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Exeter's powerful inside game was once again too much for Berks Catholic as 6-6 center Anthony Caccese had his way in leading the Eagles to a 59-45 victory Wednesday in a Berks Conference semifinal at Santander Arena. Caccese had a…

By Sean McBryan -- MikeDragoSports.com correspondent The Berks Girls League playoff field is down to two. The Wyomissing Spartans and Reading High Red Knights will battle for the BCIAA championship Friday at 6 at Santander…

Reading High . . . Berks Catholic . . . Wilson . . . Exeter. Which one doesn’t belong? If you’re talking Berks Conference championship games, the Red Knights certainly belong. They’re a virtual staple. They’ve reached seven of…

By Sean McBryan -- MikeDragoSports.com correspondent Amaya Stewart and the Wyomissing girls basketball team knew they had something special coming into the season. They planned on hanging the school’s first Berks Girls League…

Ashanti Chapman and Reading High’s four other seniors get to play one more game together. With their backs to the wall and facing the end of their season the Red Knights unveiled their best game of the season and pulled off a major…

(This story will be updated tonight with more details, postgame reaction.) Reading High showed poise and determination in pulling off a huge upset Tuesday with a 39-33 victory over top-seeded Berks Catholic in a Berks Girls League…

When Exeter opened the Berks Conference playoffs with a win at Wilson last season it was a stunner. The Eagles came into that matchup with a losing record, without their No. 2 scorer, Joey Schlaffer, and after a pair of regular-season…

By Matt Gaffney -- MikeDragoSports.com correspondent If Monday’s quarterfinal matchup between fourth-seeded Fleetwood and fifth-seeded Wilson was any indication, the upcoming chapter of Berks playoff basketball is going to be…

By  Sam Cavalieri -- MikeDragoSports.com correspondent Berks Catholic opened its “Redemption Tour” with a 65-48 victory over Muhlenberg in a Berks Conference quarterfinal Monday at Wolf Gymnasium. The way the third-seeded Saints…

By  Mike Mitchell Jr. -- MikeDragoSports.com correspondent Ruben Rodriguez scored 24 points, had six rebounds, five assists and four steals to lead Reading High over Schuylkill Valley 84-34 Monday night in a Berks Conference…

(This story will be updated later tonight with additional details, postgame reaction.) Second-seeded Exeter quickly shook off a slow start and dominated seventh-seeded Oley Valley Monday night to post a 68-35 victory in a Berks…

By  Sean McBryan -- MikeDragoSports.com correspondent Wyomissing and Wilson are churning right along. The second-seeded Spartans have won five in a row, the third-seeded Bulldogs six straight, as they meet in a BCIAA semifinal…

By Sean McBryan -- MikeDragoSports.com correspondent Top-seeded Berks Catholic and fourth-seeded Reading High open the BCIAA girls semifinals doubleheader Tuesday at Santander Arena at 6. Second-seeded Wyomissing and…

Wyomissing Physical Therapy Offensive Player of the Week  The Schuylkill Valley Panthers have been turning defense into offense all season, enough so to win 17 games and qualify for both the Berks Conference and…

Wyomissing builds both its offense and defense around the expanding abilities of sophomore Amaya Stewart. Whether she’s working in the low post, showing off her rapidly improving moves around the basket, or on defense,…

By  Sean McBryan -- MikeDragoSports.com correspondent Wilson’s impressive freshmen class rose to the occasion against the defending Berks Girls League champs Saturday night in a BCIAA quarterfinal in West Lawn. Freshmen Laila…

Reading High used a balanced scoring attack and one of its best defensive efforts of the season to advance to the Berks Girls League semifinals for the second straight year and third time in four seasons. The fourth-seeded Red…

By Sean McBryan -- MikeDragoSports.com correspondent Top-seeded Berks Catholic held a narrow five-point halftime lead over undeterred No. 8 seed Schuylkill Valley in Saturday’s BCIAA quarterfinal at Wolf Gymnasium. The…

It’s telling that the Wyomissing Spartans made few defensive adjustments as they prepared to face Berks’ leading scorer in the opening round of the Berks Girls League tournament Saturday afternoon. Aaron Anders is confident enough…

No. 3 Berks Catholic (19-3) vs. No. 6 Muhlenberg (14-8) When, where: Monday, 7, at Wolf Gymnasium. Head to head: Muhls took the only meeting this season, 48-46 at Laureldale as Xzavion Robertson went for 24 points. …