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Two nights after hitting the game-winner to knock out top-seeded Berks Catholic, Shakyla Mayo continued her playoff tear, scoring a game-high 19 points to boost Gov. Mifflin past Wilson 47-34 Friday night in the BCIAA girls basketball…

By Tony Zonca -- MikeDragoSports.com senior contributor In the early 1970s, when girls basketball in Berks County was still taking baby steps, Jean Frey emerged as an exemplar of the game. She was the head coach at Exeter from…

By Tony Zonca -- MikeDragoSports.com senior contributor It was a February night in 1978 and the basketball crowd had decided to show up early for the high school double-header at Reading High. The Geigle, especially back then,…

No one's spent more time preparing to play Reading High in the postseason than Snip Esterly. He'll face the Red Knights for the 20th time Friday in the Berks Conference championship game at Santander Arena at 8. His first season…

Patience is not part of Josiah Jordan's DNA. The Berks Catholic junior is in constant attack mode whether he's carrying the football or has his hands on the basketball. He doesn't sit back and let the action come to him. …

Daniel Alcantara hit the offensive boards hard Wednesday night. He got to the foul line repeatedly. He ran the floor smoothly and effectively in a non-stop, end-to-end skirmish against Muhlenberg. The biggest play the Reading High…

(This story will be updated later tonight with details and postgame reaction.) Muhlenberg flirted with another upset of Reading High, leading late into the third quarter before the top-seeded Red Knights pulled away for a…

(This story will be updated later tonight with details and postgame reaction.) Josiah Jordan's drive and basket with 7.8 seconds left lifted Berks Catholic to a 41-40 victory over Exeter Wednesday in a Berks Conference quarterfinal…

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 Charlie Dobb, Conrad Weiser Senior…

Defending a state championship isn't so easy after all, even if you bring back most of the key players. Reading High is finding that out. Red Knights coach Rick Perez has been telling his guys all season that they're now the…

Aidan Sands grew up watching Berks Catholic dominate in the postseason. The Saints won Berks and District 3 titles in their first two seasons, 2012 and 2013. They made it to the Berks Conference title game in each of their first…

By Jason Guarente -- MikeDragoSports.com senior correspondent The eight seconds left on the scoreboard were counting down in Shakyla Mayo’s head. She wasn’t even aware of it really. It was instinct. The product of playing hundreds…

Keira Levengood has a few big games left in her high school career, then she's packing it in. She'll attend the University of Louisville in the fall, study marketing and become a fan. "I want to go to a big DI school to watch…

(This story will be updated with details and postgame reaction.) Shakyla Mayo's buzzer-beater knocked out top-seeded Berks Catholic and sent Gov. Mifflin to a pulsating 41-40 victory Tuesday and on to Friday's BCIAA championship…

The transition to a new head football coach at Fleetwood should be much smoother this time around, Steve Pangburn promises. Two years ago when he joined the program the head coach wasn't hired until April, the offseason workouts…

(This story will be updated with details and postgame reaction later tonight.) Senior Keira Levengood scored a game-high 14 points and junior Isis Dojan dominated the glass as third-seeded Wilson held off seventh-seeded Reading…

Daniel Alcantara wasted little time taking care of business Monday night; neither did his Reading High teammates. The senior forward scored 11 first-quarter points to reach 1,000 for his career and spark a fast start as the…

The Antietam Mounts made a fashion statement during warm-ups Monday at Berks Catholic. Later, they made a basketball statement. They showed everyone inside Wolf Gymnasium that they should not to be so easily dismissed. Four…

By Jason Guarente -- MikeDragoSports.com senior correspondent Every basketball conversation for J'Daniel Mosquera is eventually steered toward his height. That’s what happens when a little man plays a big man’s game. If you ask him…

Even as the late-season losses piled up, one after another after another, Exeter basketball coach Matt Ashcroft remained upbeat. He kept saying his team, which ended the regular season with seven losses in eight games, was close to…