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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.

In a game of inches, Saints’ Brady Mider is ahead of the field by several feet

Apr 16, 2023

Brady Mider had the best of both worlds last spring. He regularly competed head-to-head with the best shot-putter in the state, Wyomissing’s Jven Williams, but with little cost: No one ever expected him to win at a major…

Reading High’s Ruben Rodriguez: ‘There’s nothing more I can do’

Apr 15, 2023

After scoring the last of his 2,008 career points, after winning the last of his dozen championships, Ruben Rodriguez was emotionally drained and physically exhausted. He had nothing left to give. “I’m done,” he said, relieved and…

Baseball Notes: Winning with ‘freebies,’ 10-spots, home cookin’, no-nos and more

Apr 13, 2023

Can a team make the playoffs by collecting more walks than hits? Muhlenberg might. The Muhls don’t have the stacked lineup that carried them to the Berks League championship last season but they’re still scoring runs – lots…

Baseball Notes: Raiders off to slow start, Bulldogs’ pinch-hitter, Cougars streaking

Apr 12, 2023

With three all-division picks returning from a winning team, including one of the Berks Baseball League’s most dominating pitchers, Twin Valley looked like the clear favorite in the preseason to win the Division II title. It’s not…

With ‘eye on the prize,’ Kutztown Cougars hold on for big win at Twin Valley

Apr 12, 2023

His Kutztown teammates call him “Matty Ice” because he’s cool under pressure but Matt Remick admits the situation got to him a little in the final inning Tuesday at Twin Valley when the Raiders had the tying and go-ahead runners in…

Five NCAA titles later, Donyell Marshall’s vision of UConn has proven to be 20-20

Apr 11, 2023

Donyell Marshall became an overnight sensation in the summer of 1990, just before his senior year at Reading High. No one outside of Pennsylvania knew much about him until he attended the NIKE All-American ABCD Camp at…

Right now, everyone’s running second behind rampaging Gov. Mifflin

Apr 10, 2023

Is everyone other than Gov. Mifflin playing for second place in the Berks Baseball League? Based on another terrific start by the Mustangs, who are 7-1 with five straight 10-run victories, it may appear that way. “The real…

UECU Player of the Week: Center fielder Alex Kelsey of Exeter

Apr 10, 2023

Alex Kelsey bats leadoff for Exeter but his numbers make him look like a cleanup hitter. They did last week when he blasted a pair of home runs, including a walk-off shot as the Eagles beat Central York 11-10. “Alex…

Up next: A look at the best in Berks boys basketball for the ’23-24 season (updated)

Apr 8, 2023

(This story has been undated to reflect that Jayden Kantner, who played at Brandywine Heights this season, is planning to transfer to another Berks school.) After an historic season which saw Reading High win a state…

In tight Berks III baseball race, it’s next man up for Wyo, Berks Catholic

Apr 7, 2023

Wyomissing’s chances in Division III of the Berks Baseball League took a big hit in December when Ryker Jones went down with a knee injury in the Spartans’ PIAA football semifinal against Neumann-Goretti. Jones, a third baseman and…

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