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A couple days after racing home from the District 3 Championships last week with three gold medals around her neck Addie Cohen found herself going in reverse once again. After battling for months to regain her health and the…

By Julie Pelchar Cohen -- MikeDragoSports.com senior correspondent SHIPPENSBURG -- In a few short months Xavier Beatty has launched himself into the springtime skies like few others in county history. He has soared far across…

SHIPPENSBURG -- Maddie Henne spent two years trying to convince her parents that permanently inking her arm was a good idea. Getting a tattoo topped her Christmas list. She finally got what she wanted several months ago. The…

The top-ranked competitors in the PIAA Class 2A pole vault didn’t pay much mind to Luke Martinez coming into the state championships. Martinez was seeded 13th after winning the District 3 championship at 13-0. A year ago he…

By Julie Pelchar Cohen -- MikeDragoSports.com senior correspondent SHIPPENSBURG -- Lauren Akers came up empty in her first two state meet appearances. After winning the District 3 title in the 2A javelin as a sophomore and…

By Julie Pelchar Cohen -- MikeDragoSports.com senior correspondent SHIPPENSBURG -- Brady Mider never assumes a gold medal is his for the taking. That’s why the Berks Catholic senior is constantly refining his craft with a work…

2024 Berks baseball coverage presented by Utilities Employees Credit Union Lower Dauphin took advantage of four Muhlenberg errors and scored four late runs to eliminate the Muhls 5-4 Thursday in a District 3…

2024 Berks baseball coverage presented by Utilities Employees Credit Union By Jamie Yousaitis -- MikeDragoSports.com correspondent Joey Berg was trying to hit the ball on the ground, maybe find an opening…

2024 Berks baseball coverage presented by Utilities Employees Credit Union ENOLA -- Adrick Bayer’s bases-loaded bunt single in the seventh sent home the winning run as second-seeded East Pennsboro edged visiting…

Kyle Archie was one of the most improved basketball players in the Berks Conference this season. His Muhlenberg team beat Reading High and eventual county champ Wilson in Berks I play and earned a spot in the PIAA Tournament. …

Defending Class AAA shot put champ Brady Mider of Berks Catholic is among three Berks athletes seeded No. 1 heading into the PIAA Track and Field Championships Friday and Saturday at Shippensburg. Hamburg's Jaydon Witman is No.…

2024 Berks baseball coverage presented by Utilities Employees Credit Union Kutztown graduated five starters, including four all-division picks, from its District 3 Class 2A championship team but one year later…

2024 Berks basketball coverage presented by Utilities Employees Credit Union Less than a month after seeing boys basketball coach Matt Herbener leave to take a job at Ephrata Twin Valley has hired RJ Proska to…

2024 Berks baseball coverage presented by Utilities Employees Credit Union Muhlenberg twice built three-run leads but never found a way to slow down Mechanicsburg’s bats, falling 9-6 in a District 3 Class 5A…

2024 Berks baseball coverage presented by Utilities Employees Credit Union Hard-hitting James Buchanan put up eight runs over its final two at-bats to top visiting Berks Catholic 10-8 in a District 3 Class 4A…

2024 Berks baseball coverage presented by Utilities Employees Credit Union For the longest time Matt VanOstenbridge and his changeup weren’t on speaking terms; they just didn't understand each other. Now the…

2024 Berks baseball coverage presented by Utilities Employees Credit Union Seven days after winning the Berks League title the Wilson Bulldogs face another championship test. The fourth-seeded Bulldogs open…

By Julie Pelchar Cohen -- MikeDragoSports.com senior correspondent SHIPPENSBURG – John Kowalski was a newcomer to the big stage. He certainly didn’t show it. The Schuylkill Valley junior performed like a sprint veteran during…

By Julie Pelchar Cohen -- MikeDragoSports.com senior correspondent SHIPPENSBURG – The ambulance carried Drew Forrey away and all that was lost started flooding his heart. His final football season was erased in an instant. He…

Addie Cohen spent nine days in a hospital bed in December with a blood infection that spread to her hip. It cost the elite Wyomissing runner her indoor season and, in all likelihood, the chance to repeat a spectacular junior season…