Gov. Mifflin and Muhlenberg were battling for first place in Division 1 on Wednesday at Owls Field in West Lawn. This prime time matchup in the Berks County Baseball Showcase lived up to expectations. Sophomore Travis Jenkins hammered a 2-run triple in the 6th inning that led the Mustangs to …

13 teams will participate in the Berks County High School Baseball Showcase at Owls Field in West Lawn this week. Seven games will take place between Wednesday and Saturday at Ted Palka Park. Admission is $5 for adults and $3 for students which allows you to see all of the …

Tyler Drobek has a simple philosophy to hitting ninth in the batting order. “You get on any way you can. You help the team every way you can,” he said. The Oley Valley senior helped the Lynx a lot in an 8-6 victory over Kutztown. The left fielder went 2-for-3 …

Wilson and Gov. Mifflin aren’t just rivals. They’ve been two of the top baseball programs in District 3 for several years. The Mustangs entered the week riding an 8-game winning streak. They had outscored their opponents by an astounding margin of 85-6 during that stretch. The Bulldogs were looking forward …

It was a magical season at the “Castle on the Hill.” It started with an 87-68 rout of Central York on December 6th. Ruben Rodriguez and Aris Rodriguez combined for 61 points in the opener against the Panthers. It ended back at the Geigle Complex with a celebration on Saturday. …

Ethan Grim knew early on that he had good stuff. “I was establishing my fastball, my curveball was moving pretty good, and my changeup was moving the way I wanted it to,” said Grim. The sophomore right-hander struck out ten over six innings in an 8-0 victory at Exeter. Grim …

Dalton Follweiler is proving that there’s much more to pitching than velocity. The senior right-hander shut down Exeter and Wilson in the span of eight days. Follweiler limited the Bulldogs to three hits over six innings in Muhlenberg’s 9-2 victory on Wednesday night. He relies on hitting his spots and …

Muhlenberg baseball coach Brian Kopetsky has been around long enough to know that a loss in early April won’t define your season. The Muhls got roughed up by Gov. Mifflin 15-3 in their league opener on Monday. Kopetsky, a 1983 Muhlenberg graduate, is in his 24th year as the skipper …

Longtime Exeter baseball coach Justin Freese and his players weren’t sure what to expect this season. The Eagles lost eleven seniors from an (18-8) club that reached the state playoffs for the first time since 2008. After an 11-1 rout of Wilson in five innings, Exeter has outscored its three …

Nick Evangelista has been around long enough to know that winning isn’t easy in Berks County. “I truly believe that we have some of the best baseball in the state,” said Evangelista. The former Hamburg standout pitcher has been the Hawks’ skipper for 14 years. He guided them all the …