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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.

Diamond Credit Union District 3 boys basketball scoreboard for Tuesday (complete)

Feb 21, 2023

Tuesday, Feb. 21 Class 6A First-round byes: (1) Reading High, (2) Cumberland Valley, (3) Hempfield, (4) York High (8) Chambersburg63(9) Carlisle56(5) Waynesboro59(12) Red Lion41(7) Wilson48(10) Cedar Crest40Seamus…

Diamond Credit Union District 3 girls basketball scoreboard for Tuesday (complete)

Feb 21, 2023

Tuesday, Feb. 21 Class 5A First-round byes: (1) Greencastle-Antrim, (2) Northern (9) Susquehannock51(8) Lampeter-Strasburg48(4) Mechanicsburg49 (13) Milton Hershey31(5) Lower Dauphin40(12) Susquehanna Twp.37(7) West…

Exeter even more motivated for district run after losing in Berks title game

Feb 21, 2023

Coming up short in the final minutes of the Berks Conference championship game against Reading High was devastating for the Exeter Eagles, but they didn’t stay down long. The morning after that loss Zyion Paschall texted his coach…

Schuylkill Valley’s season ends with loss to Middletown

Feb 20, 2023

Mark Rajnath’s 3-pointer with 17 seconds left pulled Schuylkill Valley within a point of the lead but the seventh-seeded Panthers didn’t score again in losing to Middletown 47-45 Monday in a District 3 Class 4A opener at Leesport. …

Oley Valley pulls away in final quarter to snap long district playoff drought

Feb 20, 2023

Sophomore Ben DeBalko hit a pair of big 3-pointers and junior Johnny Turchi filled in at point guard down the stretch as Oley Valley pulled away from division rival Brandywine Heights 67-53 in a District 3 Class 3A quarterfinal Monday…

Muhlenberg holds off West York, set to meet top-seeded Manheim Central

Feb 20, 2023

Jay’Daniel Mosquera hit 7-of-9 free throws in the final quarter as Muhlenberg held on to beat West York 46-39 Monday in a District 3 Class 5A opener at York. Mosquera, a senior and all-division pick, finished with a team-high 11…

Shorthanded Exeter has little trouble with Shippensburg in District 3 opener

Feb 20, 2023

(This story will be updated later tonight with additional details, postgame reaction.) Exeter didn’t show any signs of a championship hangover in its District 3 Class 5A opener Monday, breezing past 14th-seeded Shippensburg 72-47…

Diamond Credit Union District 3 boys basketball scoreboard for Monday (complete)

Feb 20, 2023

Monday, Feb. 20 Class 5A First-round byes: (1) Manheim Central, (2) Lampeter-Strasburg (9) Muhlenberg46(8) West York39Jay'Daniel Mosquera 11 points for Muhls (15-9).(4) Mechanicsburg52(13) Greencastle44(5)…

Diamond Credit Union District 3 girls basketball scoreboard for Monday (complete)

Feb 20, 2023

Monday, Feb. 20 Class 6A First-round byes: (1) Cedar Cliff, (2) Central York, (3) Lebanon, (4) Red Lion (8) York High45(9) Cedar Crest40(5) Central Dauphin37(12) Cumberland Valley30(7) Manheim Township37(10)…

It’s back-to-back UECU Player of the Week awards for Wyomissing’s Amaya Stewart

Feb 20, 2023

Amaya Stewart found herself facing friends and former youth teammates when her Wyomissing basketball team met Reading High for the Berks Girls League championship Friday. She wasn’t about to take it easy on them. “We’re…

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