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2024 Berks baseball coverage presented by Utilities Employees Credit Union Resiliency and perseverance. Those are the two takeaways from Gov. Mifflin’s state championship baseball season. The Mustangs had…

The Oley Valley field hockey team and Gov. Mifflin baseball team are the lone PIAA champions from Berks this season. Eleven different Berks schools brought home District 3 team championships in the 2023-24 scholastic season but…

Ten different Berks schools are represented among the 14 boys Player of the Year selections for the now-completed 2023-24 scholastic season. Only Wilson, Daniel Boone and Gov. Mifflin had multi selections. The same balance…

Coaches of the Year selected by various Berks coaching associations. Wilson boys basketball coach Matt Coldren. (PhilMarPhoto) Boys sports FALLCross countryTodd WitkowskiExeterFootballBob WolfrumWyomissingGolfJoe…

(Athletes of the Year selected by respective schools.) Oley Valley's Morgan Snyder. (Susan L. Angstadt photo) Schuylkill Valley's Dominic Giuffre. (PhilMarPhoto) Female Athlete of the YearMale Athlete of the…

(From results posted on milesplit.com) Twin Vallley's Addie Nudy. (PhilMarPhoto) 100Nadly GyapongMuhlenberg12.20Nadly GyapongMuhlenberg12.20Alexis HardyWyomissing12:25200Nadly GyapongMuhlenberg25.25Nadly…

2024 Berks football coverage presented by Utilities Employees Credit Union All-State picks Nolan McCready of Wyomissing and Andy Roland of Wilson were among the seven-member class of the 2024 erks County…

(This story was orginally published July 6.) Even after all these years of writing about local sports I’m still caught off guard at times when someone recognizes me or remembers my name. I know, I know: My name was at the top of…

By Julie Pelchar Cohen -- MikeDragoSports.com senior correspondent Zack Zerbe was happy to spare his teammates a trip around the diamond while blazing across the bases as a grade school ballplayer. “I’ve always had speed,” Zerbe…

The sun was but a rumor, the recent coming of spring a myth. The thermometer never challenged 50; light drops of rain dampened the shot put ring. Brady Mider was there anyway, patting dry that heavy metal sphere before each launch. …