Girls Basketball

Cedar Crest54Reading High39Yamilix Rodriguez 13 points, Ashantin Chapman 12 points for Red Knights (4-3); Falcons improve to 3-3Schuylkill Valley51Exeter32Madison Ziska 20 points for Panthers (7-0); Grace Reedy 18 for Eagles (1-6)Twin…

By Jason Guarente -- MikeDragoSports.com senior correspondent Some players, no matter their grade or size, look like they belong. It’s hard to say why exactly. A mixture of skill and body language. For Madison Langdon, it’s the…

Berks Catholic65Gov. Mifflin48Carline Herb 20 points for Saints (1-0, 4-3); Mustangs (1-1, 3-3)

MikeDragoSports.com presents a weekly honor roll of the top Berks girls basketball players each week. Coaches are encouraged to nominate their top player for consideration. One player will be selected Player of the Week. …

Uilities Employees Credit Union Player of the Week So far, COVID has been the only thing to stop Kya Washington from getting to the basket. Her opponents haven't been able to. The Reading High senior hit 11 free throws in…

By Jason Guarente -- MikeDragoSports.com senior correspondent Rick Keeley was a few weeks into his new job as athletic director when he unexpectedly had to make his first hire. Kevin Calabria left to launch Alvernia’s women’s…

By Jason Guarente -- MikeDragoSports.com senior correspondent The most revealing moment from Shakyla Mayo’s night didn’t involve any of her points or rebounds. It was a missed free throw. Gov. Mifflin’s 5-7 junior angrily walked…

By Jason Guarente -- MikeDragoSports.com senior correspondent All those little plays Schuylkill Valley makes, the deflections, the diving for loose balls, are difficult to measure. The Panthers are trying to measure them anyway. …

By Jason Guarente -- MikeDragoSports.com senior correspondent Just because they’re wearing the same uniforms, the same numbers in fact, doesn’t mean Vicky Heliodoro and Lela Berger are playing for the same team. So much has changed…

By Jason Guarente -- MikeDragoSports.com senior correspondent Most freshmen, if they’re talented enough, get eased into the varsity experience. That wasn’t the case with Ryanna Hightower-Prentice. Muhlenberg couldn’t wait to put…