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When Wyomissing and Conrad Weiser walk off the A-Field Saturday afternoon it’ll bring an end to an era in Berks County football history. That will be the last league game ever played in what was once affectionately known as the Inter-County League, ending a 65-year run.

Next year the Spartans, Scouts and the other 11 members of the Berks League will become associate members of the Lancaster-Lebanon League.

Collegeville-Trappe was the league’s first champ, in 1957. The Wyomissing High Warriors were the first league champ from Berks, in 1958. The Wyomissing Spartans were the league’s last overall champ, in 2000, before the league split into sections.

The Spartans own the most hardware, with 19 championships (seven league, 12 section). Holy Name won the most overall titles, 11. Gov. Mifflin has the most section titles, with 13 since 2001. It can get a 14th Friday.

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Overshadowed in Wilson’s pursuit of a District 3 playoff spot and the Lancaster-Lebanon League Section 1 title was the fact that the Bulldogs’ win last week clinched a winning season. That’s now 46 straight, the longest active streak in Pennsylvania.

The Bulldogs have had 58 consecutive non-losing seasons, a streak that began in 1964 when they finished 5-5 in John Gurski’s first season. Quite a feat, considering they had finished 1-8-1 the year before.

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Wyomissing looks to extend its regular season winning streak to 25 Saturday, against Conrad Weiser. That would be the third-longest in Berks history. The Spartans could be going for 30 straight — which would match Wilson’s Berks record — had they not seen five games scratched last season due to COVID-19.

Granted, one of those canceled games was vs. Southern Columbia, which won the Class 2A state title in 2020. However, the game would’ve been played at Wyomissing, and many felt at the time that the Spartans had a better chance of beating the Tigers last season than they did this season. And they did it emphatically this season.

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Losing two games to COVID cancellations has made it tougher for Gov. Mifflin’s Nick Singleton to chase down David Gilmore’s Berks record of 2,403 rushing yards in a season. Gilmore did that in 1983, in 13 games.

Singleton has rushed for 1,394 yards in eight games. He’s still 1,009 yards short of that mark. It’ll take about five or so games to get there, which means the Mustangs will have to win the District 3 Class 5A title and reach the PIAA semifinals to get there. That would be their 13th game, in Week 15.

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Twin Valley’s Trey Freeman can become the most prolific receiver in Berks history Saturday with just another 18 receiving yards, against Gettysburg. That record has been on the books since 2001, a considerable amount of time in this era of high-octane offense.

More importantly, Freeman and the Raiders can lock down the program’s first District 3 playoff appearance with a win. The Raiders have been playing football since 1996.