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This Rick Keeley is a Hall of a guy

Editor May 28, 2023

Full disclosure: I like Rick Keeley. I mean, it would be hard not to. You will never meet a more positive, friendly, caring soul in your life. Except for 10 or 12 Friday nights a year, when he’s on the sideline coaching football for Berks Catholic, he always has a smile on his face. Come game time Rick is all business; he wears that game…

Cam Jones, Anthony Caccese help PA hold off Maryand in Big 33 Classic

May 28, 2023

Even after peak performance Addie Cohen still has mountains left to scale

May 28, 2023

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Miller time doesn’t earn medal but will leave lasting legacy for Sarah Ann

May 27, 2023

Track and Field coverage sponsored by ATT Sports., Inc. By Julie Pelchar Cohen -- MikeDragoSports.com senior correspondent SHIPPENSBURG -- Sarah Ann Miller has been the face of Twin Valley girls track and field since…

Berks’ PIAA Track and Field medalists (with Saturday results)

May 27, 2023

Boys results AthleteSchoolPlaceClassEventMarkBrady MiderBerks Catholic13AShot put58-9.75Adam PetersenBrandywine Heights32A10011.03Wyomissing32A4x10043.29Logan WegmanExeter53AShot put53-7Collin…

2023 Berks Track and Field season bests (updated with PIAA Meet results)

May 27, 2023

(Times and distances posted on pa.milesplit.com as of May 27) Berks Boys 100Harrison CronanTwin Valley10.85200Vincent AcinapuraTwin Valley22.46400Ben GrundyTwin Valley50.38800Anthony EngleTwin…

There’ll be more than one Zandier brother to watch at Exeter this season

May 27, 2023

College football coaches around the country know all about Exeter tight end Zach Zandier, a 6-5 rising senior who has more than two dozen Division I offers. They might want to check out his little brother, too. Jayden Zandier, a…

Matt Ashcroft set to leave Exeter basketball program, according to report

May 26, 2023

Matt Ashcroft is getting out on top, apparently. According to a published report the Exeter boys basketball coach plans to resign after leading his team to a historic season that included the program’s first District 3 championship…

Deven Sheerin forced to leave early in Exeter’s District 3 playoff loss

May 26, 2023

Exeter baseball coach Justin Freese always felt that with Deven Sheerin on the mound his team could compete, and beat, any opponent. Without him? Well, the Eagles found out the hard way Thursday when Sheerin left the game early…

Bulldogs headed back to District 3 championship after topping Blue Streaks

May 26, 2023

(Updated with location of championship game.) The Wilson Bulldogs have seemingly been playing from behind all season. They started slowly, were in jeopardy of not making the postseason, then came on late. That was the case…

Oley Valley’s season ends with loss to Camp Hill

May 25, 2023

Camp Hill’s move up in classification didn’t seem to affect it Thursday. The top-seeded Lions, who won the District 3 Class 2A championship last season, eliminated fourth-seeded Oley Valley 8-2 in a Class 3A semifinal at Camp Hill.…

Muhlenberg stays alive in District 3 tourney; Exeter eliminated (updated)

May 25, 2023

(Updated with location for next round.) Cam Burr had three hits and Dalton Follweiler pitched a complete game as visiting Muhlenberg defeated Lampeter-Strasburg 8-3 Thursday in a District 3 Class 5A playback game. The…

‘Storybook ending’ caps Kutztown’s year-long district championship quest

May 25, 2023

FREDERICKSBURG – Kutztown’s drive to Thursday’s District 3 Class 2 championship began 367 days ago when it lost to Camp Hill in a taut eight-inning district semifinal. “The minute we lost last year we said: ‘We’re getting back in…