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Aidan Melograna wasn’t happy with his role or the way he performed it as a junior. He was determined to get physically stronger and improve his game, and he went at it hard. The transformation has been remarkable, almost…

MikeDragoSports.com goes one-on-one with a Berks basketball player to find out what’s on his or her mind — on the court and off. Teddy Snyder, Exeter Senior guard Q: To be the Flight 1 Berks County champ…

By Sean McBryan -- MikeDragoSports.com correspondent Wilson freshman Laila Jones grew up around high-level athletic competition. It runs in the family. She played sports with two older brothers, each of whom will play…

Wyomissing held Fleetwood to one fourth-quarter field goal and to nearly half its scoring average in pulling off the biggest upset of the season, beating the Berks III champs 35-34 in the league finale for  both Tuesday at Wyomissing.…

Rule No. 1 around Reading High basketball is pretty clear. “You want to play,” says senior guard Myles Grey, “you’ve got to play defense. It’s as simple as that. If you can’t stay in front of your man, if you can’t get the…

After winning at Berks Catholic last week to move into position to clinch the Berks Conference Division II title Exeter coach Matt Ashcroft talked about the hardships his seniors and juniors have endured the past few seasons. Like…

Felix Cruz’s dream was to one day see his son Yadiel play basketball at the storied Geigle Complex, the court where future NBA players Donyell Marshall and Lonnie Walker IV once graced. Felix came to the United States more than a…

By Sean McBryan -- MikeDragoSports.com correspondent Exeter junior Grace Reedy scored 42 points across two wins to earn Utilities Employees Credit Union Player of the Week. Reedy dropped 20 points in a 44-29 victory over…

Wyomissing Physical Therapy Offensive Player of the Week Exeter players hear it from their coach, Matt Ashcroft, every day at practice, every night before a game – and then repeatedly throughout the game:…

With little more than a minute to go in Alvernia’s 92-78 win at Albright Saturday afternoon Keba Mitchell found himself alone at midcourt when a long outlet pass arrived. The 6-4 senior gathered it and went in uncontested for a…

Exeter coach Matt Ashcroft is confident his team will be battle-tested once it reaches the postseason. “These guys have been through a lot,” he said Thursday after the Eagles came from eight points down to beat Berks Catholic 49-45…

By Sean McBryan -- MikeDragoSports.com correspondent The celebratory balloons showed 1,000, a number that could be applied to the amount of points Caraline Herb has scored in her career or the various ways her impact will…

Photos by Tim Macrina (To purchase these photos, or others from Thursday's game, click here.) Ofure Odiale, left, and Ruben Rodriguez chase down loose ball. (Tim Macrina Photo) Aris Rodriguez splits Wilson defenders…

By Sean McBryan -- MikeDragoSports.com correspondent Zakiyah Winfield has accomplished a lot on the basketball court: She scored 1,000 points at Wilson and won the 2022 NCAA Division II national championship with Glenville…

When Anthony Caccese picked up his third foul less than six minutes into Exeter’s Berks Conference Division II showdown Thursday at Berks Catholic Kevin Saenz was overcome with a sense of dread. “We ended the first (quarter) with…

By Mike Mitchell Jr. -- MikeDragoSports.com correspondent Yadiel Cruz scored seven of his 14 points in the fourth quarter, including the first five of the period, to spark Reading High to a 56-43 Berks Conference Division I…

(This story will be updated with game details, post-game reaction and photographs.) Anthony Caccese played through foul trouble to score a game-high 27 points as Exeter defeated Berks Catholic 49-45 Thursday to take over sole…

Brandywine Heights hasn’t won quite enough games for its impressive freshman class to earn a nickname like Michigan’s “Fab Five” of the early 1990’s, but a year or two from now it might. The Bullets are headed back to the District…

Drew Forrey scored a career-high 22 points as Wyomissing kept its feint district playoff hopes alive with a 53-43 Berks Conference crossover victory against visiting Brandywine Heights Wednesday night. The Spartans (4-6 Berks III,…

Chuck Kutz saw something in his freshman tight end that led him to believe he could become Hamburg’s starting quarterback. The Hawks’ former head coach liked the kid’s height, his work ethic and his intellect. Mostly he liked his…