Basketball

The PIAA boys basketball tournament tips off on Friday. Five teams from the BCIAA qualified for the state playoffs this year. Find out what their head coaches are saying as they prepare for some difficult matchups. From here on out, it’s win or go home. Wilson visits District 7 runner-up …

The first round matchups are set for the PIAA basketball tournament. Five boys teams and two girls teams from the BCIAA qualified for the state playoffs this year. The Berks Catholic boys and the Wilson girls received home games in the opening round by virtue of being District 3 champions. …

The District 3-4A Championship lived up to the hype. Top-seeded Berks Catholic and second-seeded Bishop McDevitt put on a show for the fans at Garden Spot High School on Friday. They even gave an encore. The (25-2) Saints outlasted the (21-4) Crusaders 58-52 in overtime. “All I can say is …

Whether it’s on the lacrosse field or basketball court, Ryan Leaman is used to making big plays. The 5’9 junior guard hit a go-ahead 3-pointer in overtime that propelled Wilson to its seventh District 3 title. “She has the confidence to take them. It was a huge shot and probably …

Carmelo Harper said that Berks Catholic head coach Snip Esterly has been pretty “chill” lately. That’s understandable considering the Saints beat Eastern York by 30 points last Friday in the District 3-4A quarterfinals. Berks Catholic entered Tuesday riding a 17-game winning streak. However, Esterly was far from chill at halftime …

Snip Esterly and Kingston McKoy of Berks Catholic were selected as the 2025-26 Coach of the Year and Player of the Year in Berks County. Voting was done by the coaches in the BCIAA. Esterly has led the Saints to a record of (23-2) this winter. They’ve won 17 consecutive …

Matt Raquet and Kailani Hardy of Wilson were selected as the 2025-26 Coach of the Year and Player of the Year in Berks County. Voting was done by the coaches in the BCIAA. Raquet is in his second year at the helm in West Lawn. He has guided the Bulldogs …

When Schuylkill Valley’s boys basketball team last reached the District 3 semifinals, the players on this year’s team weren’t even born. “Yeah!” by Usher was the #1 song on the charts and “The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King” won the Oscar for Best Picture. On Friday, …

Mechanicsburg knocked off Central Dauphin 39-37 in the Mid-Penn Conference Championship. The fifth-seeded Wildcats visited Wilson on Thursday in the District 3-6A quarterfinals. Bulldogs’ head coach Matt Raquet didn’t want this matchup in the 30s. “Dictating the pace of the game was one of our keys and we did a …

Reading and York High have combined for 36 District 3 championships in boys basketball. The Red Knights own a record 24 titles. They returned to the tournament after not qualifying last season for the first time since 2001. Fifth-seeded Reading battled the Bearcats on Tuesday at the Geigle Complex. “I …