Boys Basketball

No. 4 Fleetwood (20-2) vs No. 5 Wilson (16-6) When, where: Monday, 7, at Fleetwood Head to head: Did not meet this season. Wilson won 73-53 in a regular season meeting last year. The Tigers: Saw seven-game winning…

Berks II champ Exeter moved up two spots Thursday at the coaches seeding meeting and will host Berks IV champ Oley Valley Monday at 7 when the Berks Conference playoffs open with quarterfinals at four sites. Berks IV champ…

Aidan Melograna wasn’t happy with his role or the way he performed it as a junior. He was determined to get physically stronger and improve his game, and he went at it hard. The transformation has been remarkable, almost…

MikeDragoSports.com goes one-on-one with a Berks basketball player to find out what’s on his or her mind — on the court and off. Teddy Snyder, Exeter Senior guard Q: To be the Flight 1 Berks County champ…

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Exeter moved up two spots and Muhlenberg was dropped in the weekly "Beast of the East" Pennsylvania basketball rankings, which include PIAA schools in Districts 1, 2, 3, 4, 11 and 12. The Eagles moved from No. 6 to No. 4. The…

Wyomissing held Fleetwood to one fourth-quarter field goal and to nearly half its scoring average in pulling off the biggest upset of the season, beating the Berks III champs 35-34 in the league finale for  both Tuesday at Wyomissing.…

Rule No. 1 around Reading High basketball is pretty clear. “You want to play,” says senior guard Myles Grey, “you’ve got to play defense. It’s as simple as that. If you can’t stay in front of your man, if you can’t get the…

After winning at Berks Catholic last week to move into position to clinch the Berks Conference Division II title Exeter coach Matt Ashcroft talked about the hardships his seniors and juniors have endured the past few seasons. Like…

Felix Cruz’s dream was to one day see his son Yadiel play basketball at the storied Geigle Complex, the court where future NBA players Donyell Marshall and Lonnie Walker IV once graced. Felix came to the United States more than a…