Exeter

(This story will be updated later tonight with details and postgame reaction.) Josiah Jordan's drive and basket with 7.8 seconds left lifted Berks Catholic to a 41-40 victory over Exeter Wednesday in a Berks Conference quarterfinal…

Aidan Sands grew up watching Berks Catholic dominate in the postseason. The Saints won Berks and District 3 titles in their first two seasons, 2012 and 2013. They made it to the Berks Conference title game in each of their first…

Even as the late-season losses piled up, one after another after another, Exeter basketball coach Matt Ashcroft remained upbeat. He kept saying his team, which ended the regular season with seven losses in eight games, was close to…

Exeter and Gov. Mifflin are done playing. Now they'll wait for other boys basketball teams, outside the county, to determine their fate in the Berks Conference playoffs. The Eagles and Mustangs are battling for the final spot in…

The Exeter Eagles are limping to the finish line. Literally. They played Saturday without their second-leading scorer Joey Schlaffer, who has a wrist injury. Top scorer Colin Payne is playing with assorted injuries and obviously…

Reading High and Muhlenberg each took a step closer to division titles with big wins on the road Tuesday night. The Red Knights (8-0 Berks I, 16-2) got 22 points from Ruben Rodriguez and 17 from Daniel Alcantara in a 72-55 Berks…

Too much Edwin Suarez. That was the story of Muhlenberg's 76-53 Berks Conference crossover win Monday after against visiting Exeter. The All-Berks center took it to a new level, scoring a career-high 32 points and putting on a show…

Colin Payne is not the guy you want to put at the foul line at the end of a game. The Gov. Mifflin Mustangs knew that, of course, but had little choice as they were forced to foul to make up a big deficit against Exeter Tuesday…

This time Exeter's comeback bid was thwarted. Three nights after rallying from a 21-point deficit to beat Wilson, the Eagles dug out of an early 11-point hole and took the lead in the third quarter before Jack Miller and Berks…

Wilson's Matt Coldren, Reading High's Rick Perez and Berks Catholic's Snip Esterly are each on the verge of a coaching milestone. With his next win Coldren will tie Reggie Weiss's record for most coaching victories with the…