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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.
There are a bunch of championships on the line this week, and in the weeks to come, chief among them this weekend Twin Valley's bid for its first District 3 Class 4A championship. If the Raiders win that they'll be just!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…
Raiders put it all on the line in quest for district championship
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Twin Valley’s season has been one continuous, loop of highlights: long touchdown runs, Pick-6’s, and kicks taken back to the house.
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All-Conference honors for Fleetwood’s Morris, Exeter’s Boyer, Schuylkill Valley’s Campbell
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Fleetwood grad Gavin Morris and Exeter grad Kellen Boyer have been named first-team picks on their respective all-conference teams.
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Comeback season earns former Saints kicker Andrew Kurtas PSAC honors
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One year after seeing his sophomore season cut short by an injury, Berks Catholic grad Andrew Kurtz returned with a big junior season for!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…
Berks Catholic’s Josiah Jordan named PSAC West Offensive Player of the Year
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Josiah "Jay Jay" Jordan was an All-State defensive back and game-changing open-field runner at Berks Catholic. He’s been even more!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…
Mifflin grads Eden Johnson, Brandon Strausser earn PSAC honors
Governor Mifflin grads Eden Johnson and Brandon Strausser are among a program-record 18 Kutztown University football players to selected for all-conference honors.
Johnson, a redshirt junior, and Strausser, a redshirt senior, were!-->!-->!-->…
Twin Valley, Muhlenberg moving up a class in PIAA’s biennial reshuffle
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Twin Valley will play for its first – and possibly last – District 3 Class 4A championship Friday night.
Next season the Raiders will!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…
Out from between a rock and a hard place, ‘Hanna emerges as title contender
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A 23-second meltdown early in its playoff opener last year against Twin Valley ignited a rapid end to Susquehanna Township’s season and!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…
List: District 3 Class 4A championship games
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Forty-three different school have won District 3 football championships.
Neither Twin Valley nor Susquehanna Township are part of that!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…
Conrad Weiser grad earns MAC Player of the Week honors
Conrad Weiser grad Logan Klitsch has been named Middle Atlantic Conference Offensive Player of the Week after accounting for all five touchdowns in Lebanon Valley’s 38–35 win Saturday at Albright, securing a winning season for the!-->…



