editors-pick

Coaches in the Van Reed youth football league knew years ago what coaches in Section 1 of the Lancaster-Lebanon League have yet to learn: Do. Not. Kick. The. Ball. To. Cam. Jones. Granted, when Jones was playing Mighty Mites, lined…

By Jason Guarente -- MikeDragoSports.com senior correspondent There was a moment when Evan Niedrowski worried it was about to happen again. A jolt of pain followed by a feeling of dread. The Wyomissing grad couldn’t help but…

When they first met, on a basketball court at Northwest Middle School, Rob Flowers and Rick Perez did not click. Anything but. "I wanted to fight him," Flowers said. That feeling didn't last long. They became friends and, along…

(Editor's note: Anthony Caccese committed the the University of Delaware Aug. 12.) When he first began playing football, Anthony Caccese, along with teammate Joey Schlaffer, towered over the rest of the kids. He looked older than…

Dee Kantner's bucket list is blank. Most people her age still have a long list of things they want to accomplish or experience, but not the 1978 Exeter grad. She's done it all when it comes to officiating basketball. She has…

It's the middle of June, in a mostly empty gym, in a summer league basketball game where everything is relaxed. The coaches and refs are wearing shorts; the players' uniforms consist of a T-shirt with a sponsor's name across the…

During my years with the Reading Eagle sports department I pitched a lot of ideas. Some were met with approval and put into action, such as the football-only preseason preview tab, a special section for the All-Berks teams and the…

Next to Player of the Year Connor Maryniak, Tyler Minick was the best hitter on Gov. Mifflin's 2021 Berks League baseball championship team. The sophomore batted .376 and slugged an impressive .588. Those numbers now look small…

Connor Maryniak homered twice in just the third college game he played. It was probably the worst thing that could have happened to the Misericordia freshman. After that, his swing suddenly got long. He started pulling his head off…

Al Wolski calls it "football ego." That's why he moved from Florida to Reading in 1995 and took over a football program that had been torn apart a year earlier by controversy. He had an offer at the same time to coach in an…