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Before the season kicked off in August few people outside of Wyomissing knew much about Jven Williams' potential on the football field. He was a backup lineman as a sophomore and didn't draw his first varsity start until the…

When you play basketball at Tulpehocken and start to do things Charlie Copp did, you know you're doing pretty well. David Bednarczyk had a big second half to lead the Trojans back from an early defict in a 62-51 win at Oley Valley…

The play called in the huddle with 23 seconds left and the game tied didn't work out but that didn't matter to Matt Harley. He was determined to take the final shot anyway. "I was going good," said the Gov. Mifflin senior. "I know…

By Jason Guarente -- MikeDragoSports.com senior correspondent Rick Keeley was a few weeks into his new job as athletic director when he unexpectedly had to make his first hire. Kevin Calabria left to launch Alvernia’s women’s…

By Jason Guarente -- MikeDragoSports.com senior correspondent The most revealing moment from Shakyla Mayo’s night didn’t involve any of her points or rebounds. It was a missed free throw. Gov. Mifflin’s 5-7 junior angrily walked…

For years Tony Zonca considered Reading High's 1982-83 team his personal favorite among the 50 or so Red Knights basketball teams he has watched. The team included Pat Tulley, Charlie Chisholm and Rodney Hodge; it was coached by…

It turns out the most prolific field goal kicker in Berks football history is a pretty good punter, too. Conrad Weiser grad Matt Noll, a freshman at Delaware State, has been been named to the HBCU All-America Team. Matt Noll…

Navy senior fullback Isaac Ruoss has been named a second-team Academic All-American by the College Sports Information Director's of America. The Gov. Mifflin grad was the only service academy student-athlete…

When he pulled on a Penn State cap back in July and said, "We Are," Nick Singleton thought it was finally over. He thought the months and months of endless calls and text messages from college coaches would finally end after he…

By Jason Guarente -- MikeDragoSports.com senior correspondent All those little plays Schuylkill Valley makes, the deflections, the diving for loose balls, are difficult to measure. The Panthers are trying to measure them anyway. …

Justin Walker scored a career-best 19 points and Ruben Rodriguez had 18 as Reading High rolled over McCaskey 79-56 Tuesday in its home opener. The Red Knights (2-0), who opened the season Friday with a 60-57 win over Imhotep…

When Kevin Saenz started playing with his new Exeter teammates in the spring he noticed something was missing. "The energy was pretty low," the sophomore guard recalled. That's not surprising. The Eagles has a rough go of it…

Each Wednesday MikeDragoSports.com goes one-on-one with a Berks football player to find out what’s on his mind — on the field and off. Presented by ATT Sports, Inc. Nick Singleton, Gov. Mifflin Senior running…

Some have called Gov. Mifflin's Nick Singleton a "generational" football player. That presumes, of course, that there have been others like him before -- and will be more in the future. No one can predict the future but this…

By Jason Guarente -- MikeDragoSports.com senior correspondent Just because they’re wearing the same uniforms, the same numbers in fact, doesn’t mean Vicky Heliodoro and Lela Berger are playing for the same team. So much has changed…

Here's a look at the five most-improved Berks teams for the 2021-22 basketball season: Ryan Koch Berks Catholic The Saints experienced the first losing season in program history last year but longtime coach Snip Esterly…

Wesley Butler has always played excelled on both ends of the court. Monday the Kutztown University junior was recognized for the defensive side as he was named PSAC East Division Defensive Athlete of the Week. Butler, a Reading…

By Jason Guarente -- MikeDragoSports.com senior correspondent Most freshmen, if they’re talented enough, get eased into the varsity experience. That wasn’t the case with Ryanna Hightower-Prentice. Muhlenberg couldn’t wait to put…

By Jason Guarente -- MikeDragoSports.com senior correspondent HERSHEY -- Ben Zechman and his teammates had confidence in the play. They’ve run it so many times they could probably do it blindfolded. They’ve called it automatic. …

HERSHEY -- Jack Miller knew his Wyomissing team needed some kind of spark, some kind of special play, to get it over the hump against Central Valley. He thought Tommy Grabowski had come up with it. The senior linebacker made an…