Jason Guarente

By Jason Guarente -- MikeDragoSports.com senior correspondent The first few hours were the hardest. The next few days weren’t much better. Mackenzie Gordos needed time to recover. Two foul shots, the front ends of a 1-and-1, in…

By Jason Guarente -- MikeDragoSports.com senior correspondent Eight years have passed since a Berks County school brought home a District 3 championship in girls basketball. Wilson’s back-to-back titles in 2013-14 remain the most…

By Jason Guarente -- MikeDragoSports.com senior correspondent Where Moro Osumanu’s final game ranks among Reading High’s greatest performances could be debated forever. Is it the best? The most consequential? It’s somewhere in the…

By Jason Guarente -- MikeDragoSports.com senior correspondent By the time she lined up against Laney Noreika, Aaliyah Dabney had crafted a plan. It was days in the making. A product of meticulous film study and practice. Berks…

By Jason Guarente -- MikeDragoSports.com senior correspondent MILLERSVILLE — Even as the milestone came into view, Lauren Lister didn’t waste any energy crunching the numbers. She didn’t want to know how close she was to 2,000. She…

By Jason Guarente -- MikeDragoSports.com senior correspondent Berks girls basketball coaches will soon gather and vote for the Player of the Year. This has been an uneventful process recently. The winner is often a foregone…

By Jason Guarente -- MikeDragoSports.com senior correspondent Elisa Fiore doesn’t know what happened to the other gold medals. They’re not lost. They’re tucked away somewhere in her house. Gov. Mifflin’s senior never worried…

By Jason Guarente -- MikeDragoSports.com Senior Correspondent Shakyla Mayo’s job on Senior Night was to read a few words that were written by her big sister. She was supposed to tell everyone about Shyanna’s college future. The day…

By Jason Guarente -- MikeDragoSports.com senior correspondent Isis Dojan played an entire quarter with a piece of gauze jammed into her right nostril. That was the result of, as she noted with a smile, catching the ball with her…

By Jason Guarente -- MikeDragoSports.com senior correspondent The eight seconds left on the scoreboard were counting down in Shakyla Mayo’s head. She wasn’t even aware of it really. It was instinct. The product of playing hundreds…