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Berks Catholic and Wyomissing did not face one another this regular season.  The BCIAA realignment and COVID issues made a regular season matchup impossible.  Now enter the post season.  Both teams advanced to the BCIAA final by downing arch rivals in close contests.  Wyomissing again started out with hot first quarter shooting.  Berks Catholic never […]

Berks League boys basketball allure the last two years has been the knock down, drag out, up and down, no holds barred emotionally charged three time a year slugfests  between Wilson and Reading High.  You would have been mistaken expecting anything less when these two rivals locked horns once again Friday night for the BCIAA […]

(Shillington) As  two time defending BCIAA  Tournament Champions Governor Mifflin came into this years tournament with a big target on their back.  Wyomissing entered Wednesday Nights action off a tight first round win.  The Spartans have been a tough out all season long.  Wyomissing Head Coach  Aaron Anders had his team in a stingy zone […]

(Shillington) Every game matters for every team this late in the regular season.  Whether a team is trying to improve its post season seeding, or just trying to get into the post season, most late season matchups mean so very much.  In the case of Governor Mifflin and Berks Catholic both teams are coming down […]

Similarly Central York and Governor Mifflin came into Saturday afternoons game off important Friday Night wins. Both teams came in with realistic chances to host a District 3 first round playoff game.  But in Saturdays game it was a tale of two different teams. Central York had a crisp, mistake free offensive flow coupled with […]

“Let hem play” was the cry we heard all offseason for high school sports.  Well Muhlenberg is REALLY going to play.  Like five games in five days kind of play.  Due to snow days and other factors the Mules had to put together a difficult 5 in 5 stretch that included an afternoon tilt today […]

The only good thing about snow days, is that occasionally we end up with girls  / boys basketball double headers.  Monday night in Shillington Governor Mifflin hosted Exeter Twp in one of those double dip matchups.  In the Girls tilt, the Berks 1 leading Mustangs dominated from the start.  Mifflin  moved to 9-0 in the […]

Ed note: Bruce Badgley of LLhoops Berksbeat covered the run of Muhlenberg HS this season. He suggested we get Coach Ty Nesby on the LLhoops zoom. …so Coach sent out invites all over the place, and we had some interesting conversations “everybody has the green light“. …Lots of love to go around for sure- some […]

Everyone knows Wilson and Reading High are bitter cross town rivals. The Bulldogs having one of the finest seasons in school history we’re looking to put some icing on the cake with a District title. Despite losing to Wilson three times this season Reading High came into the Title game brimming with confidence. A Wilson […]

The seeds for the 2020 Muhlenberg basketball season were planted in the court in Hershey one year ago. A disappointing loss in the District title game became a driving force for the Muhlenberg Head Coach Ty Nesby , his team and a community. All the pent up emotions and skills of a team on a […]

Just one step away from Hershey. Muhlenberg and Northern both trying time fulfill season long goals of playing for a District Three title. It came down to the final quarter. It came down to the final shot. Freshman Ruben Rodriguez poured in a jumper as time expired sending Muhlenberg to Hershey 54-52 over Northern  Rodriguez […]

The District Three Basketball Tournament is filled with regular season rematches. None was more lopsided than Warwick ‘s 64-36 win over Governor Mifflin in early January. Teams this time of year must have short term memories. In the case of the Mustangs, it must have only been a matter of minutes. Forgetting about the regular […]

It is not a stretch to think both Lancaster Catholic and Manhiem Township could be the Lancaster-Lebanon League Girls tournament champion. They faced off in a hotly contested energy charged quarterfinal game Saturday evening. When the dust settled on this physical, emotional game the Crusaders moved on 53-45 over the Blue Streaks.  Two girls performances […]

It was a quick turnaround for  Pequea Valley. The Braves coming off a close win over  Manhiem Central Thursday Night, met up with Hempfield on Saturday afternoon. A strong second half performance advanced Pequea Valley in the L-L Girls Tourney. The Braves moved on by beating Hempfield 48-42. Senior Abbey Leslie had a stellar all […]

The post season is the time for redemption. Everything is new again in a win or go home post season game. Northern Lebanon and Warwick each came out playing loose And looking like there was nothing to lose. The Vikings went out strong and had to hang on for a 43-32 victory.  Vikings standout Senior […]