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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.

Dobb, Payne, Zdimal highlight Berks boys basketball honor roll

Jan 17, 2022

MikeDragoSports.com presents an honor roll of the top Berks boys basketball players each week. Coaches are encouraged to nominate their top player for consideration. One player will be selected Player of the Week. Charlie Dobb …

Danny Turchi of Oley Valley is Wyomissing PT Player of the Week

Jan 17, 2022

Wyomissing Physical Therapy Player of the Week Danny Turchi was a key part of an ensemble cast last season that netted Oley Valley its first division title in 11 seasons. With four starters graduated from that team, Turchi was…

Big effort by Lilley, Lower Merion take Reading High down (updated)

Jan 16, 2022

Penn State recruit Demetrius Lilley scored 19 second-half points as Lower Merion beat Reading High 61-57 Sunday afternoon at West Chester University in the Play-by-Play Classic. The Red Knights (11-2) led 29-28 at halftime before…

Big second half lifts Berks Catholic to impressive win over Trinity

Jan 15, 2022

There's a good chance Berks Catholic and Trinity will run into each other in the District 3 Class 4A Tournament late next month or in early March. If they do the Saints can look back at Saturday's win over the Shamrocks for a…

Antietam off to 12-1 start, looking for more challenges

Jan 15, 2022

Mike Green was looking forward to Monday's scheduled crossover match-up against Division III-leading Fleetwood. His Antietam Mounts are off to one of the best starts in program history and in first place in Division IV of the Berks…

Edwin Suarez leads second-half burst as Muhlenberg tops Gov. Mifflin

Jan 14, 2022

Edwin Suarez has been a big presence for Muhlenberg this season. Friday he grew a little more, leading the Muhls back from eight points down to a 55-47 Berks Conference Division I-II crossover win over Gov. Mifflin at Shillington. …

Hoop Notes: Advice from legendary coach, milestone for a Blue Jay

Jan 14, 2022

Ken Bianchi tries to keep things simple when it comes to basketball. Maybe that's why he's lasted so long and has had so much success. Before each game the Abington Heights coach writes three instructions on the blackboard. They're…

Donovon Jack reflects on ‘special’ days with Cardinals, Saints

Jan 13, 2022

Donovon Jack calls it "kind of surreal" to be entering the Berks Catholic Hall of Fame. He and his teammates were just having fun and living in the moment when they were winning basketball championships at Central Catholic and…

Wyomissing boys basketball team facing another pause, backed up schedule

Jan 13, 2022

As challenging as last season was for Wyomissing -- starting the season a month late, a shutdown the first half of February and finishing the regular season with five games in five days -- Spartans basketball coach Ryan Ludwig says…

Red Knights score rare win at Chester

Jan 12, 2022

Ruben Rodriguez hit both ends of a one-and-one with 18.9 seconds left and Reading High held on for a rare victory at Chester Wednesday, beating the Clippers 67-63. Rodriguez, coming off a career-high 35-point performance at…

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