editors-pick

Josh Sherman didn't travel halfway across the globe in search of an ice hockey paradise. The Exeter grad was looking for an adventure, a chance to grow, and the opportunity to teach abroad when he relocated to Thailand four years…

Kyle Conrad wishes you weren't reading this story. He'd prefer not to be the focus of it. He'd rather remain on the sidelines, off center stage, the way he does during Gov. Mifflin basketball games. He'd sooner ask how you're…

Zakiyah Winfield never imagined she'd win a national championship or earn All-American honors when she left Wilson four years ago. She was simply looking for a place to keep playing basketball; it turns out destiny awaited her in a…

After a junior season in which he did everything well, Reading High's Ruben Rodriguez has only one goal in mind for the offseason: To get stronger and better. "I feel can improve on everything," Rodriguez said after a season which…

Caroline Reedy was the ultimate team player for Berks Catholic. She passed up far more shots than she ever took. She was more concerned with finding open teammates, grabbing rebounds, fulfilling her defensive assignment -- and…

Snip Esterly's first home game as a professional basketball coach was a little different, to say the least. It was easily the longest game he had ever coached -- 48 minutes of regulation, plus two five-minute overtimes, nearly the…

Adonis Fleming played for the Berks Conference basketball championship at Santander Arena when he was a junior at Central Catholic. A dozen years later he found himself back on the same court in a championship game, this time as an…

Here are 20 significant numbers to remember from the 2021-22 Berks boys basketball season: .000002 That was the difference in power rating between Exeter (.634204) and Gov. Mifflin (.634206) at the end of the regular season.…

Xavier Davis does his best work in, and around, the paint. On the basketball court he has often been, at 6-2, undersized playing center for Reading High. He regularly goes against basketball players four, six, even eight inches…

Next week, when basketball teams across the Commonwealth clinch a trip to the state championship game fans will inevitably throw Hershey Kisses into the air. It's become a rite of passage, a way to celebrate a trip to Hershey, where…