Basketball

Here are my Berks County high school boys basketball rankings. Remember that no matter where your favorite team is ranked, the sun will come out tomorrow! Reading claimed its 24th Berks Conference championship with a 51-35 victory over Berks Catholic in front of 3,698 fans at Santander Arena. The defending …

Here is the 2021-2022 All-County boys basketball team as voted on by the coaches in the Berks Conference. Congratulations to Matt Flowers of Muhlenberg for being named the Coach of the Year in his first season with the Muhls. Ruben Rodriguez-Player of the Year-Reading Daniel Alcantara-Reading Edwin Suarez-Muhlenberg Colin Payne-Exeter …

Here is the 2021-2022 All-County girls basketball team as voted on by the coaches in the Berks League. Congratulations to Jason Bagenstose of Schuylkill Valley for being named the Coach of the Year. Caroline Reedy-Player of the Year-Berks Catholic Alexis Hess-Fleetwood Shakyla Mayo-Gov. Mifflin Natali Foster-Twin Valley Kya Washington-Reading Madison …

The Mustangs would not have been playing at Santander Arena on Friday night without the heroics of Shakyla Mayo on Tuesday. Her layup before the buzzer gave Gov. Mifflin a thrilling 41-40 semifinal victory over top-seeded Berks Catholic. Mayo carried that momentum into the BCIAA championship against #3 seed Wilson. …

The Gov. Mifflin girls basketball team lost four league games this season and three of those defeats came in Shillington. That didn’t sit well with the Mustangs, a perennial power in Berks County. Head coach Mike Clark reminded his players of one thing, “Our house is Santander.” His words rang …

As we know from the classic comedy Animal House, “When the going gets tough, the tough get going.” Nobody needs to tell Ruben Rodriguez when to get going. The 6’1 junior was a prime time performer for Muhlenberg as a freshman and he has only gotten better over the past …

When the calendar turns to February and March, it’s usually time to make more room in the trophy case at Reading High. The Red Knights captured their 24th Berks County championship in front of 3,698 fans at Santander Arena. They defeated #2 seed Berks Catholic 51-35. Three of the Saints’ …

The Red Knights were down five to Muhlenberg midway through the third quarter in the BCIAA semifinals. If you thought they were going to panic, you don’t know this squad. Senior forward Daniel Alcantara told me they’ve been in tight games against tough opponents many times in recent years, and …

It certainly wasn’t pretty, but when you’re in the playoffs the only thing that matters is moving on. That’s what the Saints did Wednesday night at Santander Arena. Jay Jay Jordan muscled his way to the basket with eight seconds left. His layup gave second-seeded Berks Catholic a 41-40 victory …

Reading players had shot after shot after shot sent back by Wilson center Isis Dojan. Keira Levengood certainly knows the feeling. She has to go up against Dojan every day at practice. The third-seeded Bulldogs held off the Red Knights 37-34 in the Berks County semifinals. Dojan stuffed the stat …