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By Jason Guarente -- MikeDragoSports.com senior correspondent Another Berks girls basketball season is history and another number has been added to Gov. Mifflin’s banner. The Mustangs have captured five county championships since…

Ruben Rodriguez reached yet another basketball scoring milestone Sunday in Reading High's final game of the season. The junior guard scored 21 points to top 1,000 with the Red Knights, becoming the 17th player to do that with the…

When Daniel Alcantara came crashing to the floor Feb. 25 after landing awkwardly following a dunk he brought Reading High's hopes for another state title crashing down with him. No one on the team was about to admit it but that…

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EASTON -- Few teams would dare think they'd have chance at coming back after trailing by 25 points in the second half, but the Reading Red Knights refused to believe that Sunday. They didn't care what it said on the scoreboard. …

(This story will be updated with details and postgame reaction.) EASTON -- Reading High nearly completed a miraculous comeback Sunday, trimming all but two points off a 25-point deficit before falling to Archbishop Wood 64-58 in a…

A poor first half may have cost Berks Catholic an extended run in the state tournament. Archbishop Carroll, which took out the Saints 68-61 in the opening round of the PIAA Class 4A Tournament Tuesday, had an easy time of it in the…

Reading High's PIAA Class 6A Tournament game vs. Archbishop Wood will be pushed back to Sunday at 1 at Easton Middle School, due to an impending storm, according to the PIAA website. The winner advances to the state quarterfinals…

By Jason Guarente -- MikeDragoSports.com senior correspondent It was hard to take the final practice seriously because everyone looked a little ridiculous. Some girls were wearing Sperrys instead of sneakers. Most had sagging…

Like baseball fans across the country, A.J. Alexy rejoiced Thursday when it was announced that Major League Baseball's lockout had ended. "I'm super-excited," said the 23-year-old right-hander. "I'm ready to play some baseball." …

It's billed as a rematch -- Reading High vs. Archbishop Wood in the second round of the PIAA Class 6A Tournament -- but it's not, really. It's not a rematch of last year's epic state championship game, won by the Red Knights 58-57.…

Antietam went cold in the second half after leading by as many as seven points and fell to Holy Cross 57-49 in a PIAA Class 2A Tournament opener Wednesday night at Lackawanna College Student Union. The Mounts (20-6), back in the…

The shots were not falling for Reading High Wednesday night in the opening round of the PIAA Tournament. Ruben Rodriguez was not worried; he never does. "It happens," reasoned the Red Knights' junior guard of his team's…

One of the best seasons in Tulpehocken basketball is over. The Trojans were overwhelmed by District 12 runner-up West Catholic of Philadelphia 69-32 in a PIAA Class 3A Tournament opener Wednesday at Drexel Hill. The Burrs (20-5)…

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(This story will be updated later tonight with details and postgame reaction.) Defense never takes a night off. That's a common theme in basketball, and for the Reading High Red Knights. Their shooting was off Wednesday in their…

Berks Catholic wasn't the only District 3 boys basketball champ to go down on the opening night of the PIAA Tournament. Lampeter-Strasburg, which won its first 27 games on the way to the Class 5A title, was stunned by Penn Hills…

Colin Payne and the Exeter Eagles quieted the crowd at the Clip Joint a little Tuesday night, at least for a while. The underdog Eagles held a one-point lead several times in the third quarter and were tied a couple minutes into…

Maybe Allen Iverson was right; maybe practice is overrated. The Archbishop Carroll Patriots made a case for that Tuesday night at Wolf Gymnasium. Playing their first game in nearly three weeks, and after going a couple weeks…

Colin Payne and the Exeter Eagles quieted the crowd at the Clip Joint a little Tuesday night, at least for a while. The underdog Eagles were within a point after three quarters before falling to the District 1 champion Chester…