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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.

Alvernia names Steve Devlin head football coach

Dec 23, 2025

Steve Devlin, a long-time coach at Ursinus College who produced state championship teams at Archbishop Wood, has been named head football coach at Alvernia University. Devlin spent the last eight seasons as the associate head coach…

Muhls’ Cameron Small, three Exeter players front 5A All-State squad

Dec 23, 2025

2025 Berks football coverage presented by Utilities Employees Credit Union Cameron Small became the first Muhlenberg player to repeat as first-team All-State in more than 30 years and just the second ever when…

Panthers’ Logan Cammauf, Saints’ Faith Zudie named Class 3A All-State

Dec 23, 2025

2025 Berks football coverage presented by Utilities Employees Credit Union Schuylkill Valley's Logan Cammauf and Berks Catholic's Faith Zudie have been named to the Pennsylvania Sportswriters Class 3A All-State…

All-State: Lackawanna Trail’s Isaac Ryon named Class 1A Player of the Year

Dec 23, 2025

2025 Berks football coverage presented by Utilities Employees Credit Union Lackawanna Trail running back Isaac Ryon is the Player of the Year and PIAA champ Clairton has five selections on the Pennsylvania…

Ummarino, Glover, Brownback unanimous picks on All-Berks Big School squad

Dec 22, 2025

2025 Berks football coverage presented by Utilities Employees Credit Union Joel Ummarino of Exeter and Michael Glover and EJ Brownback of Wilson are unanimous picks on the BCFCA Big School All-Berks team. …

Drew Engle fronts Twin Valley assault on Small School All-Berks team

Dec 21, 2025

2025 Berks football coverage presented by Utilities Employees Credit Union Twin Valley has accumulated a lot of hardware after a 14-win season and trip to the PIAA Class 4 championship game. The Raiders have…

“If you close your eyes and envision what a West Point commit is, that’s Drew’

Dec 21, 2025

MikeDragoSports.com Player of the Year Drew Engle had a modest goal his freshman season at Twin Valley: He wanted to score a touchdown. He did better than that: Just before the season-opener Raiders coach…

Exeter’s Joel Ummarino: ‘He just game-wrecks’

Dec 20, 2025

MikeDragoSports.com Lineman of the Year Joel Ummarino got tossed around like a tackle wheel as a freshman at Exeter. He was going against bigger, older linemen each day in practice, a couple of whom are now playing at the…

EJ Brownback: ‘He sees things a lot of linebackers don’t see’

Dec 19, 2025

MikeDragoSports.com Defensive Player of the Year EJ Brownback made plays all over the field as a sophomore, leading Wilson in tackles, but the former running back had trouble getting his hands on the football. He recovered…

Patience paid off with a season for the ages for Exeter’s Leo Brown

Dec 18, 2025

Wyomissing Physical Therapy Offensive Player of the Year Leo Brown admits that until very late in his senior season he had never heard of David Gilmore or knew that the former Central Catholic star had lugged around…

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