After winning its 24th District 3 championship, Reading went eight days without playing a game. The Red Knights’ starting lineup consists of five seniors. They showed no signs of rust on Saturday afternoon in the opening round of the state playoffs. Reading was 12-19 from beyond the arc and blew …
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Matt Ashcroft-Exeter
Wins usually don’t come easy if you’re still playing high school basketball in March. Exeter found that out against Fox Chapel in the opening round of the PIAA-5A tournament. The Eagles held on for a thrilling 62-57 victory. “They consistently battle through adversity…I’m just happy for this community and for …
Read More »PIAA 1st Round-Boys Basketball
It has been a banner year for high school boys basketball in Berks County. Reading, Exeter, and Berks Catholic won District 3 championships in their respective classifications. Fleetwood and Antietam finished second in Class 4A and 2A. Wilson and Muhlenberg also qualified for the state playoffs. Here’s a look at …
Read More »PIAA 1st Round-Girls Basketball
Navigating the playoff bracket in District 3 is never an easy thing. Three girls basketball teams from Berks County are still standing. Here are their opening round matchups in the state tournament. Class 4A Berks Catholic vs. Audenried at Bensalem High School at 3pm on Saturday. Parkway Center City at …
Read More »Aaron Anders-Wyomissing
Committing 22 turnovers and shooting 7-18 from the free throw line usually isn’t the formula to win a District 3 Championship. However, when you play defense like Wyomissing, anything is possible. The Spartans held top-seeded Delone Catholic scoreless for the final two minutes and twenty seconds of a 35-30 victory …
Read More »Jack Miller-Berks Catholic
Jack Miller was held scoreless in the District 3-4A semifinals against Octorara. It was just the second time all season that the 5’10 senior failed to score. Miller was determined not to let that performance carry over into Thursday’s District 3 Championship versus #2 seed Fleetwood. “I knew I needed …
Read More »Myles Grey-Reading
Three seconds left in overtime, your team is down by one point, and you’re at the foul line. No, this wasn’t a movie. This was the District 3-6A Championship in front of an estimated 6,800 fans at the Giant Center. The young man at the line was Yadiel Cruz. He …
Read More »Reece Garvin-Exeter
Reece Garvin suffered an injury in the Berks Conference Championship and missed Exeter’s first three games of the District 3-5A playoffs. The versatile 6’3 junior was thrilled to be cleared for the District 3 Final on Thursday at the Giant Center. “It was amazing. They’ve been fighting hard for me …
Read More »Aiden Soumas-Fleetwood
It’s been 33 years since Fleetwood won a District 3 championship in boys basketball. The (22-3) Tigers get a shot at gold on Thursday afternoon at the Giant Center. They face #1 seed Berks Catholic in the District 3-4A Final at 12:45pm. “That was our goal this year. It’s honestly …
Read More »Aaron Anders-Wyomissing
Wyomissing hadn’t made a 3-pointer all game. Amaya Stewart had only made four shots from beyond the arc all season. The beauty of sports is there isn’t a script. Stewart drilled a top of the key trey with six seconds remaining to give the Spartans a stunning 24-23 victory over …
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