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The Kutztown Cougars came into Wednesday nights matchup with the Wyomissing Spartans riding high.  15 straight wins and number one in the District Three AAA power rating.  Wyomissing entered with only five wins and was still searching for team chemistry.  So I guess the writing was on the wall for this one, or was it.  […]

Tuesday night it was “Grudge Match II” between Wilson WL and the Exeter Twp.  hoops squads.  Exeter took a hard fought tight game earlier in the year at Wilson.  Now it was Wilson’s turn to try and spoil the party at Exeter.  Wilson controlled the first half.  Fell behind in the third quarter and roared […]

The old adage is that you want to be playing your best brand of basketball heading into the home stretch. Well in the case of the Garden Spot Spartans, that phrase was more than just wishful thinking. It had become a stone cold fact. Coming into their Saturday afternoon game against perennial District 3 stalwart […]

The Reading High basketball program and Head Coach Rick Perez have very high expectations.  Coming off a PA 6A state title, having key players leave for the next level, some fans may have lowered the expectation.  It is clear that Coach Perez and this Red Knights squad have not lowered expectations at all.  Reading High has come out […]

It is called the “Backyard Brawl” in football, I call it the “Basketbrawl” when Berks Catholic and Wyomissing get together on the basketball court.  BC and Wyo are just blocks apart. Any time the Saints and Spartans match up against one another, the intensity gets ratcheted way,way up.  Lots of pre game emotion and excitement in Wyo Friday […]

Weather is such a big part of a basketball teams success each year.  The result of re-schedules means some teams are playing on back to back nights, or even mornings.  I have seen the big difference in energy and intensity levels between the rested teams and the teams playing on consecutive nights. Wilson was coming off an emotional hard fought win with […]

The great thing about Section I of the Berks League, is that  it is mostly about the cross town rivals.  Tonight it was Governor Mifflin’s turn to head across town to face off against its athletic nemesis Wilson WL.  Mifflin was coming off a stinging loss at the hands of Exeter.  Wilson was riding high following a […]

When talking about the Reading Red Knight Boys’ Basketball program, there may never be a night quite as sweet as the one on March 25, 2017. By now, you’re probably well aware of the story. That after all, was the night where the entire city of Reading descended upon the Giant Center to watch their […]

There have been a number of Berks I vs Berks II non league matchups this year.  None was more anticipated than when Berks Catholic was to face off with Exeter Twp. Both teams entered  Saturday’s “brunch” matchup with just two defeats. The Saints stepped on the accelerator out of the blocks and never looked back. […]

It is becoming more apparent with each meeting in any sport that Exeter Twp. is becoming the chief rival for Governor Mifflin. It was a great atmosphere Friday night at the “GMIS”.  The Mustangs and Eagles were literally the only game in town thanks to the weather.  Players and coaches from all over the #berksbeat were out in force to […]

Berks Catholic and Twin Valley opened up Berks II play at the home of the Raiders Tuesday night.  The Saints winners of five of their last six.  Twin Valley was in a bit of a tail spin losing four in a row.  The Saints started out fast an never looked back.  Berks Catholic looked quite impressive […]

The great part about the Holiday Tournaments are the matchups.  Conestoga Valley advanced to the Wyomissing Holiday Tourney Championship game by defeating Exeter 49-45 on Wednesday.  Muhlenberg moved on by handling Wyomissing 72-47.  In the Championship game the Buckskins erased a five point halftime deficit to come away with a 58-52 victory over Muhlenberg. Conestoga […]

The Reading High Red Knights and the Steel High Steam Rollers have a long history of battling it out on the basketball court .  Wednesday night in an opening round game of the Reading Holiday Basketball Tournament they faced off once again.  After a fairly close first half, Reading broke things wide open down the stretch.  […]

It was another Berks I vs Berks II matchup in Shillington Thursday night.  Conrad Weiser made the trek to GMIS to take on the Mustangs.  For three quarters the teams mostly traded baskets. But a strong fourth quarter propelled Governor Mifflin to a 54-43 win over Conrad Weiser. The Mustangs were led in scoring by […]

Berks I and Berks II faced off in Wyomissing Tuesday night.  Muhlenberg from Section I took advantage of the Section II Spartan turnovers and poor free throw shooting,   The Mules held off a late Spartan  rally for a 61-55 win, Leading all scorers was Muhlenberg’s Trey Flynn and hi s 20 points,  Jahmeire Evans added 15 […]