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2023 Berks basketball coverage presented by Utilities Employees Credit Union Losses build character. So do last-second wins on the road. The latter, of course, are a whole lot more fun, especially for a young…

Matt Flowers saw flashes of what Alex Collado could do last season and throughout the summer. Now the Muhlenberg coach is seeing that ability on a nightly basis. “If you watched the body of work he did all summer long, and…

By Sean McBryan -- MikeDragoSports.com correspondent Wyomissing junior Amaya Stewart has picked up where she left off last season. The 6-1 forward has the Spartans undefeated at 3-0 after decisive wins over East…

Ryker Jones was 6 years old when Wyomissing won a state football championship in 2012. He was in awe of the Spartans’ best player, linebacker Alex Anzalone, so much so that he was reluctant to approach him after that historic win…

A 37-team league produces a lot of outstanding football players, and the Lancaster-Lebanon League has done that in abundance since 13 teams from Berks County joined two dozen others from Lancaster, Lebanon, and Chester counties for…

2023 Berks basketball coverage presented by Utilities Employees Credit Union (Corrected to show that Madyx Gruber is a junior.) When Easton switched to a zone defense early in the second quarter Saturday…

2023 Berks basketball coverage presented by Utilities Employees Credit Union It certainly wasn’t easy for Exeter basketball coach Jeff VanGorder to watch his team give up 91 points his first night on the job. …

2023 Berks basketball coverage presented by Utilities Employees Credit Union For most of the past four seasons Josiah “Jay-Jay” Jordan pretty much controlled the action on the floor for Berks Catholic. He was as…

2023 Berks basketball coverage presented by Utilities Employees Credit Union A week ago no one was quite sure who all the key scorers would be for Reading High this season but everyone around the team agreed…

Tommy Hunsicker has played quarterback since he was old enough to peer over his center, though at times this season he looked like a natural running back. The Wilson senior instinctively found running lanes on the…

2023 Berks basketball coverage presented by Utilities Employees Credit Union By Sean McBryan -- MikeDragoSports.com correspondent Wyomissing’s girls basketball team garnered a multitude of trophies and…

2023 Berks basketball coverage presented by Utilities Employees Credit Union YORK -- You may witness Halley’s Comet, sink a hole-in-one or win the Mega Millions jackpot before you see a scoreboard like the one…

2023 Berks basketball coverage presented by Utilities Employees Credit Union Change is the operative word for Berks boys basketball in 2023-24. The top scorers will mostly be new names. More than a…

2023 Berks football coverage presented by Utilities Employees Credit Union Wyomissing slipped from No. 2 to No. 3 in the PennLive.com weekly state rankings after its season-ending 33-24 loss to unbeaten…

2023 Berks basketball coverage presented by Utilities Employees Credit Union Everything about Reading High basketball is different this season: The coach, the top players, the expectations. It’s all new. On…

2023 Berks football coverage presented by Utilities Employees Credit Union Dave Stahler had no plans to become a high school football coach. That all changed with a phone call the day before the start of…

Ray Linn won a lot of football games as coach at Gov. Mifflin and three other schools but said that wasn’t the most important thing to him. “It’s not important whether you win or lose,” Linn said upon returning to the sidelines…

2023 Berks basketball coverage presented by Utilities Employees Credit Union It’s safe to say Donovan Gingrich was ready to go when the ball went up for the first time Saturday. The Conrad Weiser junior…

2023 Berks basketball coverage presented by Utilities Employees Credit Union NEFFSVILLE -- Muhlenberg won four playoff games last year and reached the second round of the PIAA Class 5A Tournament but when the…

2023 Berks basketball coverage presented by Utilities Employees Credit Union By Sean McBryan -- MikeDragoSports.com correspondent One key factor that separates the top athletes and teams from the rest is…