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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.

Mifflin gets back on track with big win over Hempfield

Gov. Mifflin sure didn't look like a team that had gone two weeks without playing, or three weeks without winning. The Mustangs scored three times in the first inning Thursday and didn't let up in pounding ninth-seeded Hempfield…

Saints see season end against top-seeded Crusaders

Berks Catholic hung with top-seeded Lancaster Catholic into the eighth inning Thursday before freshman pinch-hitter Drew Walker's two-out single gave the Crusaders a 2-1 win in a District 3 Class 3A semifinal at Riley Field in…

Thunderbolts strike late, finish off Hawks

Tristan Baer put Hamburg up three runs with a first-inning home run but he and Hawks couldn't hold off two late rallies in a 6-4 loss to Littlestown Thursday in a District 3 Class 4A quarterfinal at Miller Field in Hamburg. The…

Tyler Minick: ‘We’ve gotta get that swagger back’

For the first 5 1/2 weeks of the baseball season the Gov. Mifflin Mustangs could do no wrong. They scored 10 or more runs five times in their first eight games, clinched the Berks League Division 1 title with a week to go, won…

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