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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.

It didn’t take long for new Weiser coach Mike Dooley to find his way to championship game

Jul 26, 2023

Two months ago, when he was hired to coach Conrad Weiser’s basketball team, Mike Dooley did not know much about the Ron Krick Memorial Summer League. He had no idea where the West Reading Playground courts were located. Thursday…

Top players to watch in Section 2 of the Lancaster-Lebanon League in 2023

Jul 26, 2023

Updated with stats correction for Michael Miller of Muhlenberg. The Lancaster-Lebanon League Section 2 title came down to the final seconds of the final game last season, with Nate Pashley picking off a pass in the back of…

Penn State’s Nick Singleton: ‘Anything’s possible if you just put your mind to it’

Jul 25, 2023

Nick Singleton remembers going to football camps when he was a kid. At the time he never dreamed he’d someday set records in the Rose Bowl; his goals were more modest He just wanted to be a Mustang. He looked up to future teammate…

The greatest Reading Phillie of all time finally joins the greats in Cooperstown

Jul 23, 2023

(This story was originally published January 25, when Scott Rolen was elected to the Hall of Fame.) Scott Rolen will likely be uncomfortable when he takes the stage for induction into the Baseball Hall of Fame this summer. He never…

Top players to watch in Section 3 of the Lancaster-Lebanon League in 2023

Jul 23, 2023

Solanco made a huge move last year, improving from 3-7 in 2021 to go unbeaten in the regular season and win the Lancaster-Lebanon League Section 3 championship. The Golden Mules edged playoff-bound Elizabethtown 35-32 and held…

Top players to watch in Section 4 of the Lancaster-Lebanon League in 2023

Jul 20, 2023

Wyomissing rumbled through Section 4 last season on the way to its first Lancaster-Lebanon League championship trophy, and it wasn't even close: The Spartans went 7-0, won their league games by an average of 33 points and…

Top players to watch in Section 5 of the Lancaster-Lebanon League in 2023

Jul 17, 2023

Lancaster Catholic made an unbeaten run through Section 5 of the Lancaster-Lebanon League last season, but it sure wasn't easy. The Crusaders squeaked past Hamburg 38-35 in a Week 6 battle of state-ranked unbeatens, edged…

Wyo players picking up tips, making memories, with unique summer job

Jul 15, 2023

Derek Macrina’s summer job is cooler than yours. A couple nights each week he puts on a Reading Fightin Phils uniform, hangs out in the home dugout and picks up tips he can apply to his own game or take back to his Wyomissing…

Exeter tight end Zack Zandier has served notice of big things to come

Jul 13, 2023

You may not have noticed what Zack Zandier was doing on the football field for Exeter last season. Understandable. The Eagles had lots of attention-grabbing athletes, such as 6-5 Joey Schlaffer, the Penn State tight end recruit.…

New Exeter basketball coach won’t be burdened by lofty expectations

Jul 11, 2023

Jeff VanGorder knows he’s taking over an Exeter basketball team that returns a lot of talent from a team that played for league, district and state championships last season. He also knows that with that come high expectations. …

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