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2024 Berks football coverage presented by UECU The Gov. Mifflin Mustangs have authored some of the greatest dynasties in Berks football history. Half a century ago, with Ray Linn at the control switches, the…

2024 Berks football coverage presented by UECU Section 4 of the Lancaster-Lebanon League looks completely new this season, and not just because three new teams have moved in and three others have relocated…

2024 Berks football coverage presented by UECU None of the five sections in the Lancaster-Lebanon League has been more tightly contested or fun to watch over the last two seasons than Section 5. A season ago…

2024 Berks football coverage presented by UECU It took a while for the Fleetwood Tigers to catch up with the competition after their 2001 debut but they have, ending two of the last three seasons lofting a…

2024 Berks football coverage presented by UECU Aris Drake played quarterback in his final season of youth football. At 5-10, 200 pounds, he towered over the linemen in front of him. “We ran quarterback power…

2024 Berks football coverage presented by UECU For years Exeter had trouble getting past Berks Football League Section 1 rival Gov. Mifflin, which dominated the league and dominated its series with the Eagles. …

2024 Berks football coverage presented by UECU After decades of undistinguished football the Daniel Boone Blazers rose to prominence in the early 2000's, winning or sharing three Inter-County League Section 1…

2024 Berks football coverage presented by UECU Back in the day Wyomissing was a small-school power in District 3, winning the first three of its 12 championships at Class A (or smallest) level. Much has…

2024 Berks football coverage presented by UECU Until recently the Conrad Weiser Scouts had been a model of consistency. They have had only four head coaches in their first 56 years and just 16 losing seasons.…

2024 Berks football coverage presented by UECU Denny Iezzi didn’t stay away from football for very long. Just months after stepping down as head coach at Thaddeus Stevens last season the former Daniel Boone…

2024 Berks football coverage presented by UECU The Berks Catholic Saints lost the first two games they played in their debut season, 2011. They didn't lose many over the next decade. The Saints made arguably…

2024 Berks football coverage presented by Utilities Employees Credit Union Eric Steeves knew he was headed down the wrong path as a teen-ager. He didn’t make an effort in school. He had no direction in life. He…

2024 Berks football coverage presented by UECU Al Silveri could be as demanding of his players as any coach ever was on a football field, but the same kids he chided and harangued for missing assignments or not…

2024 Berks baseball coverage presented by Utilities Employees Credit Union Gov. Mifflin capped the greatest season in program history by landing three players on the Pennsylvania Baseball Coaches Association…

National Player of the Year honors and a Division III World Series championship were just what Connor Maryniak needed to boost his baseball career. The Gov. Mifflin graduate has announced he is transferring to the University of…

2024 Berks football coverage presented by Utilities Employees Credit Union Even on a blistering hot summer day, the bright sun beating down on his Muhlenberg players as they compete in 7-on-7 drills, Rob Flowers…

Evan Blickley always figured he would someday coach football. He played tight end on Wyomissing’s District 3 Class 3A championship team, looked up to his Spartans coaches and to his dad Chris, an assistant coach with the Spartans. …

2024 Berks baseball coverage presented by Utilities Employees Credit Union One more honor for Gov. Mifflin grad Connor Maryniak, and it's a big one: The Misericordia University junior has been named the American…

Even by Wilson’s lofty standards this was a pretty productive year in West Lawn. The Bulldogs' boys team won county titles in seven boys sports and captured another District 3 championship in lacrosse. That was more than enough…

After a sophomore year at Misericordia University that didn’t grade out as well as he hoped, Connor Maryniak attended summer school. Now the Gov. Mifflin grad is at the top of his class again. He earned MAC Freedom Player of…