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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.

Muhls’ Kyle Archie looking to get his hands on a trophy or two (or three)

Dec 3, 2023

2023 Berks basketball coverage presented by Utilities Employees Credit Union NEFFSVILLE -- Muhlenberg won four playoff games last year and reached the second round of the PIAA Class 5A Tournament but when the…

Spartans can’t hold late lead, see season end against unbeaten Northwestern Lehigh

Dec 2, 2023

2023 Berks football coverage presented by Utilities Employees Credit Union By Mike Drago -- MikeDragoSports.com Managing Editor When Chase Eisenhower completed an arduous, sometimes harrowing, 16-play, 8…

Boys basketball: Berks III team-by-team preview capsules

Nov 30, 2023

2023 Berks basketball coverage presented by Utilities Employees Credit Union Fleetwood Tigers Hunter Svoboda (PhilMarPhoto) Coach: Terry Sitler, 12th season, 118-120. Last season: 10-1 Berks III champ,…

Top players to watch in Berks III boys basketball

Nov 30, 2023

2023 Berks basketball coverage presented by Utilities Employees Credit Union Danny Fleischood Wyomissing Danny Fleischood The 6-foot guard emerged as one of the top players in a promising and deep Berks…

Boone’s Nate Millard, Weiser’s Adam Kase draw national honors for KU

Nov 30, 2023

2023 Berks football coverage presented by Utilities Employees Credit Union Daniel Boone grad Nate Millard and Conrad Weiser grad Adam Kase are among three Kutztown University football players named the Division…

Unbeaten Northwestern Lehigh believes it’s ready for what Wyomissing is set to bring

Nov 30, 2023

2023 Berks football coverage presented by Utilities Employees Credit Union Josh Snyder saw immediate success as a head coach at Northwestern Lehigh. In his third season the Tigers won 11 games and a District 11…

Boys basketball: Berks IV team-by-team previews

Nov 30, 2023

2023 Berks basketball coverage presented by Utilities Employees Credit Union Oley Valley Lynx Johnny Turchi (PhilMarPhoto) Coach: Chad Walters, first season. Last season: 11-1 Berks IV champ, 19-7…

Top players to watch in Berks IV boys basketball

Nov 30, 2023

2023 Berks basketball coverage presented by Utilities Employees Credit Union Ben DeBalko Oley Valley Ben DeBalko (PhilMarPhoto) With an experienced senior lineup around him and 6-4 David Turchi inside…

Top Players to Watch in Berks II boys basketball

Nov 29, 2023

2023 Berks basketball coverage presented by Utilities Employees Credit Union Brendan Gaines Daniel Boone The 6-2 guard averaged 15.2 points per game as a sophomore and is the leading returning scorer in…

Top Players to Watch in Berks I boys basketball

Nov 29, 2023

2023 Berks basketball coverage presented by Utilities Employees Credit Union Jeremiah Camara Jeremiah Camara (Susan L. Angstadt) Reading High Buzz has been building around the program about the 5-10…

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