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Friday, Sept. 17 Harrisburg at Gov. Mifflin, 7 (follow Mike Drago for coverage) Martin Luther King at Wilson, 7 Pope John Paul II at Berks Catholic, 7 (follow Sean McBryan for…

Hamburg enters league play Friday with a perfect record for the first time since 2013. Remaining unscathed and winning their Berks Football League Section 2 opener will be quite a chore. It always is any time the Hawks line up…

The hardest part for Annie McCaffrey is staying patient. She wants to go full speed. She wants to be her old self. Nearly a year passed between games for Wyomissing’s midfielder. She sat out basketball. She missed track. She had to…

A long-time assistant coach, the "Voice of the Spartans" and seven former players will be inducted into the Wyomissing Football Association Hall of Fame prior to kickoff Saturday before Wyomissing's game vs. Hamburg at the A-Field. …

Dave Stafford, who impacted generations of local basketball players, has died; he was 69. (Photo courtesy of Reading Berks Basketball Association) Stafford was Reading High's leading scorer as a senior in 1969-70 and went on to…

Billy Harrison has resigned as boys basketball coach at Conrad Weiser. Harrison coached the Scouts for five seasons, taking them to the Berks Conference playoffs four times and the District 3 playoffs twice. "It was not an easy…

Calvin Everett has been head coach at Harrisburg for 11 seasons and says he has never had to prepare a team to face a running back such as Nick Singleton. He coached one, though. "If there was a person I could put up there with…

GoBigRecruiting.com Game of the Week Wilson (1-1) vs. Exeter (1-1) Kick: Friday, 7, at Don Thomas Stadium. Series: Bulldogs lead 6-0. (The first meeting was in 1958.) Last meeting: Wilson won 38-0, in 2007. Cam…

Matt Bauer wanted his Exeter football team to celebrate its season-shaping victory over Wilson -- but not too much, or for too long. "We quickly knocked them back down to reality," he said of the days following the Eagles' 42-14…

By Jason Guarente -- MikeDragoSports.com senior correspondent The special players, the ones who end up in All-State conversations at the end of the season, find ways to tilt the field when the game seems even. One play, one…

Former football coaches John "Jet" Johnston and Jim Clontz are among nine individuals set for induction into the Reading High Athletic Hall of Fame during halftime ceremonies Friday at Shirk Stadium. Jet Johnston The Red Knights…

Wilson has been hit with a wave of injuries and will be without its No. 1 running back this week but teams around the Lancaster-Lebanon League aren't expecting anything less from the Bulldogs as league play nears. "When you look at…

Gov. Mifflin's Week 4 game just got a whole lot more interesting. The Mustangs will now play unbeaten and state-ranked Harrisburg after school officials were informed that Cedar Crest can not play the game originally scheduled for…

A.J. Alexy's first major league relief appearance didn't go nearly as well as his first two starts. The Twin Valley grad allowed four hits, four walks and six runs over 3 2/3 innings in the Texas Rangers' 15-1 loss to the Houston…

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. Brandon Shane, Boyertown Senior, Wide…

By Jason Guarente -- MikeDragoSports.com senior correspondent There’s no waiting until next year for the seniors on this Wilson boys soccer team. It doesn’t matter that five freshmen and sophomores are in the starting lineup. Or…

Nate Goodman saw it first thing Tuesday morning when he looked at his phone. Like the rest of his Gov. Mifflin teammates the senior tackle was pretty excited to see the Mustangs ranked No. 1 in the state for the first time. "I…

GoBigRecruiting.com Game of the Week Exeter (2-1) vs. Hempfield (1-2) Kick: Friday, 7, at Landisville. Series: Exeter leads 3-0, with wins in 2016, 2017 and 2020. Last meeting: Exeter won 41-34 in OT last year when QB…

Diamond Credit Union Lineman of the Week After some tough early losses Daniel Boone bounced back with a 45-17 win over Garden Spot last week. One of the guys doing a lot of the bouncing was 6-4, 257-pound tackle Colin Leahy, who…

There's been a change at the top of the PennLive.com Class 5A state football rankings. For the first time in program history the Gov. Mifflin Mustangs are ranked No. 1 in the state. They ascended to the top spot when former No.…