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2024 Berks football coverage presented by Utilities Employees Credit Union Keith Leamer didn’t need to keep coaching football. His resume is pretty much complete after more than 40 years in the game. He’s been a…

2024 Berks football coverage presented by UECU A decade after he first led his football team onto the field carrying the American flag Wyomissing grad Jack Wertz looks back on the experience as one that shaped…

2024 Berks football coverage presented by UECU As soon as Ismael Ayala took his defensive stance Friday against Pleasant Valley the trash talk began. The guys on the opposite side of the line took one look at…

It was said during his days at North Carolina that the only person who could hold Michael Jordan under 20 points was Dean Smith, his coach. You can make a parallel with Twin Valley quarterback Evan Myers, whose coach…

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2024 Berks football coverage presented by UECU By Mike Drago -- MikeDragoSports.com Managing Editor Wyomissing’s Bob Wolfrum may not have had as many wins or state championships as the coach on the opposite…

2024 Berks football coverage presented by UECU Gov. MIfflin's Gavin Kelly Wilson's Derek Reiniger The Berks "Watch List" is a companion to the "Starting Lineup," which features the 13 top players in Berks…

(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 the 10,000 or…

2024 Berks football coverage presented by UECU The team is complete; now it’s time to play the games. Mike Drago’s 10th annual “Starting Lineup,” featured on MikeDragoSports.com over the past two weeks, is…

To recognize the top players in Berks football MikeDragoSports.com has selected the “Starting Lineup,” a preseason All-Berks team that includes the top linemen, backs, receivers, linebackers and specialists. Players…