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HERSHEY -- No. 23 wasn't quite as easy as anticipated. When Reading High returned seven of its top nine players from a PIAA championship team, some were conceding this year's District 3 Class 6A title to it. It seemed to go…

Top-seeded Reading High meets No. 7 Warwick in the District 3 Class 6A championship game Saturday at 7:45 at Giant Center. Here are 10 facts about the Red Knights' district championship game history. The Red Knights have won 22…

Warwick basketball coach Chris Christensen says his team has embraced its underdog role in the District 3 Class 6A Tournament. That's a good thing, because the seventh-seeded Warriors will take the floor at Giant Center Saturday at…

Joey Chapman came into Reading High's basketball program as a flashy point guard who dazzled with no-look passes. Over the ensuing seasons he has evolved, transforming himself physically and playing different roles for the Red…

(This story will be updated with details and postgame reaction later tonight.) They had new warmups and a different starting lineup but little else changed for the Reading High Red Knights Tuesday in a District 3 Class 6A semifinal…

If Reading High is to repeat as District 3 or PIAA Class 6A champ it'll have to do it without three-year starter Daniel Alcantara. The 6-5 senior will miss the remainder of the season following surgery, scheduled for Thursday, to…

Some of Daniel Alcantara's Reading High teammates were in tears Friday night when he was taken to the hospital for x-rays after a hard fall following a dunk that left him with an injured left hand and lower back. His basketball…

Five Berks Conference boys basketball teams have already qualified for the PIAA Tournament: Antietam Berks Catholic, Exeter, Reading High and Tulpehocken. A sixth, Wilson, needs one win to get there. Six state entries would match…

By Jason Guarente -- MikeDragoSports.com senior correspondent Where Moro Osumanu’s final game ranks among Reading High’s greatest performances could be debated forever. Is it the best? The most consequential? It’s somewhere in the…

Matt Coldren's been coaching against Reading High for over 20 years. His Wilson team has played the Red Knights nearly five dozen times in that span: League play, county playoffs and at nearly every stage of the District 3 Tournament.…