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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.

Red Knights: 23 District 3 titles, and counting (updated with boxscore)

Mar 5, 2022

HERSHEY -- No. 23 wasn't quite as easy as anticipated. When Reading High returned seven of its top nine players from a PIAA championship team, some were conceding this year's District 3 Class 6A title to it. It seemed to go…

Silver lining no solace for Tiburcio, Mounts

Mar 5, 2022

HERSHEY – Hector Tiburcio couldn’t hide his disappointment. The Antietam senior slumped during the postgame awards presentation as Mounts coach Mike Green awarded silver medals to his players at Giant Center Saturday afternoon. …

Berks Catholic girls fall to Delone Catholic in district final

Mar 5, 2022

HERSHEY -- Berks Catholic's trademark defense was fully present Saturday but the Saints had trouble finding enough baskets to keep up with top-seeded Delone Catholic in a 33-27 loss in the District 3 Class 4A girls basketball…

Gallant effort by Mounts falls short in Class 2A title game (updated with boxscore)

Mar 5, 2022

(This story will be updated with details and postgame reaction) HERSHEY -- Somehow, the Antietam Mounts hung close to defending District 3 Class 2A champ Lancaster Mennonite throughout Saturday's championship-game rematch. At…

Twin Valley girls lose district finale, finish sixth

Mar 4, 2022

Junior Mia Libby scored a game-high 24 points as Greencastle-Antrim defeated Twin Valley 45-29 Friday in a District 3 Class 5A girls basketball game to determine fifth place. The third-seeded Blue Devils (20-4) led just 21-18 at…

Wilson ousted from district tournament on last-second shot

Mar 4, 2022

Cumberland Valley's Dylan Levis ended Wilson's season with a 3-pointer in the final second Friday, sending the second-seeded Eagles over the ninth-seeded Bulldogs 44-41 at Mechanicsburg in a PIAA Class 6A state qualifier. The…

Antietam’s Jovan Hollis hoping to add to gold collection

Mar 4, 2022

Jovan Hollis wore his Exeter Eagles football championship T-shirt to Antietam basketball practice Friday afternoon. Maybe it was a coincidence, or maybe it was a subliminal thought, reminding him that he and the Mounts can claim a…

10 Fast Facts about Reading High’s District 3 championship history

Mar 4, 2022

Top-seeded Reading High meets No. 7 Warwick in the District 3 Class 6A championship game Saturday at 7:45 at Giant Center. Here are 10 facts about the Red Knights' district championship game history. The Red Knights have won 22…

Being counted out against Reading High nothing new for Warwick

Mar 4, 2022

Warwick basketball coach Chris Christensen says his team has embraced its underdog role in the District 3 Class 6A Tournament. That's a good thing, because the seventh-seeded Warriors will take the floor at Giant Center Saturday at…

District 3 championship scoreboard (complete)

Mar 3, 2022

Boys CLASS 5ALampeter-Strasburg66Shippensburg57CLASS 4ABerks Catholic60Middletown37CLASS 1ALinville Hill Christian51Lancaster Country Day42 Girls CLASS 6ACentral Dauphin25Cumberland Valley21CLASS 3ATrinity46York Catholic…

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