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Amaya Stewart found herself facing friends and former youth teammates when her Wyomissing basketball team met Reading High for the Berks Girls League championship Friday. She wasn’t about to take it easy on them. “We’re…

Wyomissing Physical Therapy Offensive Player of the Week The shots weren’t falling for Ruben Rodriguez in the Berks Conference championship game Friday night. Reading’s two-time All-State guard missed five…

If Exeter can play with the same energy and precision it displayed against Reading High in the Berks Conference championship game the Eagles could find themselves playing for another championship next week. Matching that…

The biggest games of his senior season still lie ahead but already Ruben Rodriguez has placed his name among the all-time greats in Berks basketball. Friday, in leading Reading High to a second straight Berks Conference…

Amaya Stewart admits she wasn’t the best basketball player around when she first started playing with Reading’s KTB youth organization as a fifth-grader. That’s being kind, says her first KTB coach, Kanisha Edwards. “She was…

Xander Menapace, Pierce Mason and Charles Sheppard, centerpieces of the highest-scoring football team in Hamburg history, will play one more game together as teammates in the PSFCA East-West game. They are among eight Berks seniors…

Xander Menapace, Pierce Mason and Charles Sheppard, centerpieces of the highest-scoring football team in Hamburg history, will play one more game together as teammates in the PSFCA East-West game. They are among seven Berks seniors…

Championship Photo Gallery by Tim Macrina Reading's Ashanti Chapman is trapped by Annie McCaffrey, back, and Audrey Hurleman. (Tim Macrina photo) Spartans' Amaya Stewart. (Tim Macrina photo) Wyomissing's Amaya Stewart,…

Championship Photo Gallery by Tim Macrina It's two straight Berks titles for Ruben Rodriguez and the Red Knights. (Tim Macrina photo) Reading's Aris Rodriguez puts up late basket over Aiden Dauble. (Tim Macrina photo) …

Aris Rodriguez may not be much of a hockey fan, but he believes what Wayne Gretzky believes: You miss every shot you don’t take. So Reading High’s top outside sniper kept putting them up Friday night in the Berks championship game,…

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By Sam Cavalieri -- MikeDragoSports.com correspondent Amaya Stewart said she is going to feel like a celebrity when she goes back to school on Tuesday. The sophomore doesn’t have to wait until then: She’s a star…

(This story will be updated later tonight with additional details, postgame reaction.) Reading High scored 18 straight points in the fourth quarter to erase a 10-point deficit and beat Exeter 70-63 Friday to claim its second…

Multi-talented Cam Jones became the 24th player from Wilson named to Pennsylvania’s Big 33 football team when the roster for the 66th annual Big 33 Football Classic was announced Thursday morning. Jones is one of 38 players…

Ruben Rodriguez had that “take-no-prisoners” look in his eyes the moment he stepped onto the court at Santander Arena Wednesday night. The Reading High senior sees the bright lights and automatically switches to a higher gear. …

It’s been a rough season for the Berks Girls League. Just three teams – Berks Catholic, Brandywine Heights and Wyomissing – survived the District 3 cut. Even BCIAA finalist Reading High, which will play for the league…

Kevin McFarland always considered himself a pinch-hitter when it came to coaching basketball on the varsity level at Hamburg. He knew from the beginning he was going to take one swing, then leave. It came as no surprise Thursday…

Matt Ashcroft wanted to change some things up against Berks Catholic Wednesday, but he really didn’t have to. Ten days after beating the Saints to essentially clinch the Berks II title Exeter rolled out a repeat performance, only…

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Ever since he’s been pulled from the starting lineup at midseason and used off the bench Yadiel Cruz has been a different player for Reading High. Maybe, as Red Knights coach Rick Perez suggested a few weeks back, it lit a fire…