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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.

Wyomissing stops Middletown cold, heads back to District 3 title game

Nov 13, 2021

Bob Wolfrum's been waiting for this, waiting for a chance to really measure his Wyomissing football team. Fans may love all the blowouts but Wolfrum puts more value in a game such as this, when Middletown made his guys fight for every…

Ruiz sets two program marks but Hamburg falls to Boiling Springs in district semi

Nov 13, 2021

One week after the first district victory in program the Hamburg Hawks must've been thinking about another historic win. The went into halftime tied with second-seeded Boiling Springs Friday in a District 3 Class 3A game and were…

Saints get all defensive about win over Eagles

Nov 12, 2021

Tyler Givens has been trying to make that play in practice all season but he never came up with. He'd get a hand on the ball, or swat it down, but he was never able to hold on to it. Friday night the Berks Catholic defensive end…

Berks Week 12 scoreboard

Nov 12, 2021

Scoreboard for Week 12 FRIDAY'S GAMESFWilson14Central York 11FGov. Mifflin63Warwick35FExeter43Manheim Central26FBerks Catholic21Cocalico7FHamburg7Boiling Springs35SATURDAY'S GAME4Wyomissing14Middletown0

Football notebook: A Bulldog scores with Mustangs; more honors for Jven Williams

Nov 12, 2021

A former Bulldog dropped by Shillington recently to share some life lessons with the Mustangs. Alex Auston, a Hall of Fame running back at Wilson from 1994-97, shared his story about a difficult transition from football player to…

Five Fast Football Facts for Week 12

Nov 12, 2021

On the 40th anniversary of the District 3 football playoffs, some facts about the history of the tournament: 1 The record for rushing yards in a District 3 playoff game is 463, set by Dayjure Steward of York High, vs.…

Berks Week 12 football schedule and coverage plans

Nov 12, 2021

MikeDragoSports.com will be covering four games Friday night and one Saturday. The live scoreboard will be updated throughout the night, and on Saturday. Check back late Friday, and again Saturday, for final scores and stories…

Best quarterback in the state stands between Wilson and district championship game

Nov 11, 2021

He may not be faster than a speeding bullet or able to leap tall buildings in a single bound but Central York quarterback Beau Pribula is super on a football field. His coach, Gerry Yonchiuk, compares him favorably to Chad Henne at…

Top-seeded Mustangs ready to shake off the rust, get back into it against Warwick

Nov 11, 2021

Bye weeks at this time of the season are looked at as a reward. Have a great regular season, earn a high seed for the district playoffs, get a free pass in the opening round. For Gov. Mifflin the opening-round bye in the District 3…

Scouts enjoy major haul in Berks Section 2 all-league voting

Nov 10, 2021

In a season with some extraordinary individual talent it turns out Berks Football League Section 2 champ Wyomissing didn't have all the best players after all. It might've seemed that way, considering that the unbeaten Spartans…

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