Hamburg

By Mike Mitchell Jr. -- MikeDragoSports.com correspondent Wyomissing used a stellar defensive effort to shut down potent Hamburg 49-14 Saturday in a District 3 Class 3A semifinal at the A-Field. The top-seeded Spartans (11-0)…

Six Berks teams qualified for the District 3 playoffs; five remain alive. Hamburg defeated Upper Dauphin 49-35 in a Classs 3A quarterfinal last week. Wilson (6A), Exeter (5A), Twin Valley (4A) and Wyomissing each had first-round…

1 Wyomissing has won eight straight District 3 playoff games, three short of the Berks record set by Berks Catholic. The Saints became the first Berks team to win three straight district championships, from 2015-17, and opened the…

Wyomissing cruised through the regular season with such ease that's its easy to overlook what the Spartans accomplished. One year after graduating five All-State players they recorded the fourth-most dominant regular season in…

Body Zone Physical Therapy Defensive Player of the Week His team gave up 23 first downs, 35 points and allowed Upper Dauphin to score a pair of early touchdowns to take a 14-point lead, but still Hamburg coach Matt Hoffert…

Wyomissing Physical Therapy Offensive Player of the Week Hamburg coach Matt Hoffert says running back Pierce Mason is still not 100 percent recovered from a midseason ankle injury but admits, "He's pretty close." That…

Matt Hoffert knew Pierce Mason was ready for a breakout game when the Hamburg tailback said before practice earlier in the week that his ailing ankle felt so good he didn't think he needed to tape it up. "'I feel like myself right…

(This story will be updated later tonight with additional details and postgame reaction.) Pierce Mason looks healthy again, and so do the Hamburg Hawks. The senior tailback broke off four touchdown runs as the fourth-seeded…

1 Before this season Hamburg and Schuylkill Valley traditionally ended their seasons meeting each other in the Frost Bowl. Neither ever played much after that. The Panthers qualified for the District 3 Tournament just six times…

When practice was over Wednesday evening Matt Hoffert marched his Hamburg football team up and into the home bleachers and had them sit facing the field. He wanted them to see the view from there and understand that after Friday,…