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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. …

No. 2 Exeter (17-5) vs. No. 7 Oley Valley (18-4) When, where: Monday, 7, at Reiffton. Head to head: The teams have not met since 2010. Eagles update: A year after limping into the playoffs the Eagles enter in a full…

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…