Boys Basketball

When he walked off the court at Keystone Arena following the final game of his freshman season Wesley Butler felt a deep sense of disappointment. You'd have to dig pretty deep to find something wrong with a season in which Butler…

A season-opening win Saturday afternoon will be especially gratifying for Alvernia University men's basketball coach Mike Miller. It'll give him a chance to go head-to-head with one of his coaching idols, Hall-of-Famer Jim Calhoun. …

It's not like Rick Perez didn't already have challenges. He's been head basketball coach at Reading High for more than a decade. That's a job that presents challenges by the boat load. They dump themselves at your feet 24/7, in…

11-year-old Nana Foulland would've laughed if you suggested he had a future in professional basketball. He was gangly, uncoordinated and didn't even like the game. Fifteen-year-old Nana would've scoffed at the suggestion of a…

Fighting through a COVID-dominated year of high school sports was difficult for all involved, but some good could come out of it in the long run. How about a longer regular season for basketball to start with? The PIAA Board of…

Rich Miller grew up in a basketball family and coached in a small town with a rich sense of community. He believes he has found that again at Conrad Weiser, where he is expected to be approved as boys basketball coach by the school…

Reading Berks Basketball Association board member Mike Schorn, left, joins Distinguished Achievement Award Winners, from left: Calvin Yoh, Steve Hahn, Jarra Rusnock Dennis and Mike Mayer. Steve Hahn was honored Wednesday night by…

The Exeter Black Knights were like a meteor. They burned brightly for a short time, then were gone. Never forgotten, though. A half-century after they dominated their basketball opponents they are still spoken of in legendary…

Dave Stafford, who impacted generations of local basketball players, has died; he was 69. (Photo courtesy of Reading Berks Basketball Association) Stafford was Reading High's leading scorer as a senior in 1969-70 and went on to…

Billy Harrison has resigned as boys basketball coach at Conrad Weiser. Harrison coached the Scouts for five seasons, taking them to the Berks Conference playoffs four times and the District 3 playoffs twice. "It was not an easy…