What are Berks teams up against in District 3 playoffs this weekend?

Four Berks teams won District 3 Tournament openers last week to advance; two others, Gov. Mifflin and Berks Catholic, earned first-round byes. Here’s what’s in store for each this weekend:

Wilson (8-3) vs. Central York (11-0): The Bulldogs will be facing the top quarterback in the state, Penn State recruit Beau Pribula. He’s 6-3, 215 pounds and has been compared to Chad Henne. His coach, Gerry Yonchiuk, thinks he has the potential to play on Sundays.

Pribula has thrown for over 2,400 yards, with 34 TDs, and is completing 73 percent of his passes.

The team surrounding him isn’t nearly as strong as the one that reached the PIAA championship year ago. That team graduated about 10 Division I prospects.

Also, Central lost its best linebacker and leading tackler, Carter Glassmyer to a broken leg a few weeks ago.

Still, the Panthers are good. They’re allowing fewer points than any Class 6A team in the district and they’ve won 29 of their last 31 games. Plus, Wilson has had trouble defending top-flight passing games in recent seasons.

Panthers defeated Manheim Township 26-14 in the quarterfinals, a week after Township lost to Wilson 21-14.

Gov. Mifflin (8-0) vs. Warwick (7-4): The Warriors are down a level since last season when they featured All-State picks Nolan Rucci, Joey McCracken and Caleb Schmitz on what was probably the best team in program history.

They showed their mettle last month with a 35-28 win over Manheim Central, ruining the Barons’ perfect season. They have won four of their last five after a 2-3 start and finished in a three-way tie with Manheim and Cocalico for the Lancaster-Lebanon League Section 2 title.

They’ve got another good quarterback in Jack Reed, who has thrown for over 2,200 yards and 17 TDs. They have a 1,000-yard receiver in Cooper Eckert and a 1,000-yard rusher in Christian Royer and the top-ranked offense in Section 2.

Warriors knocked off Gettysburg in the first round, 44-14.

Exeter (7-3) vs. Manheim Central (9-1): The Barons are the No. 2 seed in Class 5A and ranked No. 5 in the state.

They’re playing great defense, allowing just 102 rushing yards per game. They allowed just 98 rushing yards to a Wilson team minus Jadyn Jones in Week 5.

Quarterback Judd Novak is a play-maker with his arm and feet. He has thrown 20 TDs and run for a team-leading 10 scores. He is completing 61 percent of his passes, for over 1,600 yards. Wide receiver Owen Sensenig was an All-State pick last season; he has 51 catches and seven TDs this year.

Have scored wins over Class 6A playoff qualifiers Hempfield (14-0), Perkiomen Valley (43-40) and Wilson (24-21). Lone loss came to Warwick 35-28 in Week 6, a week after the win over Wilson.

Barons had a bye last week.

Berks Catholic (6-4) vs. Cocalico (6-4): Eagles saw their four-game winning streak stopped in 42-20 loss to Manheim Central in season finale; they ended up sharing Lancaster-Lebanon League Section 2 title with Barons and Warwick.

Eagles’ only losses are to bigger schools, including 5A Gov. Mifflin and Cedar Cliff and 6A Manheim Township. They’ve beaten the only two 4A teams they’ve faced, Conrad Weiser (36-21) and Garden Spot. Only Wyomissing has held Weiser to fewer points than the Eagles.

Two big problems for the Saints: 6-6, 280-pound All-State tackle Ryan Brubaker, a South Carolina recruit, and the Eagles’ always tough Veer ground game. Anthony Bourassa fronts that; he has rushed for 1,863 yards — 330 of them against Warwick — and 23 TDs.

The Saints are coming off a loss in which they yielded 457 rushing yards to Gov. Mifflin.

Both teams had a bye in the first round.

Hamburg (7-3) vs. Boiling Springs (10-1): The Bubblers got everyone’s attention a few weeks ago when they handed defending PIAA Class 1A champ Steel-High a 29-28 defeat, going for two and the win in the final minutes. Otherwise they cruised through the Mid-Penn Capital, including a 44-28 win over Big Spring (which just knocked off Conrad Weiser).

Bubblers run out of the Wing-T, so the Hawks should be familiar with that since they run it themselves.

They are the No. 2 seed and coming off a 56-10 quarterfinal win over Lancaster Catholic.

Program has come on quickly; they went 0-10 two seasons ago before a 4-2 finish last year.

Wyomissing (11-0) vs. Middletown (6-4): The Blue Raiders are down a few notches from the team that beat up on the Spartans several years ago, or even from the team that lost to them in the last two district finals. Their head coach, Brett Myers, left after last season and their quarterback, Tony Powell, transferred to C.D. East.

They’re the No. 5 seed in Class 3A but have been better in the second half of the season. They bumped off Big Spring 7-0 in Week 9 and won at West Perry 35-21 last week in the quarterfinals.

Top player is 6-3, 235-pound defensive end Tajae Broadie, a four-year starter who’s now their lead ballcarrier. He has offers from Akron, Buffalo, Bowling Green and Cincinnati. The Spartans know all about him.