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Mike Drago

Mike Drago has written about sports at every level for parts of six decades, most notably at the Reading Eagle for the past 38 years. Mike has written a virtual history of Berks high school football and in 2013 was inducted into the Berks County Football Coaches Hall of Fame.

Thriller: Reading High beats Roman Catholic for third PIAA championship

Mar 25, 2023

(This story will be updated later tonight with a full box score, additional details and postgame reaction.) HERSHEY -- Myles Grey clinched Reading High's third state championship with a pair of free throws with 11.4 seconds left in…

Ruben Rodriguez: ‘We know what it takes to win’ a state championship

Mar 25, 2023

There were times early in the season when Reading High didn’t always open games with a sense of urgency. The Red Knights fell behind Cardinal O’Hara by 19 points in early December. They trailed Devon Prep 15-2 at the outset of the…

Exeter comes face to face with ‘the real deal,’ falls in PIAA championship

Mar 24, 2023

To purchase these or other photographs from the game from Jeremy Drey Photography, click here: HERSHEY – When it was over – after the stands at Giant Center had cleared, after the TV cameras had been put away, after Imhotep…

Exeter overwhelmed by nationally ranked Imhotep Charter in PIAA title game

Mar 24, 2023

HERSHEY -- Imhotep Charter is as good as advertised. Maybe better. The Exeter Eagles found that out quickly Friday in the PIAA Class 5A championship game as the Panthers forced six first-quarter turnovers and built an early…

Diamond Credit Union Berks baseball scoreboard for Friday

Mar 24, 2023

Friday, March 24 Reading HighatC.D. East4:15TulpehockenatConrad WeiserPostponed; TBABlue MountainatHamburg4:00Schuylkill ValleyatTamaquaPostponed; March 31WyomissingatSchuylkill Haven4:30Brandywine HeightsatUpper…

PIAA Basketball Championship Central: Scores, schedules, brackets, past results (updated with Saturday results)

Mar 24, 2023

The PIAA basketball championships will be played over three days at Giant Center, with four games each on Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Of the 12 boys finalists, each is a district champion, with four from District 12…

Painful learning lessons paying off for Eagles, as they once did for their coach

Mar 24, 2023

Sometimes, Matt Ashcroft was the saying the other night, after his Exeter basketball team punched its ticket to the state final, you have to lose to learn how win. He rattled off each of the Eagles’ setbacks this season and…

Exeter undaunted by imposing Imhotep: ‘We’re not settling for second’

Mar 23, 2023

You can forgive Aidan Dauble for being overly enthusiastic. The normally placid 14-year-old Exeter freshman was coming off the biggest game of his life, a pulsating 51-47 win over Erie Cathedral Prep in which he scored nine points and…

Some 50 years later, Charlie Booker still feels the pain of loss in state final

Mar 23, 2023

Almost 50 years later Charlie Booker remembers every last detail of Exeter’s first run to a state championship game in basketball: The thrill of victory, the agony of defeat. Both feelings remain vivid. The Eagles won 30 games, few…

Top players to watch in Berks III baseball

Mar 23, 2023

Top players to watch in Division III of the Berks Baseball League in 2023: (listed in alphabetical order) Luke Bensinger, Hamburg: Shortstop led division champs with 21 runs scored as a junior. Had .457 on-base average with…

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