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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.

Berks boys playoff preview: No. 2 Exeter vs. No. 7 Oley Valley

Feb 11, 2023

No. 2 Exeter (17-5) vs. No. 7 Oley Valley (18-4) When, where: Monday, 7, at Reiffton. Head to head: The teams have not met since 2010. Eagles update: A year after limping into the playoffs the Eagles enter in a full…

Berks boys playoff preview: No. 4 Fleetwood vs. No. 5 Wilson

Feb 11, 2023

No. 4 Fleetwood (20-2) vs No. 5 Wilson (16-6) When, where: Monday, 7, at Fleetwood Head to head: Did not meet this season. Wilson won 73-53 in a regular season meeting last year. The Tigers: Saw seven-game winning…

Berks Girls League playoff brackets finalized

Feb 9, 2023

Top-seeded Berks Catholic will host No. 8 Schuylkill Valley as the Berks Girls League tournament opens Saturday afternoon with four games. There were no successful challenges at the coaches seeding meeting. The top eight seeds are…

Exeter moves up, Fleetwood, BC bumped down in Berks Conference playoff bracket

Feb 9, 2023

Berks II champ Exeter moved up two spots Thursday at the coaches seeding meeting and will host Berks IV champ Oley Valley Monday at 7 when the Berks Conference playoffs open with quarterfinals at four sites. Berks IV champ…

Here are the 5 (or so) most improved players in the Berks Conference this season

Feb 9, 2023

Aidan Melograna wasn’t happy with his role or the way he performed it as a junior. He was determined to get physically stronger and improve his game, and he went at it hard. The transformation has been remarkable, almost…

Diamond Credit Union Berks boys basketball scoreboard for Thursday

Feb 9, 2023

Thursday, Feb. 9 Milton Hershey83Twin Valley58Kannon Zdimal 20 points for Raiders (4-18).Trinity70Wyomissing58Alex Campbell 19 points for Spartans (8-14). Wednesday, Feb. 8 Schuylkill Valley58Susquehanna Township31Cooper…

10 Questions with Exeter’s Teddy Snyder, presented by the Weeber/Langdon Team of Merrill Lynch

Feb 9, 2023

MikeDragoSports.com goes one-on-one with a Berks basketball player to find out what’s on his or her mind — on the court and off. Teddy Snyder, Exeter Senior guard Q: To be the Flight 1 Berks County champ…

Berks Conference basketball standings

Feb 8, 2023

(x) indicates division champ (y) indicates Berks playoff qualifier Berks ILeagueOverallx-Reading High11-021-1y-Wilson6-416-6y-Muhlenberg6-514-8Gov. Mifflin3-87-15 Berks IILeagueOverallx-Exeter10-217-5y-Berks…

Streaking Exeter Eagles move up in ‘Beast of East’ Class 5A rankings

Feb 8, 2023

Exeter moved up two spots and Muhlenberg was dropped in the weekly "Beast of the East" Pennsylvania basketball rankings, which include PIAA schools in Districts 1, 2, 3, 4, 11 and 12. The Eagles moved from No. 6 to No. 4. The…

Diamond Credit Union Berks boys basketball scoreboard for Wednesday

Feb 8, 2023

Wednesday, Feb. 8 Schuylkill Valley58Susquehanna Township31Cooper Hohenadel career-high 21 points for Panthers (17-5). Tuesday, Feb. 7 Reading High66Muhlenberg47Aris Rodriguez 18 points, Ruben Rodriguez 14 for Red Knights…

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