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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.

Diamond Credit Union Berks Baseball Scoreboard for April 12 (complete)

Apr 12, 2022

Tuesday's games Schuylkill Valley2Berks Catholic0Drew Campbell two-hitter with 7 Ks for Panthers (2-1 Berks III, 3-4); Colin Stoudt triple, run scored, RBI. Saints fall to 2-1 Berks III, 5-3.Fleetwood2Garden Spot1Jake Karnish,…

Conner Licklider of Hamburg is UECU Player of the Week

Apr 11, 2022

As Conner Licklider goes, so go the Hamburg Hawks. Early in the season that’s been pretty good. The junior second baseman and pitcher is off to a strong start for the preseason Division III Berks League favorite Hawks, who won…

Diamond Credit Union Berks Baseball Scoreboard for April 11 (complete)

Apr 11, 2022

Monday's games Wilson9Exeter1Cole Leaman strikes out 12 over 6 IP for Bulldogs (1-1 Berks I, 1-4); Rafael Fernandez 2 runs, 2 RBIs. Brady Hannahoe gets 2 hits and an RBI for the Eagles (1-1 Berks I, 4-2), who walk 11, commit 3…

Alexander Velez of Gov. Mifflin is UECU Pitcher of the Week

Apr 11, 2022

Weeks before the season began Gov. Mifflin coach Chris Hole could see the strides junior right-hander Alexander Velez had made since last season, both physically and mentally. He was counting on him to be one of the Mustangs' top…

Sherman brothers have found hockey heaven in the most unlikely of places

Apr 10, 2022

Josh Sherman didn't travel halfway across the globe in search of an ice hockey paradise. The Exeter grad was looking for an adventure, a chance to grow, and the opportunity to teach abroad when he relocated to Thailand four years…

Diamond Credit Union Berks Baseball Scoreboard for April 9

Apr 9, 2022

Saturday's games Central DauphinatWilsonPostponedGov. MifflinatBoyertownPostponedPottsvilleatMuhlenbergPostponedFleetwoodatConrad WeiserPostponed, April 26Schuylkill ValleyatBerks Catholic Postponed, April…

Saints squeeze past Hawks — and into first place in Berks III

Apr 8, 2022

Berks Catholic didn't have much need for the squeeze bunt last season. The Saints were rarely close enough to utilize such a play: They lost six times by nine runs or more in finishing a program-worst 5-15. They continued their big…

Exeter uses late rally to hand Twin Valley its first loss

Apr 8, 2022

Exeter right-hander Devin Sheerin remembers a tough loss last year at Twin Valley when he took a shutout into the seventh inning only to lose it, and the game, on a squeeze bunt. Sheerin found himself in another pitcher's duel…

Diamond Credit Union Berks Baseball Scoreboard for April 8 (updated)

Apr 8, 2022

Friday's games Reading High atWilsonPostponedGov. Mifflin4Daniel Boone0Tyler Minick 5 shutout innings, 2 hits, RBI, SB for the Mustangs (2-0, 6-0); Travis Jenkins 2 RBIs for Mifflin. Riley Brady 2 hits for Blazers (0-2,…

Remembering the ‘Phil-ins’ as a new baseball season dawns

Apr 7, 2022

It was the spring of 1995, when ballyards in Arizona and Florida usually were bustling with big league players and worshipping fans, both eager for the start of a new baseball season. Not this year. At least not…

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