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(Corrected to show Hamburg's first-round opponent, Berks Catholic opening date) Defending champs Gov. Mifflin and Wyomissing return to the District 3 football tournament as overwhelming favorites to repeat when the 40th annual…

Wyomissing Physical Therapy Offensive Player of the Week Wilson had the perfect weapon for a soggy Friday night and a must-win game: Powerful running back Jadyn Jones, a physical, between-the-tackles runner who can put his team on…

Four takeaways from Week 10 of the 2021 high school football season: FIRST DOWN: Call this the year of the receiver Conrad Weiser's Aanjay Feliciano and Twin Valley's Trey Freeman have been doing a Mantle & Maris kind of…

By Sean McBryan -- MikeDragoSports.com correspondent GETTYSBURG -- The way Trey Freeman sees it, the all-time Berks receiving record he set in Twin Valley's season finale Saturday night is a team record, not a personal one. "I…

By Jason Guarente -- MikeDragoSports.com senior correspondent The first thing you should know about Wilson’s go-ahead goal is it never should have happened. It wasn’t even a chance really. Not for most players on most teams. The…

By Jason Guarente -- MikeDragoSports.com senior correspondent Some goalkeepers look different. It’s a presence more than anything. The way they walk around the cage. It seems like the ball will never get past them. Tulpehocken’s…

By Sean McBryan -- MikeDragoSports.com correspondent Mitchell Watt is listed on the Hamburg roster as a fullback and defensive end. Fittingly, he’s also a fan of the Pittsburgh Steelers, which has two Watts you might’ve heard of…

By Matt Hagy -- MikeDragoSports.com correspondent Muhlenberg ended its season with a memory that will last a lifetime. The Muhls snapped a 26-game losing streak Friday with a 38-6 win over Reading High in a Berks Football League…

Fleetwood beat Kutztown 49-30 Friday in its Berks Football League Section 2 finale to clinch a postseason berth. Where the Tigers are headed next week still is to be determined. According to unofficial power ratings posted on…

It took a while for the Wilson Bulldogs to get healthy after painful back-to-back losses to Gov. Mifflin and Exeter early in the season. Once they got their full team back on the field they found a winning combination -- and some…

MikeDragoSports.com will be covering four games Friday night and two Saturday. The live scoreboard will be updated throughout the night, and on Saturday. Check back late Friday, and again Saturday, for final scores and stories…

1 When Wyomissing and Conrad Weiser walk off the A-Field Saturday afternoon it'll bring an end to an era in Berks County football history. That will be the last league game ever played in what was once affectionately known as the…

Whenever it's been circle-the-wagons time in West Lawn the Wilson Bulldogs have gone back to basics. Back to the days of John Gurski, the patriarch of Wilson football who believed in smash mouth football decades before that became a…

This District 3 Committee determined Friday that Daniel Boone's game vs. rival Exeter will officially go down as a "no-contest," rather than a forfeit, which Exeter was seeking. The decision was brought to the district level…

Twin Valley (6-3) vs. Gettysburg (6-3) Kick: Saturday, 6, at Warrior Stadium, Gettysburg. Series: First meeting. Raiders update: Can clinch first District 3 playoff berth with a win. . . Enter ranked No. 10 in Class 5A. .…

By Jason Guarente -- MikeDragoSports.com senior correspondent Until someone brought it up, Charlotte Lazarchick-Oberti didn’t even realize she was doing it. This was just the way she walked. She wasn’t trying to send any kind of…

Nate Goodman and Braylon Stewart can't remember a time when Gov. Mifflin's football team wasn't on top in the Berks Football League. They're far too young. The seniors grew up in a Mifflin program that has enjoyed an unprecedented…

It's not like Rick Perez didn't already have challenges. He's been head basketball coach at Reading High for more than a decade. That's a job that presents challenges by the boat load. They dump themselves at your feet 24/7, in…

By Jason Guarente -- MikeDragoSports senior correspondent Peyton McDaniel’s latest accolade arrived before she stepped onto the court for the first game of her sophomore season. James Madison’s guard was named All-Colonial…

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. Joshua Williams Joshua Williams, Reading High …