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Charlie Young added his second Hall of Fame of the year last week when he was part of Kutztown University's 42nd Athletics Hall of Fame class. The former Fleetwood boys basketball coach was inducted into the Berks County Basketball…

Kutztown University's Jerry Kapp has earned All-PSAC honors and head coach Jim Clements has been named East Division Coach of the Year. Kapp, a Boyertown grad, is among 13 Kutztown players earning Pennsylvania State Athletic…

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. Jose Landrom, Gov. Mifflin Senior guard/defensive…

Nick Singleton was wearing a Penn State hoodie after practice Monday and talking about the fact that he'll be taking his first college classes in less than two months. The Gov. Mifflin running back has enrolled at Penn State for the…

GoBigRecruiting.com Game of the Week District 3 Class 6A championship No. 5 Wilson (9-3) vs. No. 2 Harrisburg (11-1) Kick: Saturday, 1, at Severance Field, Harrisburg. District 3 Class 6A bracket: Click here. Series:…

Diamond Credit Union Lineman of the Week A lot of people were stunned by the way Exeter plowed through Manheim Central last week in a District 3 Class 5A quarterfinal, with Eric Nangle running for three first-quarter touchdowns as…

Five Berks teams won to advance in the District 3 playoffs last week. Wilson, in Class 6A, and Wyomissing, in 3A, play for championships Saturday at 1. Gov. Mifflin and Exeter, in 5A, and Berks Catholic, in 4A, play Friday at 7; each…

Body Zone Physical Therapy Defensive Player of the Week Tall defensive ends such as Tyler Givens usually just stick out a hand and bat passes down at the line of scrimmage. Special ones do more than that. The 6-3 senior came up…

Wyomissing Physical Therapy Offensive Player of the Week Nick Singleton A record-tying seven touchdowns in a game?That's par for the course when you're talking about Nick Singleton, says his coach. "That’s what I expect out…

Matt Bauer didn't take a moment Friday to glance at the scoreboard and think about what was going on as his Exeter football team laying the wood to Manheim Central in historic fashion. The Eagles scored on five of their first six…

Four takeaways from Week 12 of the 2021 high school football season: 1ST DOWN Wilson QB Brad Hoffman has run for 100 yards in five straight games. (Joe Mays photo) Two months ago Wilson was setting all kinds of "firsts."…

Photo gallery provided by Tim Macrina These photos and others of Wyomissing soccer can be purchased at: www.timmacrina.com. Amory Thompson fights off Middletown defenders.Charlie McIntyre breaks up pass headed for Taj…

By Jason Guarente -- MikeDragoSports.com senior correspondent ROYERSFORD – Even in November, when careers are at stake each time players walk on the field, not every loss is the same. Some cut deeper. Some sting more. Some teams…

Bob Wolfrum's been waiting for this, waiting for a chance to really measure his Wyomissing football team. Fans may love all the blowouts but Wolfrum puts more value in a game such as this, when Middletown made his guys fight for every…

One week after the first district victory in program the Hamburg Hawks must've been thinking about another historic win. The went into halftime tied with second-seeded Boiling Springs Friday in a District 3 Class 3A game and were…

By Sam Cavalieri -- MikeDragoSports.com correspondent Warwick tried absolutely everything it could. Onside kicks, two fake punts and a wide receiver pass were not enough. It would have taken an act of God to stop Nick Singleton…

By Sean McBryan -- MikeDragoSports.com correspondent MANHEIM -- The Exeter Eagles are headed back to the District 3 Class 5A semifinals for the second time in program history. Eric Nangle rushed for 233 yards and three…

Tyler Givens has been trying to make that play in practice all season but he never came up with. He'd get a hand on the ball, or swat it down, but he was never able to hold on to it. Friday night the Berks Catholic defensive end…

A former Bulldog dropped by Shillington recently to share some life lessons with the Mustangs. Alex Auston, a Hall of Fame running back at Wilson from 1994-97, shared his story about a difficult transition from football player to…

Bye weeks at this time of the season are looked at as a reward. Have a great regular season, earn a high seed for the district playoffs, get a free pass in the opening round. For Gov. Mifflin the opening-round bye in the District 3…