Basketball

I caught up with Muhlenberg’s new head basketball coach Matt Flowers at Reading City Park. We talked about his special relationship with Reading High coach Rick Perez. Flowers, a former Reading assistant coach, explained why the Muhlenberg job interested him. We also had some laughs talking about his brother Rob, …

I spoke with soph. guard Ruben Rodriguez after Reading beat Archbishop Wood 58-57 in the 6A state championship! Rodriguez had all 12 of his points in the 2nd half. He was 3-4 from the FT line in the 4th q. “When we play together, we can beat anyone “ ⁦ …

Here are Moro Osumanu’s thoughts after a 66-58 win vs. Wilson in the District 3-6A championship. Osumanu is a two-time All-County selection and one of just two seniors on Reading’s team. The 6’6 center is committed to West Chester. ⁦ @RDGschools ⁩ [presto_player id=239]

Red Knights junior Daniel Alcantara had 18 points in Reading’s 66-58 victory over Wilson in another classic District 3-6A championship game. Alcantara came up big in the 4th quarter with 9 points. He’s a skilled 6’4 G/F. I caught up with him after the game. ⁦ @RDGschools [presto_player id=219]

I spoke with Wilson guard Stevie Mitchell after the Bulldogs held off Reading 55-53 in a thrilling Berks County championship game. Mitchell had 35 points giving him 1,990 for his career! ⁦ @WilsonSchlDist ⁩ ⁦ @WilsonBoysHoops ⁩ ⁦ @MarquetteMBB [presto_player id=215]

Evan Smith entered the Berks playoffs averaging 15 points. He doubled that tonight by dropping 30 at Wyomissing in the quarterfinals. Here’s my postgame interview with the ⁦ @ConradWeiserHS ⁩ senior guard. ⁦ @CWScoutsSports [presto_player id=208]

Wyomissing senior guard Abby Doyle made big plays on both ends of the floor in a 45-43 quarterfinal win over Wilson. She finished with 11 points. Here are her postgame thoughts. ⁦ @Wyospartans ⁩ ⁦ @WyoAreaSD [presto_player id=202]

Here’s my postgame interview with Chris Vazquez who had 18 points for @WilsonBoysHoops in a 75-61 win over Reading. The Bulldogs are 9-0 overall and 6-0 in league play. @WilsonSchlDist [presto_player id=196]

TJ White had 15 points for @mhsboysball in an 83-56 win at Conrad Weiser. The senior guard has 54 points in the Muhls’ first 3 games this season. Here are his postgame thoughts. [presto_player id=191]

Berks Catholic sophomore Ryan Koch had a career-high 15 points in a 62-49 victory at @ExeterAthletics Koch made 3 of the Saints’ 7 three-pointers. He was also 4-4 from the free throw line. Here are his postgame thoughts. @WeAreBC55 @BerksCatholic [presto_player id=186]