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2024 Berks baseball coverage presented by Utilities Employees Credit Union Fleetwood is off to one of its best starts in years but first-year coach Jon Chwatek knows things are about to get tougher. “The boys are…

2024 Berks baseball coverage presented by Utilities Employees Credit Union A week ago Muhlenberg coach Brian Kopetsky looked at his team’s upcoming schedule with a measure of dread: Five games in six days, including road…

By Julie Pelchar Cohen -- MikeDragoSports.com senior correspondent Zack Zerbe was happy to spare his teammates a trip around the diamond while blazing across the bases as a grade school ballplayer. “I’ve always had speed,” Zerbe…

2024 Berks basketball coverage presented by Utilities Employees Credit Union Garrett Etzel is headed home. The former Gov. Mifflin basketball standout is expected to be named head boys basketball coach at his…

2024 Berks baseball coverage presented by Utilities Employees Credit Union As a sophomore Gavin Miller pitched in the shadow of Exeter’s ace, Deven Sheerin. The Mount Saint Mary’s recruit took the lion’s share of the big…

The sun was but a rumor, the recent coming of spring a myth. The thermometer never challenged 50; light drops of rain dampened the shot put ring. Brady Mider was there anyway, patting dry that heavy metal sphere before each launch. …

He’s months away from returning to the basketball court – he faces a lengthy rehab after breaking his leg -- but already Kingston McKoy is making plans to add to an already outstanding all-around game. “I want to work…

By Sean McBryan -- MikeDragoSports.com correspondent The best player in the Berks Girls League last year got even better this season. Wyomissing junior Amaya Stewart continued to elevate her game and raise the ceiling for…

2024 Berks basketball coverage presented by Utilities Employees Credit Union Daniel Boone, Gov. Mifflin, Conrad Weiser and Twin Valley all figure to be better next season, some of them good enough to make a push…

2024 Berks basketball coverage presented by Utilities Employees Credit Union Berks scoring champ Yadiel Cruz of Reading High has received the Dr. Richard Kleppinger Award as the outstanding senior in Berks…

2024 Berks basketball coverage presented by Utilities Employees Credit Union Five of the Berks Conference’s top six scorers this season were seniors; so were four of the seven All-Berks picks and 11 all-division…

2024 Berks basketball coverage presented by Utilities Employees Credit Union Balance was the buzzword in Berks basketball this season; only Fleetwood, in Berks III, made it through its league schedule unscathed.…

2024 Berks baseball coverage presented by Utilities Employees Credit Union Oley Valley got an early taste of playoff baseball Tuesday, the Lynx scoring single runs in the sixth and seventh innings for a 3-2 walk-off win…

2024 Berks baseball coverage presented by Utilities Employees Credit Union Daylong rain didn’t keep Berks Catholic from winning its season-opener Saturday. The Saints, playing in sunny Myrtle Beach, S.C., scored twice…

2024 Berks football coverage presented by Utilities Employees Credit Union Sometime in the next two months Max Hurleman will have to find a few hours to stream “Rudy,” the iconic 1993 film about underdog Daniel…

2024 Berks basketball coverage presented by Utilities Employees Credit Union The basket that put Yadiel Cruz over the coveted 1,000-point scoring milestone Tuesday was one Reading High fans had seen dozens of…

2024 Berks baseball coverage presented by Utilities Employees Credit Union Freshmen Jacob Degler and Aiden Rumpeltin and senior Jordan Unger each drove in three runs as Antietam snapped a 35-game losing streak with a…

2024 Berks baseball coverage presented by Utilities Employees Credit Union A little spring training trip apparently did the Wilson Bulldogs good. They opened their season in a big way Tuesday as Matt…

2024 Berks basketball coverage presented by Utilities Employees Credit Union By Sean McBryan -- MikeDragoSports.com correspondent ALTOONA -- One by one the teary-eyed, red-faced Spartans shuffled out of the…

2024 Berks basketball coverage presented by Utilities Employees Credit Union By Sean McBryan -- MikeDragoSports.com correspondent ALTOONA -- Wyomissing’s undefeated season came to a disappointing end Tuesday…