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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.

What’s it gonna take to stop the Red Knights?

Matt Coldren's been coaching against Reading High for over 20 years. His Wilson team has played the Red Knights nearly five dozen times in that span: League play, county playoffs and at nearly every stage of the District 3 Tournament.…

Red Knights at their best in racing past Bulldogs (updated)

(This story will be updated with details and postgame reaction later tonight.) Wilson and Reading High waged one of the greatest season-long high school basketball battles ever seen in Berks a season ago. They met four times and…

District 3 boys basketball scoreboard (complete)

Friday's results CLASS 6AQUARTERFINALS(1) Reading High68(9) Wilson45Ruben Rodriguez 20 points for the Red Knights (23-3); Foday Sillah 12 points for the Bulldogs (15-9)(5) Cedar Cliff42(4) Hempfield40Colts (21-4); Black Knights…

District 3 girls basketball scoreboard (complete)

Friday's results CLASS 5AQUARTERFINALS(1) Mechanicsburg28(8) Twin Valley18Wildcats (20-4); Raiders (15-9)(4) Manheim Central50(5) West York41Barons (19-5); Bulldogs (15-8)(2) Gettysburg55(7) Lampeter-Strasuburg43Greyhounds (20-5);…

Memorable season comes to an end for Fleetwood

Fleetwood's best basketball season in over 30 years came to an end Thursday. The 13th-seeded Tigers were eliminated by fifth-seeded Palmyra 67-46 in a District 3 Class 5A playback game at Palmyra. The loss was the second straight…

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