Antietam

It was a 10-minute walk for Christian Bowles to the field with the high grass, the divots and the invading baseball diamond. Antietam’s senior made the trip often. He knew that if he was going to become one of Berks County’s best…

By Jason Guarente --MikeDragoSports.com senior correspondent One of the highlights of each Hamburg soccer season is the Taylor Seitzinger Memorial Tournament. It’s 16 games, varsity and JV, on one day. The event pays tribute to…

By Jason Guarente -- MikeDragoSports.com senior correspondent Conrad Weiser was among the boys soccer teams that generated some preseason buzz. The opening weekend is likely to create some more. The Scouts posted shutouts…

Scanning through the list of top scorers in Berks girls soccer is a reminder of how young the league was last season. All four county semifinalists, Wyomissing, Wilson, Daniel Boone and Conrad Weiser, received significant…

Eleven of the 12 All-Berks selections in boys soccer graduated. Two of the three All-State picks are gone. Other than Oley Valley’s Chase Reifsnyder, the Player of the Year as a sophomore, there are no returning All-Stars. …

They called it the Dream Team because they knew it was capable of ending some championship droughts. Wyomissing’s girls soccer players lived up to the hype. They scored 102 goals in 21 games while capturing Berks and District 3…

There’s always a favorite. That has been one constant in Berks boys soccer through recent years. Maybe it’s Wilson. Or Oley Valley. Or Fleetwood. Someone walks into each season carrying the burden, wanted or not, of being the team…

Dr. Robert Lombardi was named Executive Director of the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association in 2012, and has worked for the state's high school athletics governing body since 1988. He has been the organization's chief…

Hector Tiburcio transformed his game last summer playing with the Penn Playmakers. He was a forward and key inside presence for Antietam during his sophomore season with the Mounts but the Playmakers, with active bigs such as Edwin…