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Utilities Employees Credit Union Player of the Week Addison Benner apparently loves a challenge. In her first head-to-head meeting against Fleetwood All-State pick Alexis Hess the Brandywine Heights freshman broke out for a…

Wyomissing Physical Therapy Player of the Week Xavier Goodman was a top scorer for Kutztown as a junior. He's expanded his game in every aspect this season and has the Cougars headed for the District 3 basketball tournament. …

The Exeter Eagles are limping to the finish line. Literally. They played Saturday without their second-leading scorer Joey Schlaffer, who has a wrist injury. Top scorer Colin Payne is playing with assorted injuries and obviously…

When you know, you know. And Jven Williams knows: He wants to play football for Penn State. "Each time I visited I almost committed when I was leaving," the Wyomissing offensive lineman said Saturday. "I knew Penn State is where I…

(This story will be updated with details and postgame reaction.) Cameron Jones hit a 3-pointer at the buzzer in regulation and Wilson went on to dominate Methacton in overtime to pull off a thrilling 60-56 non-league victory at…

By Jason Guarente -- MikeDragoSports.com senior correspondent It has been a trying 11 months for Ky Brantley since she cut off a sliver of the net at Wolf Gymnasium. First she was injured. Then she transferred. She lost time on the…

Fleetwood essentially wrapped up the Berks Conference Division III title earlier in the week with a second straight win over second-place Wyomissing. The celebration had to wait until Thursday when the Tigers made things official…

The Kutztown Cougars played spoiler Thursday night, knocking off visiting Tulpehocken 71-60 and possibly costing the Trojans a shot at the Berks Conference Division IV championship. The Trojans (8-3, 15-4) fell a game behind…

It's looking like the Berks Conference Division IV title will be decided on the final night of the season -- again. Tulpehocken took a step closer to its first division title in 15 seasons Wednesday, knocking off defending champ…

The Wilson Bulldogs have finally ended a long and painful losing streak. Cameron Jones' layup in the final seconds of the first half gave them the lead for good and they pulled away in the fourth quarter to record a 67-55…

Hamburg has gotten a late-season boost from the return of junior guard Kevin McFarland. Kevin McFarland He tore two tendons in his shooting hand during the preseason, had surgery Nov. 15 and a follow-up procedure Dec. 27, and…

Trey Freeman is a young man of many talents. He can give your car a tune-up, head a soccer ball into the net, ace a calculus exam, run the lead leg on a district-qualifying 4x100 meter relay team. . . you name it he can probably do…

By Jason Guarente -- MikeDragoSports.com senior correspondent Natali Foster can’t tell you how she does it. That’s not false modesty. She genuinely doesn’t know. From early March through late November, Twin Valley’s senior never…

The Fleetwood Tigers won their first seven games this season. They've been on top in Berks III from the jump. They haven't won a division title in who-knows-how-long and understood this was the season to get it done. A loss at…

No one in the Berks Conference has been able to give defending PIAA champ Reading High much of a game this season. Berks Catholic did Monday night, at least for a while. The Saints had the lead early in the third quarter and stayed…

Utilities Employees Credit Union Player of the Week She's on the verge of leading her team in rebounding for the third straight season, in scoring for the second time in three years and of becoming Berks Catholic's third…

Wyomissing Physical Therapy Player of the Week When the Wyomissing Spartans needed a basket to keep their hopes alive for a division title the basketball found Julian O'Brien. And he hit the shot, of course. "He’s been as…

With less than two weeks to go in the regular season the Tulpehocken Trojans are in first place. That, says Trojans coach J.D. Ricapito, is not a surprise -- at least not in his locker room. "We were thinking big things coming into…

After a career night when everything he touched turned to gold, Julian O'Brien couldn't get a thing to work early Saturday afternoon. He turned the ball over the first time he touched it. Missed his first three shots. Saw his team…

A couple days of practice turned out to be beneficial for the Wyomissing Spartans, especially for Julian O'Brien. The Spartans broke loose with their biggest offensive showing of the season and O'Brien scored a career-high 33…