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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.

Milestones: 10 important numbers to chase this season in Berks football

Aug 3, 2021

No. 1 One of the biggest storylines in Berks this season is Nick Singleton's pursuit of the all-time Berks rushing mark. He would've grabbed that record last year had Gov. Mifflin played a full schedule, but COVID got in the way.…

Golden Bears’ Mason McElroy eager for return following painful loss

Aug 2, 2021

Mason McElroy was ready to walk away from football a year ago at this time. He saw his senior season at Kutztown University canceled due to the coronavirus outbreak and thought that was it. He figured he'd graduate the following…

Football is a snap for Gov. Mifflin’s Eden Johnson

Aug 2, 2021

Eden Johnson ended last season playing quarterback at Gov. Mifflin, but it wasn't the way he envisioned it. Ruled ineligible for the playoffs because of his late transfer from West Catholic in Philadelphia, the best he could do was…

Time for a new approach

Aug 1, 2021

Time and space. Those are the dual enemies every sportswriter faces in a daily battle that is almost never won. When you're covering sports for a daily print product there's never enough space to fully tell the story … never…

Ross Tucker never stops talking football — and he’d have it no other way

Aug 1, 2021

Like the rest of his Mites and Midgets teammates, Ross Tucker had his sights set on playing for Penn State and in the NFL. Football was his first love and he wanted to make it his life. Then reality set in. He was 5-9, 150 pounds…

Nick Singleton focused on Berks rushing mark — and a state championship

Aug 1, 2021

Nick Singleton pondered the number for a moment. “Twenty-four hundred?” he repeated, when told the Berks single-season rushing mark. “That's a lot,” the Gov. Mifflin running back said. “It's possible, but it's a lot.” The…

Late-season flourish puts Cooper Lutz in the thick of Syracuse running back picture

Aug 1, 2021

Cooper Lutz never lacked for confidence on a football field. He started as a sophomore at Berks Catholic and rushed for over 1,000 yards on a team that went 12-2 and set a Berks record by averaging 44.5 points per game. He went on…

Selfless Aiden Mack is just as happy to knock your block off as score a touchdown

Aug 1, 2021

Aiden Mack may be the best football player in Berks County you haven't heard about yet. And he's fine with that. “I'm not too worried about the spotlight,” Wyomissing's rising senior tight end says. “At the end of the day, if…

Class of 2021: Berks college football commitments

Aug 1, 2021

Here's a list college football commitments for last year's senior class in Berks football: Ethan AshcroftWilsonOLGettysburgJordan AumanWyomissingDB JuniataKaleb BrownWilsonDB Penn StateDarren BrunnerWyomissing LBIthacaAidan…

KTB Select, with big assist from Josiah Jordan, brings world title back to Reading

Aug 1, 2021

Like most of his teammates, Josiah "JayJay" Jordan was confident he and his KTB Select basketball team could compete with any of the top teams gathered last month for the AAU 16U/10th grade Division II World Championship in Orlando,…

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