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If you’re a high school basketball fan, don’t make plans for Friday, January 21. I’m told Reading and Berks Catholic will be part of an exciting doubleheader at Santander Arena in Reading. The Red Knights will battle Vertical Academy in the nightcap. Vertical Academy is based in Charlotte, but plays …

I’m told that Rich Miller will be approved this month as the new boys basketball head coach at Conrad Weiser High School. Miller has been the head coach at Penn State Berks since 2018. He’s also the Nittany Lions men’s golf coach. Miller served as the head basketball coach at …

The Twin Valley school board approved Doug Myer as its new girls basketball head coach on Monday night. Myer spent the past two seasons as an assistant coach with the Conrad Weiser boys basketball team. He had 18 very successful years as the girls basketball head coach at Wilson. Myer …

After five successful seasons as the Scouts’ head basketball coach, Billy Harrison is stepping down. We talked about why he decided to make the decision now. Harrison was (65-49) overall and (13-7) last season when he guided Conrad Weiser to the Berks County semifinals and the District 3 playoffs. I …

You’re about to learn a lot more about the Jones brothers from Wilson. Thanks to Jadyn and Cam for playing along while I fired questions at them. Jadyn, a senior RB and LB, rumbled for 519 yards (6.9/carry) and 6TD last season. He was named a first team RB in …

Colin Payne explained how basketball has helped him on the football field. He averaged a team-high 14.5 points per game last season. The senior quarterback revealed which teammate he would not want to get hit by at the goal line. We looked ahead to the Eagles’ season opener vs. defending …

Joey Schlaffer already has more than a dozen Division I offers including Tennessee, Michigan State, Pittsburgh, Maryland, Arizona State, and Nebraska. The 6’6 junior is Michal Menet’s half-brother. Menet is one of the best players in Exeter history. He went on to become a captain at Penn State, and is …

Josiah “Jay Jay” Jordan is an All-Division guard who led Berks Catholic to the West Reading League championship this summer. Now he’s getting ready for the football season. Jordan had a team-high 4INT last year as a sophomore to go along with 37 tackles. He’s going to play a bigger …

A ring ceremony was held at Reading City Park for the Class 6A state champs on August 14th. Ruben Rodriguez explained how the Red Knights were able to rally vs. Archbishop Wood. The first-team all-state guard averaged nearly 15 points last season as a sophomore. Rodriguez led Reading with 40 …