Reading High

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.…

(This story will be updated with details and postgame reaction later tonight.) Wilson and Reading High waged one of the greatest season-long high school basketball battles ever seen in Berks a season ago. They met four times and…

Troy Godinet remembers the first time he was benched. He was playing football for the Northwest Athletic Association and he kept lining up offsides. His coach, John Misch, sat him. Two decades later the lesson resonates. "The…

Ruben Rodriguez didn't think he was all that good a basketball player in junior high. Sure, he dropped a bunch of points, 30 at a time, but it didn't resonate with him. He didn't see the big picture. Didn't realize there would be…

Wyomissing Physical Therapy Player of the Week The awards season has only just begun and already Ruben Rodriguez has an armful of them. Friday he wrapped his hands around the Berks Conference championship trophy after scoring a…

For the great teams, the ones with big ambitions -- state title ambitions -- the Berks Conference Tournament is just a warm-up race. A prelim. When you're Reading High with Lonnie Walker IV, Berks Catholic with Donovon Jack or…

To purchase these Susan L. Angstadt photos, or others from the game, click here: Reading High's Xavier Davis (Susan L. Angstadt photo) Myles Grey celebrates Red Knights championship. (Susan L. Angstadt photo) Joey…

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It seems as though Reading High wins the Berks Conference basketball championship every year, but that's simply not true. The last two years the trophy ended up in West Lawn. It's been three long years since the Red Knights last held…

The highest-scoring team in the Berks Conference showed it can play a little defense, too. Reading High, held to its lowest scoring total of the season, still dominated Berks Catholic in a 51-35 championship game Friday before…