Berks Catholic

Nolan Larkin considers his job a great "ice-breaker." He enjoys seeing the reaction when he informs people he's a mortician's assistant and certified crematorium operator. It's not the typical gap-year job a prospective college…

Former Berks Catholic basketball player Kyran Mitchell has been named the top male student-athlete in the junior class at Washington & Jefferson College. Kyran Mitchell (Washington & Jefferson photo) Mitchell recently…

Luke Macdonald continued his incredible pitching roll as Oley Valley beat visiting Berks Catholic 8-0 in Berks League Division III play Wednesday to clinch a league playoff spot. The Lynx (8-3, 10-6), who have won 6-of-7, finish…

Nate Gilbert's two-run single in the seventh inning helped push visiting Hamburg past Berks Catholic 4-1 Monday and to the brink of the Berks League Division III title. The division-leading Hawks (8-3, 12-4) can officially clinch…

Keba Mitchell has joined up with his former high school coach at Berks Catholic, Snip Esterly, and the Reading Rebels. The 6-4 Mitchell was the top rebounder and shot blocker as a senior in 2017-18 when the Saints went 28-3 and won…

Mike Ruane's basketball journey is taking him to south Florida. The Holy Name and Alvernia grad has been named men's basketball coach at Palm Beach State College, a junior college located in Lake Worth, Fla. “Building this…

Berks Catholic didn't have much need for the squeeze bunt last season. The Saints were rarely close enough to utilize such a play: They lost six times by nine runs or more in finishing a program-worst 5-15. They continued their big…

Every time Berks Catholic wins a baseball game this year it'll distance itself from last season, the worst in program history. The Saints went 5-15; catcher RJ Emrich cringes thinking about it. "We hated losing," he said. "Quite…

A week or so before baseball season opened Berks Catholic coach Brandon Shurr mentioned that Kevin Lawlor was "ready to take off." It was more like a blast off for the Saints' junior second baseman, who hit for the cycle and…

Here are the final rankings from the "Beasts of the East," which includes teams from Districts 1, 2, 3, 4, 11 and 12. Rankings are compiled by Jason Hackman (@jhackman11), Toomey Anderson (@toomraider1) and Keith Groller…