KEITH GROLLER ON 1470AM 9AM-NOON

Not much to say early this Saturday morning other than I am eager for our all-area basketball show at Stooges and hope everything goes well.

I hope you'll listen at 1470 AM, the Fox or online at www.fox1470.com. We're going an extra hour, beginning at 9 and extending to noon.

I will have to leave early to get to Villanova for the Liberty game at 1 p.m.

How will that Liberty game go?

Almost every year I take our local team at this point and think they can get it done.

I picked Whitehall to beat Chester in the 2005 quarters and Allen to beat Chester in 2006 and Parkland to beat York last year.

I was wrong in each case.

I do think Hempfield, despite its 29-1 record, is beatable.

However, Liberty must play much better than it has in the state tournament so far.

Hempfield plays better defense than York and has more weapons than Penncrest.

It's going to be a tough one and the big-arena atmosphere will require some adjusting, but after going back and forth about five times, I will go with the Hurricanes in a mild upset 48-46 to set up a monumental task against defending 4A state champ Penn Wood on Wednesday night.

Enjoy your day.


Keith Groller