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HERSHEY -- It's no wonder Snip Esterly loves playing at Giant Center: His Berks Catholic team never loses there. The Saints were good a year ago, in running Middletown off the court. They were even better Thursday, when they…

(This story will be updated later tonight with a additional details,and postgame reaction.) HERSHEY -- Berks Catholic put on a championship performance Thursday afternoon, knocking down 11 3-pointers and matching their excellent…

Jay’Daniel Mosquera matched his career high with six 3-pointers and scored 25 points as ninth-seeded Muhlenberg outlasted sixth-seeded Milton Hershey 79-77 in two overtimes Wednesday to finish fifth in the District 3 Class 5A…

Zyion Paschall had the worst seat in the house for the final minutes of Exeter’s District 3 Class 5A semifinal against Hershey: On the Eagles’ bench. The All-Berks point guard picked up his fifth foul on a charge with 1:41 left,…

David Vespignani didn’t need to work up an extensive scouting report for Reading High: The Cumberland Valley coach learned all about the Red Knights’ DNA when they met two seasons ago. “We were down three with three minutes to go,”…

The Fleetwood Tigers are enjoying a dream season, but it’s not one that was unexpected. After returning three starters, including All-Berks forward Jake Karnish, from a team that won 16 games and a division championship the Tigers…

By  Sean McBryan -- MikeDragoSports.com correspondent On one side, a team that has won 103 District 3 playoff games and seven titles; on the other, a team that has a sub-.500 record in district games and zero titles. None of…

Central York took advantage of Wilson’s fourth-quarter cold spell and pulled ahead to win 50-47 Tuesday in a District 3 Class 6A playback game at York. The seventh-seeded Bulldogs (18-9) head to a seventh-place game Thursday at…

HERSHEY — A gold medal, from Exeter’s 2021 District 3 Class 5A football championship, hangs prominently in Javon Hollis’ bedroom. In a nearby dresser drawer there’s a bunch of silver medals, one from football last fall, a couple…

(This story will be updated later tonight with a full box score, additional details,and postgame reaction.) HERSHEY -- It was the same story for Antietam in the District 3 Class 2A championship game Tuesday at Giant Center: A loss…

Teddy Snyder scored 18 points in Exeter’s opening-round win over Shippensburg and 19 in the district quarterfinals against Milton Hershey. Monday, in a District 3 Class 5A semifinal – the biggest basketball game of his life –…

By  Sean McBryan -- MikeDragoSports.com correspondent Josiah Jordan scored nine of his team-high 20 points and Berks Catholic buckled down on the defensive end in the third quarter as it outlasted fourth-seeded Octorara 53-47…

By Sean McBryan -- MikeDragoSports.com correspondent Amaya Stewart heard the chants from Berks Catholic’s student section. “Over-rated! Over-rated! Over-rated!” Those chants stopped abruptly when Stewart hit the…

By Sam Cavalieri -- MikeDragoSports.com correspondent Littlestown’s Christopher Meakin attempted to be a one-man show Monday in a District 3 Class 4A semifinal at Fleetwood. He scored 17 points in the first half, including,…

Xzavion Robertson scored 16 points and Kyle Archie had a career-high 15 as ninth-seeded Muhlenberg beat fifth-seeded Warwick 67-45 in a District 3 Class 5A seeding game at Lititz Monday. The Muhls (16-10) head to the fifth-place…

Oley Valley’s most successful basketball team in nearly 20 years still wasn’t able to crack the state tournament. The Lynx came up one win short, falling to top-seeded Columbia 69-57 Monday night in the District 3 Class 3A…

By Mike Mitchell Jr. -- MikeDragoSports.com correspondent Reading High played its typical brand of team-oriented basketball with relentless defensive pressure to overwhelm Waynesboro 55-31 in a District 3 Class 6A semifinal…

(This story will be updated later tonight with additional details and postgame reaction.) Teddy Snyder's three-point play with 1:12 left gave Exeter the working margin it needed to hold off Hershey for a 50-46 victory in a District…

Wyomissing Physical Therapy Offensive Player of the Week It's Ruben Rodriguez’s time of the year. You can tell by looking at the calendar or at the scoreboard; it’s undeniable the Reading High senior finds…

By Sean McBryan -- MikeDragoSports.com correspondent Berks Catholic’s Madison Langdon scored a game-high 18 points and held Bishop McDevitt’s leading scorer to two points in leading the Saints to a 52-28 win in the…