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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.

Despite big deficit, Eagles never stopped fighting in season-opening loss

Dec 9, 2023

2023 Berks basketball coverage presented by Utilities Employees Credit Union It certainly wasn’t easy for Exeter basketball coach Jeff VanGorder to watch his team give up 91 points his first night on the job. …

Season-opener a coronation for Berks Catholic sophomore Kingston McKoy

Dec 9, 2023

2023 Berks basketball coverage presented by Utilities Employees Credit Union For most of the past four seasons Josiah “Jay-Jay” Jordan pretty much controlled the action on the floor for Berks Catholic. He was as…

Yadiel Cruz leads way as Red Knights bounce back, win home opener

Dec 7, 2023

2023 Berks basketball coverage presented by Utilities Employees Credit Union A week ago no one was quite sure who all the key scorers would be for Reading High this season but everyone around the team agreed…

Wilson’s Tommy Hunsicker is ‘everything you want in a quarterback, in a player’

Dec 7, 2023

Tommy Hunsicker has played quarterback since he was old enough to peer over his center, though at times this season he looked like a natural running back. The Wilson senior instinctively found running lanes on the…

23 numbers to wrap up the 2023 Berks football season

Dec 6, 2023

2023 Berks football coverage presented by Utilities Employees Credit Union 1 Football titles by Schuylkill Valley. The Panthers went without a championship of any kind over their first 50 seasons. They…

Tommy Hunsicker, Caleb Brewer highlight 2023 All-Berks football team

Dec 6, 2023

2023 Berks football coverage presented by Utilities Employees Credit Union The Berks County Football Coaches Association All-Berks team was selected in a vote of 13 Berks coaches from the Lancaster-Lebanon…

Red Knights buried in season-opening 90-point avalanche

Dec 6, 2023

2023 Berks basketball coverage presented by Utilities Employees Credit Union YORK -- You may witness Halley’s Comet, sink a hole-in-one or win the Mega Millions jackpot before you see a scoreboard like the one…

It’s a season full of change in Berks boys basketball: 10 Things To Watch in 2023-24

Dec 5, 2023

2023 Berks basketball coverage presented by Utilities Employees Credit Union Change is the operative word for Berks boys basketball in 2023-24. The top scorers will mostly be new names. More than a…

New-look Red Knights may seem different but deep down they have changed little

Dec 4, 2023

2023 Berks basketball coverage presented by Utilities Employees Credit Union Everything about Reading High basketball is different this season: The coach, the top players, the expectations. It’s all new. On…

Dave Stahler excited to get to work as Berks Catholic’s new football coach

Dec 4, 2023

2023 Berks football coverage presented by Utilities Employees Credit Union Dave Stahler had no plans to become a high school football coach. That all changed with a phone call the day before the start of…

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