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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.

Wyomissing Physical Therapy Player of the Week: Reading High’s Ruben Rodriguez

Feb 20, 2023

Wyomissing Physical Therapy Offensive Player of the Week The shots weren’t falling for Ruben Rodriguez in the Berks Conference championship game Friday night. Reading’s two-time All-State guard missed five…

Exeter looks to regroup as District 3 tourney begins for 5 Berks boys teams

Feb 20, 2023

If Exeter can play with the same energy and precision it displayed against Reading High in the Berks Conference championship game the Eagles could find themselves playing for another championship next week. Matching that…

All-Berks, all-division girls basketball team lists

Feb 19, 2023

Player of the Year Amaya Stewart, Wyomissing Coach of the Year Aaron Anders, Wyomissing Wyomissing's Aaron Anders. (Tim Macrina photo) All-BerksAshanti ChapmanReading HighSr.Caroline HerbBerks…

All-Berks, all-division boys basketball team lists

Feb 19, 2023

Player of the Year Ruben Rodriguez, Reading High Coach of the Year Matt Ashcroft, Exeter Exeter's Matt Ashcroft. (Tim Macrina photo) All-Berks Anthony CacceseExeterSr.Jake KarnishFleetwoodSr.Ryan…

Wyomissing’s Amaya Stewart named Berks Girls League Player of the Year

Feb 19, 2023

Wyomissing basketball coach Aaron Anders says Amaya Stewart, a rapidly developing sophomore, has a high ceiling. She’s reaching the top pretty quickly. Two days after leading the Spartans to their first Berks Girls League…

Reading’s Ruben Rodriguez a repeat pick as Berks Player of the Year

Feb 19, 2023

The biggest games of his senior season still lie ahead but already Ruben Rodriguez has placed his name among the all-time greats in Berks basketball. Friday, in leading Reading High to a second straight Berks Conference…

Wyomissing’s Amaya Stewart: From ‘terrible’ to terror in no time at all

Feb 18, 2023

Amaya Stewart admits she wasn’t the best basketball player around when she first started playing with Reading’s KTB youth organization as a fifth-grader. That’s being kind, says her first KTB coach, Kanisha Edwards. “She was…

Menapace, Jordan, Caccese selected for East-West all-star games (updated)

Feb 18, 2023

Xander Menapace, Pierce Mason and Charles Sheppard, centerpieces of the highest-scoring football team in Hamburg history, will play one more game together as teammates in the PSFCA East-West game. They are among eight Berks seniors…

Xander Menapace, Josiah Jordan among Berks picks for East-West game

Feb 18, 2023

Berks championship Photo Gallery: Wyomissing vs. Reading High

Feb 18, 2023

Championship Photo Gallery by Tim Macrina Reading's Ashanti Chapman is trapped by Annie McCaffrey, back, and Audrey Hurleman. (Tim Macrina photo) Spartans' Amaya Stewart. (Tim Macrina photo) Wyomissing's Amaya Stewart,…

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