Berks Beat- sponsored by Small Player/Big Play

The reward for the Dallastown Wildcats coming back from an 18 point deficit to win Wednesday night over Central York, a trip to the Geigle to face Reading High.  Clearly the Wildcats and their fans were not intimidated at all facing the defending 6A State Champs on their home floor .  Despite falling behind by […]

When talking about the top high school athletic programs in the midstate, it is downright impossible to have any such conversation without including the Saints of Berks Catholic. No doubt about it, any list that would be devoid of having Berks Catholic mentioned would simply be incomplete at best. If nothing else, it’d certainly be […]

Most coaches will tell you that they want there team peaking going into the tournament.  Well for Wilson, this team looks to be peaking at just the right time.  A tough first quarter turned into an almost flawless three quarters of basketball. The Bulldogs scored the most points all season in route to a 70-49 […]

PIAA District Three post season games, regardless of the sport, always feature some very non-traditional inter conference matchups  Such was the case Monday when Exeter Twp traveled to play Hershey.  Hershey had a strong consistent year that featured a conference crown.  Exeter Twp. an up and down season coming off a blow out loss in […]

Four straight years Berks Catholic and Reading High have faced off for the BCIAA Boys Hoop Title.  The first three went the way of the Red Knights.  Wednesday night at the Santander Arena in Reading, BC jumped out quickly and hung on late to win the Berks County Basketball Tourney 51-46 over Reading High.  The […]

All year long the talk in Berks County basketball has been, is it Reading High or is it going to be Berks Catholic this year.  Well you now  have your wish.   At  Santander Arena Wednesday night, Reading High and Berks Catholic won impressively and will face off for  the Berks County Basketball Tourney Title.   Reading dispatched Exeter […]

Berks Catholic is clearly one of the favorites in the BCIAA Boys basketball tournament.  There quarterfinal matchup was with  a lower seeded Governor Mifflin team playing its best basketball of the season.  The Saints moved out quickly and then held off a spirited Mifflin rally to defeat the Mustangs 59-49 Friday night. A strong second half by […]

Growing up in Indiana I learned to enjoy the post season tournaments that match up big schools vs small schools, county vs city and the schools that rarely schedule one another.  These games are filled with emotion.  It is great for the teams, coaches and most importantly the fans. Such was the case at Exeter High School Friday  […]

It all came down to the final regular season Berks I game for Muhlenberg and Governor Mifflin.  Both teams have had up and down seasons.  The victor of Tuesday  nights matchup would move on to play in the BCIAA basketball tournament.  The Mustangs moved out quickly and played high quality basketball all night long.  Governor Mifflin […]

Last year when the Donegal Indians met the Daniel Boone Blazers on the basketball court, both programs were desperately itching for a win to help close out frustrating seasons in which the wins were hard to come by. Hit the fast forward button to 364 days later and the story is a little bit different. […]

Back on January 18th Muhlenberg handed Exeter a 54-48 defeat across town at the Mules home floor.  Now it was Exeter’s turn to play host.  On the heels of a two game win streak Muhlenberg was playing for their post season lives in Berks County and District 3.  IN one of the most entertaining games […]

Technically it is a non-league game but when Wilson and Berks Catholic get together in any sport there are fire-works.  Each team trying to gain more momentum going into next weeks Berks County Tournament.  Both teams came out playing as if it was a post season game.  Tough, physical defense was played by both teams […]

Wilson and Governor Mifflin opened Berks I league play against one another in early January.  In the first matchup at Wilson,  the Bulldogs controlled most of the game  and prevailed 54-39.  Tuesday in almost a mirror image performance in Shillington, the Bulldogs jumped out early and came out on top over Governor Mifflin 52-37. Freshman Stevie Mitchell led […]

The last time that the Manheim Township Blue Streaks and Governor Mifflin Mustangs hooked up on the basketball court, the result had seismic-like repercussions. On the late Saturday afternoon of January 28th last year, the Blue Streaks trekked northward to tangle with the then #1 ranked team in District 3 6A. It was a game […]

Streaks collided Friday as Berks Catholic visited Conrad Weiser.  The Scouts came in to the matchup winners of seven in a row and were undefeated in League play.  The Saints had won nine straight and were undefeated in League play as well.  Something had to give.  Berks Catholic jumped out to a quick lead and […]