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Anthony Engle once was a linebacker, tackling running backs and quarterbacks. Now he tackles fear. As a runner it's fear -- the fear of the unknown pain which awaits when you push to new levels -- that slows the mind and bogs…

Wyomissing Physical Therapy Offensive Player of the Week Ryan Koch got off to a slow start this season, scoring just 11 points in Berks Catholic's first two games. The all-division pick turned it around quickly, his big…

Wesley Butler has always appeared as a sea of tranquility on the basketball court. He stepped in at starting point guard as a sophomore at Reading High and never blinked, not during that wild ride to a PIAA championship, not once. …

Berks Catholic is back in Division II of the Berks Conference -- and back on top. The Saints got a career-high 32 points from Josiah Jordan to top chief Berks II rival Exeter 73-63 Thursday night at Reiffton. After two seasons…

Jake Fox of Conrad Weiser, Michael Goad of Schuylkill Valley and Aden Krause Gov. Mifflin are the 2022 recipients of the Berks Moore Scholarship, presented by the Reading Football Officials Association. The award, now in its sixth…

Two months ago Wyomissing's Caleb Brewer said he was "kind of shocked" when he received his first major college scholarship offer, from Maryland. In the weeks since it's become routine: The 6-5, 300-pound tight end has received…

Wyomissing could be without one of the Lancaster-Lebanon League's top players when next season opens. Ryker Jones, a Section 4 all-league linebacker as a junior, faces a long rehab after a knee injury in the Spartans' season-ending…

Rick Perez reminds his Reading High players all the time about forming good basketball habits. Do it the right way in practice, put it to work come game time, more times than not you'll end up on the right side of the score. The…

(This story will be updated later tonight with additional details and postgame reaction.) All-State guard Ruben Rodriguez scored 18 second-half points as Reading High pulled away from Chester Wednesday night for a 71-57 non-league…

(This story has been updated with results from Wednesday's games.) Fourteen of the 18 boys basketball teams in the Berks Conference will be involved in a dozen holiday basketball tournaments next week. None figure to have an…

Jven Williams, like hundreds of top football prospects across the country and several others in Berks, made things official Wednesday, signing an NCAA National Letter of Intent. The All-State lineman committed to Penn State in…

Ryan Koch's hot shooting bailed Berks Catholic out for the second time in as many nights, the senior wing scoring 13 fourth-quarter points in a 63-57 Berks Conference Division II win at Conrad Weiser Tuesday. The Scouts (0-1, 2-3),…

When Fleetwood's Jake Karnish stepped to the foul late in the third quarter Tuesday, his team up by just a point at Schuylkill Valley, he heard it from the student section. "Over-rated. . . over-rated." That's to be expected…

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By Sean McBryan -- MikeDragoSports.com correspondent Reading High girls basketball coach Rashida Suber doesn’t have a set starting five. The lineup is interchangeable; multiple players are capable of leading the team in scoring any…

Ryan Koch scored a career-high 31 points and Berks Catholic withstood a big comeback bid from visiting Octorara for a 71-59 non-league win Monday night. The Saints (4-0) led by 12 after the first quarter before the Braves (4-2)…

Cam Jones of Wilson and Xander Menapace of Hamburg were among 55 Pennsylvania players honored as Mini Max Award winners by the Maxwell Football Club, it was announced Monday. Jones, a senior running back and cornerback, is Berks…

Wyomissing Physical Therapy Offensive Player of the Week Schuylkill Valley coach Taylor Grim said last month he thought Mark Rajnath was poised for a breakout senior season. Good call. Rajnath averaged 20.3 points…

Utilities Employees Credit Union Player of the Week By Sean McBryan -- MikeDragoSports.com correspondent Oley Valley junior Morgan Snyder was selected all-league in field hockey and is committed to play that sport at Penn State.…

GREENSBURG -- Wesley Butler scored 10 points Monday afternoon in Kutztown University's 91-77 win at Seton Hill, topping 1,000 in his college career. Butler, a two-time Berks Player of the Year at Reading High, needed two points to…