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By Sean McBryan -- MikeDragoSports.com correspondent Exeter was the lower seed in three of its four games on the path to its first District 3 title last season. Coming into the playoffs at 6-3 the seventh-seeded Eagles knocked…

HARRISBURG — The Harrisburg Cougars put some powerful football forces out on the field. There's 6-2, 245-pound speed rusher Terrell Reynolds, who has four Division I offers and had five sacks Saturday afternoon against Wilson. …

By Mike Mitchell Jr. -- MikeDragoSports.com correspondent Wyomissing used a stellar defensive effort to shut down potent Hamburg 49-14 Saturday in a District 3 Class 3A semifinal at the A-Field. The top-seeded Spartans (11-0)…

The Wilson Bulldogs were one play away from claiming their eighth District 3 football championship a year ago in Harrisburg -- and the game-winning play was there. A last-minute punt found its way into the gifted hands of Cam…

Evan Johnson has never run track but he's thinking about it come spring. The Twin Valley sophomore put together an audition tape Friday night, sprinting downfield several times in a wild 43-29 District 3 Class 4A quarterfinal…

(This story will be updated with details and postgame reaction.) Sophomore Evan Johnson broke off three long touchdown runs to help Twin Valley hold off Milton Hershey 43-29 in a wild District 3 Class 4A game Friday night at Twin…

Six Berks teams qualified for the District 3 playoffs; five remain alive. Hamburg defeated Upper Dauphin 49-35 in a Classs 3A quarterfinal last week. Wilson (6A), Exeter (5A), Twin Valley (4A) and Wyomissing each had first-round…

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1 Wyomissing has won eight straight District 3 playoff games, three short of the Berks record set by Berks Catholic. The Saints became the first Berks team to win three straight district championships, from 2015-17, and opened the…

Wyomissing cruised through the regular season with such ease that's its easy to overlook what the Spartans accomplished. One year after graduating five All-State players they recorded the fourth-most dominant regular season in…

District 3 Class 6A quarterfinal No. 6 Wilson (8-2) vs. No. 3 Harrisburg (7-2) Kick: Saturday, 1, at Severance Field, Harrisburg. Series: Cougars lead 5-4. Last meeting: Harrisburg beat Wilson 14-10 last…

Drew Eisenhower Senior running back/safety Q: You were on the varsity as a freshman. Which of the seniors on that championship team influenced you the most in the player you have become? I would say Max Hurleman…

Lancaster-Lebanon League section champs Exeter and Wyomissing head into the postseason highly ranked in the state and as favorites to repeat as District 3 champs. The Eagles (10-0), who had a bye last week, remained ranked No. 2 in…

Stevie Mitchell and Marquette got off to a strong start Monday in their season opener, beating Radford 79-69 in Milwaukee. Wilson's all-time scoring leader got his first college start and hit half his 10 shots to finish with 11…

Body Zone Physical Therapy Defensive Player of the Week His team gave up 23 first downs, 35 points and allowed Upper Dauphin to score a pair of early touchdowns to take a 14-point lead, but still Hamburg coach Matt Hoffert…

Diamond Credit Union Lineman of the Week For a guy essentially playing with one arm Owen Reber did pretty well in Berks Catholic's final game of the season. Of course by Week 11 he was used to having his left forearm and…

Wyomissing Physical Therapy Offensive Player of the Week Hamburg coach Matt Hoffert says running back Pierce Mason is still not 100 percent recovered from a midseason ankle injury but admits, "He's pretty close." That…

District 3 Class 5A first round(8) Shippensburg32(9) Cedar Cliff14(12) Cocalico42(5) Elizabethtown2(7) Dover40(10) Garden Spot21(11) Northern21(6) South Western20District 3 Class 4A first round(8) East Pennsboro43(9) Kennard-Dale0(7)…

By Sean McBryan -- MikeDragoSports.com correspondent ELLIOTTSBURG -- Schuylkill Valley’s football season came to an end with a 45-21 loss to West Perry in a District 3 Class 3A quarterfinal Friday night. Second-year head coach…