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(This story was orginally published July 6.) Even after all these years of writing about local sports I’m still caught off guard at times when someone recognizes me or remembers my name. I know, I know: My name was at the top of…

2024 Berks football coverage presented by Utilities Employees Credit Union Predictably, Brett Myers wasn’t all that excited Tuesday when he learned his Twin Valley football team had ascended to No. 1 in the state…

2024 Berks baseball coverage presented by Utilities Employees Credit Union Resiliency and perseverance. Those are the two takeaways from Gov. Mifflin’s state championship baseball season. The Mustangs had…

A couple days after racing home from the District 3 Championships last week with three gold medals around her neck Addie Cohen found herself going in reverse once again. After battling for months to regain her health and the…

2024 Berks basketball coverage presented by Utilities Employees Credit Union Paunchy rocker Meatloaf is known for his classic rock ballad “Two out of Three Ain’t Bad.” If we can agree the math behind that is…

2024 Berks basketball coverage presented by Utilities Employees Credit Union Well, that didn’t go exactly as planned, did it? Of the six top-seeded teams in the District 3 boys basketball tournament just one…

Unlike their past Super Bowl runs the Kansas City Chiefs went through an extended rough patch during the regular season. They lost five times in an eight-game stretch; many doubted whether they would make it back to the championship…

2024 Berks basketball coverage presented by Utilities Employees Credit Union For the past 20 years Berks girls basketball has had the big stage all to itself one night each year, during the BCIAA semifinals. …

2023 Berks football coverage presented by Utilities Employees Credit Union Two free throws by Mason Musitano in the final minute of Fleetwood’s 66-25 victory over Kutztown Friday night may have seemed like so…

2023 Berks football coverage presented by Utilities Employees Credit Union Year-end Top 10 lists are a right of passage in the media. The lists are subjective: What’s important or significant to one person…