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Wednesday's games Wilson1Fleetwood0Rueben Livingston strikes out 12, allows 1 hit over 6 1/3 IP for Bulldogs (2-1 Berks I, 2-4); Nick Ruiz with walkoff RBI single. Adam Knoll allows 1 run over 6 1/3 IP for Tigers (0-2 Berks II,…

Tuesday's games Schuylkill Valley2Berks Catholic0Drew Campbell two-hitter with 7 Ks for Panthers (2-1 Berks III, 3-4); Colin Stoudt triple, run scored, RBI. Saints fall to 2-1 Berks III, 5-3.Fleetwood2Garden Spot1Jake Karnish,…

As Conner Licklider goes, so go the Hamburg Hawks. Early in the season that’s been pretty good. The junior second baseman and pitcher is off to a strong start for the preseason Division III Berks League favorite Hawks, who won…

Monday's games Wilson9Exeter1Cole Leaman strikes out 12 over 6 IP for Bulldogs (1-1 Berks I, 1-4); Rafael Fernandez 2 runs, 2 RBIs. Brady Hannahoe gets 2 hits and an RBI for the Eagles (1-1 Berks I, 4-2), who walk 11, commit 3…

Weeks before the season began Gov. Mifflin coach Chris Hole could see the strides junior right-hander Alexander Velez had made since last season, both physically and mentally. He was counting on him to be one of the Mustangs' top…

Saturday's games Central DauphinatWilsonPostponedGov. MifflinatBoyertownPostponedPottsvilleatMuhlenbergPostponedFleetwoodatConrad WeiserPostponed, April 26Schuylkill ValleyatBerks Catholic Postponed, April…

Berks Catholic didn't have much need for the squeeze bunt last season. The Saints were rarely close enough to utilize such a play: They lost six times by nine runs or more in finishing a program-worst 5-15. They continued their big…

Exeter right-hander Devin Sheerin remembers a tough loss last year at Twin Valley when he took a shutout into the seventh inning only to lose it, and the game, on a squeeze bunt. Sheerin found himself in another pitcher's duel…

Friday's games Reading High atWilsonPostponedGov. Mifflin4Daniel Boone0Tyler Minick 5 shutout innings, 2 hits, RBI, SB for the Mustangs (2-0, 6-0); Travis Jenkins 2 RBIs for Mifflin. Riley Brady 2 hits for Blazers (0-2,…

It was the spring of 1995, when ballyards in Arizona and Florida usually were bustling with big league players and worshipping fans, both eager for the start of a new baseball season. Not this year. At least not…