Tag Archives: basketball

Here are my preseason rankings for the Berks County Girls Basketball League.  Remember that no matter where your favorite team is ranked, the sun will come out tomorrow!  The records that you see below are from last season. Exeter and Muhlenberg switched places for the 2022-23 campaign.  The Eagles are …

The 2022-23 high school basketball season tips off tonight in Pennsylvania!  Last year, I was fortunate enough to cover 44 games in 94 days.  Two boys basketball teams from Berks County won District 3 titles (Reading and Berks Catholic) and another reached the championship game (Antietam).  I’m looking forward to …

Here are my preseason rankings for the Berks County Boys Basketball Conference.  Remember that no matter where your favorite team is ranked, the sun will come out tomorrow!  A lot can change between now and the end of March. Will it be a two-horse race between Reading and Berks Catholic?  …

Berks Catholic visited Wilson on January 11th for a Division 1 battle. The Saints came up short that night, but Ryan Koch showed everyone in West Lawn that he was legit. The 6’4 shooting guard finished with a career-high 27 points including 17 in the second half. He splashed six …

When you talk with the Muhlenberg basketball players, it’s no surprise that Matt Flowers was named Berks County Coach of the Year last season. “It’s more than basketball for him. It’s more caring, he loves you. He treats you like his own son. He changed the whole environment. It’s like …

As intense as Kyle Conrad was on the court is as nice as he was off of it. “He was always very kind-hearted. You could just tell he was a genuine person…quality guy through and through,” recalled Gov. Mifflin Athletic Director Pat Tulley. Conrad passed away on September 12th after …

There aren’t a lot of freshmen getting scholarship offers from Ohio State. Alexis Hess, however, wasn’t your typical ninth-grader. She averaged 15 points per game for Fleetwood and connected on 43 three-pointers. After her sophomore season, Hess was selected to the all-state team. The 6’1 guard reached 1,000 points during …

This wasn’t your typical summer league basketball game. Wilson (Marrella Financial) and Berks Catholic (Berks Packing) needed overtime to decide the West Reading League championship on Thursday. Nothing came easy in this matchup of two of the top high school programs in District 3. Berks Catholic emerged with a hard-fought …

The West Reading Summer Basketball League wraps up this week. The championship and All-Star Game will take place on Thursday. Ed Kuhn started the league in 1965. Berks Catholic and Oley Valley each have three all-star selections this summer. Here’s a look at the all-star rosters: Division 1 JayJay Jordan-Berks …

Cam Jones still doesn’t know why teams kick the football to him. “That’s a good question,” he said with a big smile. The rising senior at Wilson made opponents pay a hefty toll for kicking to him last season. Jones averaged a whopping 47.1 yards on kickoff returns with a …