Basketball

Ben Troyer enjoys putting LEGO sets together. He can also drop 30 points in a basketball game. The 6’4 senior has emerged as one of the top scoring threats in the Lancaster-Lebanon League. Troyer and the Hempfield Black Knights left Laureldale with a 55-48 victory on Tuesday. The York College …

Don’t expect the Exeter boys basketball team to be walking the ball up the court this season. “We’re definitely gonna be more of a push the pace type team which I’m excited about…My hope is that we’re playing closer to the 80s than we are the 40s,” said head coach …

Fleetwood won 22 games last season and reached the state playoffs for the first time since 1990. Jake Karnish, the school’s all-time leading scorer with 1,420 points, has moved on to King’s College. The Tigers showed on Tuesday night in Robesonia that the cupboard isn’t bare. They spoiled Conrad Weiser’s …

It wasn’t the prettiest shot of Andrew Galantuomo’s career, but it will go down in the history books. One minute and forty seconds into Saturday’s matchup with Lebanon, Galantuomo banked in a three-pointer from the right corner. It was the first made field goal by a member of Gov. Mifflin’s …

Here we go again! Another high school hoops season is upon us. The 2022-23 campaign was one for the ages. Reading, Exeter, and Berks Catholic captured District 3 gold at the Giant Center in Hershey. Fleetwood and Antietam earned silver medals. The Red Knights and Eagles reached the state finals. …

Bob Birmingham is a fixture in the Berks County high school basketball community. Birmingham is preparing for his 35th season as a girls basketball head coach. This will be his 13th season at Berks Catholic. He spent 22 years on the sideline with Holy Name. “I don’t get as nervous …

The Wyomissing boys and girls basketball teams got some exciting news this week. They will be playing a doubleheader against ELCO at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia on December 18th. The girls game is set for 1:10pm with the boys game to follow. All four teams will be the …

We’re down to two. Only a pair of schools are still dancing in the District 3 playoffs. I shuffled the deck and have a new order for the top four teams in my poll. Wyomissing and Twin Valley took one step forward after blowout victories. Meanwhile, Wilson and Exeter dropped …

Chad Walters was approved tonight as the new boys basketball head coach at Oley Valley. He takes over for Matt Barrell who stepped down after a decade with the Lynx. Walters is an Oley Valley graduate who spent last season as an assistant under Brian Wrobel at Gov. Mifflin. Walters …

As I first reported this afternoon, Reading High School boys basketball coach Rick Perez announced his resignation on Friday. Perez spent twelve years as the Red Knights’ head coach. He guided Reading to three state championships, five District 3 titles, and six Berks County gold medals. Perez won more games …