Boys Basketball

Wilson grad Stevie Mitchell had four steals and scored seven points as Marquette remained unbeaten with a 73-59 win over the nation’s top-ranked team, Kansas, in the semifinals of the Maui Invitational Tuesday. The Golden Eagles…

Reading High grad Ruben Rodriguez scored seven points off the bench in his college debut Monday, helping Rider to a 113-67 victory over visiting Immaculata. The three-time All-State pick played 17 minutes off the bench for the…

Stevie Mitchell had six points, six rebounds and three steals as No. 5 Marquette opened its season Monday with a 92-70 victory over Northern Illinois at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee. Mitchell, Wilson’s all-time scoring leader,…

Each time the NCAA men’s basketball tournament tips and CBS plays that heart-tugging montage of tournament highlights Steve Zeiber thinks back to his one shining moment. It came far from the glare of the national spotlight, in a…

On what was one of the most memorable nights of Rick Perez’s monumental coaching career at Reading High he realized it was time for it to end. After a stirring 68-65 comeback win over Cardinal O’Hara that made him the winningest…

Throughout six seasons on Reading High’s basketball staff Francis Camara effectively, and intentionally, remained out of the spotlight. You probably didn’t notice him on the sidelines at games. You didn’t spot him easily in team…

After the greatest run in Reading High basketball history – arguable the greatest in Berks basketball history – Rick Perez is done as Red Knights coach. Perez announced the move in a letter Friday afternoon to the Squires Club,…

All-State picks Sam Bryant and Trenity Burdine are among eight members of the 11th class of the Reading High Athletic Hall of Fame. The new class will be introduced during a halftime ceremony Friday at the Red Knights’ football…

Three-sport athletes used to be commonplace at the high school level. Not so much anymore. Longer seasons that overlap, the desire for specialization, the growth of club teams and the AAU circuit, and chasing college…

It didn’t take long for the glow to fade following the greatest basketball season in Exeter history. Less than a week after the Eagles played in the PIAA Class 5A championship game word began to circulate that Kevin Saenz, a key…