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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 County Football Coaches Association 2022 All-Academic team announced

Dec 8, 2022

Lucas Palange (Team includes starters and key special teams contributors with a 3.0 grade point average or better for the first quarter.) Berks Catholic: Ty Barreto, Luke Bennethum, Michael Bradley, Aidan Curley, Scott Duffy,…

Steel-High, Southern Columbia among favorites in PIAA championships

Dec 8, 2022

The most anticipated of this week's six PIAA football championship games might be the Class 4A rematch between Aliquippa (13-0) and Bishop McDevitt (12-1). The Quips won last year's meeting 34-27. So, who wins Thursday night when…

PIAA football championship schedule

Dec 8, 2022

All games at Chapman Field, Cumberland Valley High School, Mechanicsburg. (Click on classification for state tournament bracket.) Class 6A Harrisburg (11-2) vs. St. Joseph's Prep (11-1), Saturday, 7:10. Semifinals …

‘Special’ talent Cam Jones of Wilson highlights 2022 All-Berks football team

Dec 7, 2022

Cam Jones was such a dazzling kick returner people sometimes overlooked the other parts of his game. The Wilson senior was very good at those, too: He led backs in Section 1 of the Lancaster-Lebanon League with 999 rushing yards…

Berks boys basketball schedule for Wednesday, Dec. 7

Dec 7, 2022

Wednesday, Dec. 7. No Berks boys basketball games scheduled. Tuesday, Dec. 6 results Reading High87Central York68Ruben Rodriguez 31 points, Aris Rodriguez 30.Wilson59Central Dauphin48Aidan Melograna 14 points, Cleveland…

Legendary basketball coach Pete Carril ‘saw things in people others didn’t see’

Dec 7, 2022

Dick Graul says he wasn't a very good basketball player as a young teen. He'd go down to the courts at 11th and Pike looking for a game but no one would pick him. "I was terrible," he said. Pete Carril would disagree. Years…

Even after he drops 30, Red Knights say there’s more to come from Aris Rodriguez — much more

Dec 7, 2022

Aris Rodriguez knocked down four 3-pointers in the first quarter Tuesday night against Central York. The Reading High senior sank his first five shots from beyond the arc and had 22 points by halftime -- a career high. The 6-5…

Hot-shooting Aris Rodriguez leads Reading High to season-opening win

Dec 6, 2022

(This story will be updated later tonight with additional details and postgame reaction.) Aris Rodriguez's Reading High teammates and coaches have been laying down some bold statements about a guy who was strictly a role player off…

Berks boys basketball scoreboard for Tuesday, Dec. 6

Dec 6, 2022

Reading High87Central York68Ruben Rodriguez 31 points, Aris Rodriguez 30.Wilson59Central Dauphin48Aidan Melograna 14 points, Cleveland Harding Jr. 14 points for Bulldogs (2-0).Muhlenberg66Palmyra39J'Daniel Mosquera 15 points, Josh…

Wyomissing slips to No. 3 in state rankings after season-ending semifinal loss

Dec 6, 2022

Wyomissing, which spent 10 weeks ranked No. 1 in the state in Class 3A, will finish the season at No. 3. The Spartans were eliminated from the PIAA Tournament Saturday with a 20-17 loss to Neumann-Goretti, which scored the winning…

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