Boys Basketball

By Sean McBryan -- MikeDragoSports.com correspondent HERSHEY -- The words Chapman and champion are becoming synonymous. Nick Chapman, as his brother Joey did nearly two years ago to the day, secured the game-sealing steal…

The PIAA basketball championships will be played over three days at Giant Center, with four games each on Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Of the 12 boys finalists, each is a district champion, with four from District 12…

HERSHEY — Reading High played it cool in overtime Saturday, no one more so than Myles Grey. The senior, three-year starter came up with a loose ball out of a scramble, was fouled with 11.4 seconds left, then cooly sank a pair of…

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There were times early in the season when Reading High didn’t always open games with a sense of urgency. The Red Knights fell behind Cardinal O’Hara by 19 points in early December. They trailed Devon Prep 15-2 at the outset of the…

By  Sean McBryan -- MikeDragoSports.com correspondent HERSHEY -- Exeter’s seniors have laid the foundation for the basketball program to have continued success heading into the future after returning to the state championship for…

To purchase these or other photographs from the game from Jeremy Drey Photography, click here: HERSHEY – When it was over – after the stands at Giant Center had cleared, after the TV cameras had been put away, after Imhotep…

Sometimes, Matt Ashcroft was the saying the other night, after his Exeter basketball team punched its ticket to the state final, you have to lose to learn how win. He rattled off each of the Eagles’ setbacks this season and…

You can forgive Aidan Dauble for being overly enthusiastic. The normally placid 14-year-old Exeter freshman was coming off the biggest game of his life, a pulsating 51-47 win over Erie Cathedral Prep in which he scored nine points and…

Almost 50 years later Charlie Booker remembers every last detail of Exeter’s first run to a state championship game in basketball: The thrill of victory, the agony of defeat. Both feelings remain vivid. The Eagles won 30 games, few…