Tag Archives: Berks

The Saints entered the District 3-4A semifinals against Littlestown with 172 3-pointers. No Berks Conference team has made more. Even great teams have off nights from beyond the arc, and that was the case on Monday at Lloyd Wolf Gymnasium. #1 seed Berks Catholic connected just twice from long range. …

Size vs. shooting. That was the matchup Thursday night at Lloyd Wolf Gymnasium in the District 3-4A quarterfinals. The shooters from Berks Catholic were too much for #8 seed ELCO. The (21-4) Saints won 55-40 and clinched a berth in the state playoffs. Ryan Koch knows that the 3-point shot …

Here are my Berks County high school boys basketball rankings. Remember that no matter where your favorite team is ranked, the sun will come out tomorrow! Reading claimed its 24th Berks Conference championship with a 51-35 victory over Berks Catholic in front of 3,698 fans at Santander Arena. The defending …

Here is the 2021-2022 All-County boys basketball team as voted on by the coaches in the Berks Conference. Congratulations to Matt Flowers of Muhlenberg for being named the Coach of the Year in his first season with the Muhls. Ruben Rodriguez-Player of the Year-Reading Daniel Alcantara-Reading Edwin Suarez-Muhlenberg Colin Payne-Exeter …

Here is the 2021-2022 All-County girls basketball team as voted on by the coaches in the Berks League. Congratulations to Jason Bagenstose of Schuylkill Valley for being named the Coach of the Year. Caroline Reedy-Player of the Year-Berks Catholic Alexis Hess-Fleetwood Shakyla Mayo-Gov. Mifflin Natali Foster-Twin Valley Kya Washington-Reading Madison …

It certainly wasn’t pretty, but when you’re in the playoffs the only thing that matters is moving on. That’s what the Saints did Wednesday night at Santander Arena. Jay Jay Jordan muscled his way to the basket with eight seconds left. His layup gave second-seeded Berks Catholic a 41-40 victory …

Exeter guard Colin Payne came into Thursday’s Division 1 matchup at Lloyd Wolf Gymnasium as the leading scorer in Berks County. The 6’3 senior was averaging 20 points a night. I asked Saints’ coach Snip Esterly what his plan was to try and slow down Payne. He simply replied, “JayJay.” …

Saints’ head coach Snip Esterly was worried that Tyler Givens wouldn’t be able to play against Exeter on Thursday. Givens strained his Achilles tendon during the game with Reading on Monday. Not only was the 6’3 senior forward in the lineup, Givens was Berks Catholic’s leading scorer in the first …

Here are my Berks County high school boys basketball rankings. Remember that no matter where your favorite team is ranked, the sun will come out tomorrow! Reading extended its winning streak to six with a 17-point victory at Berks Catholic. Ruben Rodriguez put on another show in the second half. …

Bob Birmingham and Mike Clark have combined for 880 wins. Their squads captured the last seven Berks County championships. The Saints cruised past Gov. Mifflin 65-48 on December 21st, but they were missing all-county guard Caraline Herb in the rematch. The 5’7 junior was leading the Berks League with 34 …