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The Exeter Black Knights were like a meteor. They burned brightly for a short time, then were gone. Never forgotten, though. A half-century after they dominated their basketball opponents they are still spoken of in legendary…

Listen to Mike Drago and Jeff Reinhart of lancasteronline.com talk about the opening week of play in the Lancaster-Lebanon League on the Mike Drago Sports Podcast: Week 5. This is the 50th anniversary season of football in the L-L.…

Dave Stafford, who impacted generations of local basketball players, has died; he was 69. (Photo courtesy of Reading Berks Basketball Association) Stafford was Reading High's leading scorer as a senior in 1969-70 and went on to…

Eighteen months after the PIAA was forced to shut down its basketball and swimming championships due to a raging pandemic the state's high school governing board is still wrestling with the long tentacles of COVID-19. Last fall, in…

"Play where your feet are." That's the motto that's kept Twin Valley grad A.J. Alexy grounded as he worked his way through the minor leagues, past a shoulder injury and a COVID shutdown, and now in the major leagues where he's made…

I had no idea who Charlie Fisher was until a few months ago, when I was covering Conrad Weiser is a District 3 basketball playoff game. Fisher was coaching Manheim Central, which was at a considerable size disadvantage but able to…

The show DeShawn Wilson put on Friday night at Lebanon was nothing new to his Reading High teammates and coaches. "What he did Friday he does every day at practice," said Red Knights coach Andre Doyle after Wilson scored five…

Jerry Kapp grew up in a basketball family; he always imagined he'd play that sport in college. His father, Jerry, was a top player at King's College and played for the Washington Generals (foils for the Harlem Globetrotters). …

Dr. Robert Lombardi was named Executive Director of the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association in 2012, and has worked for the state's high school athletics governing body since 1988. He has been the organization's chief…

Monday morning would have been a perfect time for Doug Dahms to pull out the sticks and head to Manor Golf Course for 18. The stifling August heat had finally abated, and The Manor is one of his favorite courses. Or, he could've…