trinity (3) 7-1
(2) Holy Cross (2) 7-2
(3) Mahanoy Area (11) 10-0
(4) West Catholic (12) 3-5
(5) Riverside (2) 7-1
(6) Lancaster Mennonite (3) 9-1
(7) Lansdale Catholic (12) 7-2
(8) Notre Dame-Green Pond (11) 8-3
(9) Overbrook (12) 8-4
(10) Halifax (3) 8-2
Under Consideration: Executive (11) 6-3, Troy (4) 4-1, Minersville (11) 6-2, MaST Charter (1) 7-4.
Class 2A
(1) Constitution (12) 6-5
(2) Linville Hill Christian (3) 9-0
(3) Delco Christian (1) 7-1
(4) Steelton-Highspire (3) 4-3
(5) Paul Robeson (12) 8-2
(6) Dock Mennonite (1) 6-2
(7) York Catholic (3) 5-3
(8) Old Forge (4) 8-1
(9) Church Farm (1) 5-2
(10) Tri-Valley (11) 8-1
Under Consideration: Delone Catholic (3) 7-2, Muncy (4) 9-1, Marian Catholic (11) 5-4, SLA Beeber (12) 5-7.
Class 1A
(1) York Country Day (3) 7-0
(2) Chester Charter (1) 8-2
(3) Lincoln Leadership Charter (11) 7-2
(4) Sankofa (12) 6-6
(5) Phil- Mont Christian (1) 9-2
(6) High Point Baptist Academy (3) 4-1
(7) La Academia Charter (3) 4-5
(8) Bethlehem Christian (11) 8-1
(9) Christian Academy (1) 5-3
(10) Sullivan County (4) 7-2
Under Consideration: Nativity (11) 4-4, Lancaster Country Day (3) 5-4, North Penn-Liberty (4) 4-5.
Keith Groller contributed to this report
