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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.

Stevie Mitchell, Marquette off to a fast start with season-opening win

Nov 8, 2022

Stevie Mitchell and Marquette got off to a strong start Monday in their season opener, beating Radford 79-69 in Milwaukee. Wilson's all-time scoring leader got his first college start and hit half his 10 shots to finish with 11…

Mason Semmel is Body Zone Physical Therapy Defensive Player of the Week

Nov 8, 2022

Body Zone Physical Therapy Defensive Player of the Week His team gave up 23 first downs, 35 points and allowed Upper Dauphin to score a pair of early touchdowns to take a 14-point lead, but still Hamburg coach Matt Hoffert…

Diamond Credit Union Lineman of the Week: Berks Catholic’s Owen Reber

Nov 7, 2022

Diamond Credit Union Lineman of the Week For a guy essentially playing with one arm Owen Reber did pretty well in Berks Catholic's final game of the season. Of course by Week 11 he was used to having his left forearm and…

Wyomissing Physical Therapy Offensive Player of the Week: Hawks’ Pierce Mason

Nov 7, 2022

Wyomissing Physical Therapy Offensive Player of the Week Hamburg coach Matt Hoffert says running back Pierce Mason is still not 100 percent recovered from a midseason ankle injury but admits, "He's pretty close." That…

Lancaster-Lebanon team defensive leaders: scoring, rushing, passing

Nov 7, 2022

Statistics compiled by LancasterOnline.com (Through 10 regular season games) POINTS PER GAMETOTAL DEFENSE(Yardsper…

Week 11: Fearless Friday Football Forecast (updated with results)

Nov 6, 2022

The playoffs have finally arrived and the first-round match-ups have brought plenty of toss-up games. As you can see our Fearless Forecasters were squabbling all week and came to agreement on very little. Sure, everyone's taking…

Berks/L-L and District 3 football scoreboard (complete)

Nov 6, 2022

District 3 Class 5A first round(8) Shippensburg32(9) Cedar Cliff14(12) Cocalico42(5) Elizabethtown2(7) Dover40(10) Garden Spot21(11) Northern21(6) South Western20District 3 Class 4A first round(8) East Pennsboro43(9) Kennard-Dale0(7)…

With Pierce Mason back in form, Hamburg races past Upper Dauphin

Nov 5, 2022

Matt Hoffert knew Pierce Mason was ready for a breakout game when the Hamburg tailback said before practice earlier in the week that his ailing ankle felt so good he didn't think he needed to tape it up. "'I feel like myself right…

Pierce Mason, Hamburg run past Upper Dauphin in District 3 opener

Nov 4, 2022

(This story will be updated later tonight with additional details and postgame reaction.) Pierce Mason looks healthy again, and so do the Hamburg Hawks. The senior tailback broke off four touchdown runs as the fourth-seeded…

Berks/L-L and District 3 football schedule (and who to follow for live updates)

Nov 4, 2022

FRIDAY'S GAMES (all games at 7 unless noted)MikeDragoSports.com/LNP coverageDistrict 3 Class 5A first round (9) Cedar Cliff at (8) Shippensburg(12) Cocalico at (5) ElizabethtownFollow Jeff Reinhart(10) Garden Spot at (7) DoverFollow…

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