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Some of Daniel Alcantara's Reading High teammates were in tears Friday night when he was taken to the hospital for x-rays after a hard fall following a dunk that left him with an injured left hand and lower back. His basketball…

Five Berks Conference boys basketball teams have already qualified for the PIAA Tournament: Antietam Berks Catholic, Exeter, Reading High and Tulpehocken. A sixth, Wilson, needs one win to get there. Six state entries would match…

By Jason Guarente -- MikeDragoSports.com senior correspondent Where Moro Osumanu’s final game ranks among Reading High’s greatest performances could be debated forever. Is it the best? The most consequential? It’s somewhere in the…

When he was younger Ryan Koch wasn't allowed to shoot 3-pointers. Now it's hard to stop him. He wasn't strong enough to shoot from beyond the arc when he was younger; his dad, Darren, didn't want him forcing it or altering his…

By Sam Cavalieri -- MikeDragoSports.com correspondent Josh McKoy is listed in the District 3 program as 6-3, an inch taller than his senior teammate, Hector Tiburcio. A midseason growth spurt made him the taller of the two Antietam…

By Jason Guarente -- MikeDragoSports.com senior correspondent By the time she lined up against Laney Noreika, Aaliyah Dabney had crafted a plan. It was days in the making. A product of meticulous film study and practice. Berks…

Matt Coldren's been coaching against Reading High for over 20 years. His Wilson team has played the Red Knights nearly five dozen times in that span: League play, county playoffs and at nearly every stage of the District 3 Tournament.…

(This story will be updated with details and postgame reaction later tonight.) Wilson and Reading High waged one of the greatest season-long high school basketball battles ever seen in Berks a season ago. They met four times and…

Troy Godinet remembers the first time he was benched. He was playing football for the Northwest Athletic Association and he kept lining up offsides. His coach, John Misch, sat him. Two decades later the lesson resonates. "The…

Fleetwood's best basketball season in over 30 years came to an end Thursday. The 13th-seeded Tigers were eliminated by fifth-seeded Palmyra 67-46 in a District 3 Class 5A playback game at Palmyra. The loss was the second straight…

Three's were wild Thursday night at Berks Catholic. Have been all season. Ryan Koch and Jack Miller each hit four 3-pointers and the top-seeded Saints combined for nine treys in a 55-40 win over eighth-seeded Elco in a District 3…

One week after hosting their first District 3 Tournament game the Tulpehocken Trojans will get another home game. It's not what they wanted, of course. They were hoping to play at Giant Center, in the Class 3A championship game,…

YORK — When Colin Payne hit a pair of free throws to cut his team's deficit to two points in the fourth quarter Thursday, Exeter coach Matt Ashcroft turned to his assistant coaches and said: "We have this game." It sure felt that…

(This story will be updated with details and postgame reaction later tonight.) YORK -- Exeter got tantalizingly close to pulling off a huge comeback in the District 3 Class 5A Tournament Thursday night, three times trimming West…

Berks Catholic opens play and Fleetwood hopes to extend its season as the District 3 boys basketball tournament continues Thursday, with four Berks teams playing in three classifications. The Saints (20-4) are a top seed for the…

Colin Payne thinks the signage inside Exeter's gym needs upgrading. He points to the wall opposite the Eagles' bench. "See that banner over there," he said, pointing to a mostly blank blue canvas that lists the Eagles' boys…

By Jason Guarente -- MikeDragoSports.com senior correspondent MILLERSVILLE — Even as the milestone came into view, Lauren Lister didn’t waste any energy crunching the numbers. She didn’t want to know how close she was to 2,000. She…

Ruben Rodriguez didn't think he was all that good a basketball player in junior high. Sure, he dropped a bunch of points, 30 at a time, but it didn't resonate with him. He didn't see the big picture. Didn't realize there would be…

Justin Weller is now a Shark. Six weeks after announcing he was leaving Penn State, the former Wilson wide receiver has accepted an offer to play at Long Island University, an FCS school which plays in the Northeast Conference. …

Each Wednesday MikeDragoSports.com goes one-on-one with a Berks boys basketball player to find out what’s on his mind — on the court and off. Presented by Diamond Credit Union Danny Turchi, Conrad Weiser Senior…