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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.

Everything falls just right for Saints as they capture district championship

Mar 3, 2022

HERSHEY – After a district semifinal win over Littlestown Monday night a bunch of Berks Catholic players went out to have wings and celebrate reaching the championship game. Jack Miller didn’t join them. He took his basketball and…

Berks Catholic shoots down Middletown to claim fourth District 3 title (updated with boxscore)

Mar 3, 2022

HERSHEY -- Berks Catholic's perimeter shooting had trouble finding the range during two Berks Conference playoff games at Santander Arena last month. Saints coach Snip Esterly said the large arena caused depth perception issues that…

Berks Catholic shoots down Middletown to claim District 3 Class 4A title

Mar 3, 2022

(This story will be updated with game details and postgame reaction later today.) HERSHEY -- Berks Catholic's perimeter shooting had trouble finding the range during two Berks Conference playoff games at Santander Arena. Saints…

Klitsch, Feliciano among five Berks picks for East-West Big School team

Mar 3, 2022

Logan Klitsch and Aanjay Feliciano will connect on the football field one more time after each was selected Thursday to play in the PSFCA East-West Big School All-Star Game. The Conrad Weiser quarterback and wide receiver are among…

Carter, Thompson among six Wyomissing players selected for East-West game

Mar 3, 2022

Nevin Carter and Amory Thompson will have one last high school football game together before heading off to play at California University in the fall. The Wyomissing All-State picks will be teammates again in the PSFCA East-West…

Exeter tops Northeastern to secure seventh place

Mar 2, 2022

Colin Payne scored 13 fourth-quarter points to help 10th-seeded Exeter rally past ninth-seeded Northeastern 58-55 Wednesday to claim seventh place in the District 3 Class 5A Tournament. The Eagles (13-14) trailed 44-41 entering the…

Motivated Middletown team stands in the way of Berks Catholic and title

Mar 2, 2022

Berks Catholic may be the No. 1 seed in the District 3 Class 4A boys basketball tournament but Middletown is the defending champ and full of motivation and confidence. Coach Chris Bradford has reminded his guys that Middletown has…

District 3 girls basketball scoreboard (complete)

Mar 2, 2022

Wednesday's games CLASS 6A3RD PLACE(1) Cedar Cliff37(2) Dallastown325TH PLACE(5) Central York53(10) Manheim Township357TH PLACE(3) Red Lion41(8) Penn Manor37 Tuesday's results CLASS 5ASEMIFINALS(1) Mechanicsburg45(4)…

District 3 boys basketball scoreboard (complete)

Mar 2, 2022

Wednesday's game CLASS 5A7TH PLACE(10) Exeter58(9) Northeastern535TH PLACE(12) Susquehannock72(11) Lower Dauphin703RD PLACE(4) Hershey74(2) West York51STATE QUALIFIER(6) Elizabethtown68(5) Palmyra56 CLASS 4A3RD PLACE(2)…

Winning, or coaching, has never gotten old for Snip Esterly

Mar 2, 2022

Snip Esterly heads to Hershey Thursday to coach in a district championship game for the 18th time, but he'll approach it as if it was the first. He has a dozen District 3 gold medals hanging in his den; 14 if you count those he won…

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