Boys Basketball

Schuylkill Valley’s Mark Rajnath scored 16 points to lead West Reading to another win and the championship game of its bracket in the Franklin Tournament Sunday in Sacramento before a loss eliminated the Pennsylvania squad. …

West Reading’s winning streak ended at five Saturday when it was beaten in the second game of tournament play in Northern California 72-50 by Edison High. The West Reading All-Stars opened play Saturday with a resounding win as…

Aidan Dauble enjoyed an impressive freshman season at Exeter, providing steady play off the bench as the league's top sixth man and coming up big in a playoff run that saw the Eagles win a district championship and reach the PIAA…

The West Reading All-Stars used another balanced scoring effort Thursday to win their second straight game in California. Recent Berks Catholic grad Josiah Jordan scored 13 points and was among five double-digit scorers in a 73-47…

Wilson’s Aidan Melograna led a balanced scoring effort as the West Reading All-Stars opened their Cultural Exchange trip in California with a 62-47 win over Sacramento High Wednesday night. Melograna, a 2023 grad who will play at…

Matt Ashcroft is getting out on top, apparently. According to a published report the Exeter boys basketball coach plans to resign after leading his team to a historic season that included the program’s first District 3 championship…

Mike Dooley has had enough exposure to Berks basketball to know whose lead to follow. He’s seen teams such as Reading High and Wilson win consistently with defense and wants to bring that to Conrad Weiser, where he was officially…

Conrad Weiser is expected to name Mike Dooley its boys basketball coach at Wednesday's school board meeting, two Berks basketball sources have confirmed. The Temple grad comes to Weiser from Spire Institute in Ohio, where…

Garrett Etzel didn’t score a point for Gov. Mifflin as a sophomore, unusual for a player who went on to be a 1,000-point scorer and Hall-of-Famer at the next level. He spent the spring and summer before his junior year playing in…

The most successful postseason in Berks boys basketball history led to a heavy haul on the All-State teams. Led by Class 6A Player of the Year Ruben Rodriguez of Reading High, Berks landed a record seven All-State selections,…