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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.

Drew Eisenhower leads King’s to opening-round win in West Reading tourney

Jul 25, 2022

Drew Eisenhower, a rising senior at Wyomissing, scored 15 points to lead King's Auto Repair over Bertolet Volkswagen 49-42 Monday night in the opening round of the West Reading Ron Krick Memorial League playoffs. King's, the No. 5…

Top-seeded Berks Packing set to defend West Reading Summer League title

Jul 24, 2022

Berks Packing and Naso Realty are the top seeds for West Reading's Ron Krick Memorial League playoffs, which begin Monday at the West Reading courts. Berks Packing, composed of players from Berks Catholic, earned a first-round bye…

Wilson’s Rueben Livingston excited to start new chapter in baseball journey

Jul 24, 2022

Two-time All-Berks pick Rueben Livingston was disappointed when he wasn't selected in the Major League Baseball Draft last week, but it only made his resolve to play professional baseball stronger. "I learned you have to be really,…

Want to join the best team in town?

Jul 22, 2022

High school football season kicks off in less than two months. This figures to be one of the most exciting seasons in Berks County football history as 13 local schools join Wilson in the Lancaster-Lebanon League. Would you like…

Wyomissing’s Max Hurleman looking like a big catch for Colgate football

Jul 20, 2022

Two games into his college career Max Hurleman wasn't sure if he had picked the right school. He committed to Colgate for a lot of reasons, its academic reputation high among them, but he also wanted to again play in a winning…

Delsin McNeil is ‘what we want for our quarterback,’ says Mifflin coach

Jul 18, 2022

Delsin McNeil was so smooth at quarterback last season people often didn't notice when he'd sub in for Gov. Mifflin starter Eden Johnson. They wore similar-looking numbers -- Johnson was No. 3, McNeil No. 8 -- had similar builds…

Exeter’s Alex Kelsey excited for chance to play in Big 26 Baseball Classic

Jul 14, 2022

"Amazing" That was Alex Kelsey's reaction when he learned he made Pennsylvania's Big 26 baseball team. The center fielder had a big season for Exeter in the spring and is having an equally big summer for the Berks Bulls but…

Nick Singleton headed to ESPY Awards

Jul 14, 2022

Some day Nick Singleton may be up for an ESPY Award. For now the former Gov. Mifflin star will have to be content to walk the red carpet and watch the annual sports/celebrity event in person. The Penn State running back has been…

Justin Perry named baseball coach at Albright

Jul 13, 2022

Justin Perry has been hired as head baseball coach at Albright College. He spent seven seasons as associate coach at Gettysburg College. Justin Perry "Justin has a lot of experience under some outstanding college baseball…

For Stu Jackson, there are few mountains left to climb in the basketball world

Jul 13, 2022

It would that seem that at this point Stu Jackson has crossed nearly everything off his basketball bucket list. He set the career scoring record at Reading High, then went on to play and coach at the highest level of the college…

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