“It’s huge!” That’s how Wyomissing head coach Ryan Ludwig responded when asked about the significance of his team’s dramatic 42-41 victory over Oley Valley on Saturday. The Spartans are within a-half game of first place Fleetwood in Division 3. They’ll square off on Monday at Fleetwood. Wyomissing entered the weekend …
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How significant was Wilson’s 54-43 win over rival Gov. Mifflin? Head coach Matt Coldren said, “Playoffs started for us tonight.” Twelve teams qualify for the District 3-6A playoffs. Entering this matchup in West Lawn, the Bulldogs were #10 and the Mustangs were #13 in the power rankings. Wilson is trying …
Read More »Matt Hoffert-Hamburg Football Coach
Matt Hoffert is returning to Hawk Hill. The 2001 Hamburg graduate was named the Hawks’ head football coach on Monday. Hoffert has a great deal of experience at the high school and college levels. Most recently, he served as the offensive coordinator at Chestnut Hill College. He had two stints …
Read More »Rick Perez-Reading
All-state guard Ruben Rodriguez reached 1,000 career points on a layup early in the fourth quarter against Vertical Academy. The Red Knights were up ten points and the crowd of 4,400 was loving every minute of it. However, the squad from Charlotte wasn’t about to go down without a fight. …
Read More »Matt Flowers-Muhlenberg
Matt Flowers preaches defense, defense, and more defense. You can imagine that the Muhls’ first-year head coach wasn’t the least bit happy with his team’s performance on Saturday. Muhlenberg lost to Nativity 82-76. Flowers’ squad gave a much better defensive effort on Monday evening in Laureldale. The Muhls rolled over …
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Edwin Suarez is a big reason why the Muhls are off to a great start despite losing three of their top four scorers from last year’s team to graduation. Suarez is providing 19 points and ten rebounds a night for Muhlenberg. The 6’6 senior picked up two early fouls and …
Read More »Snip Esterly-Berks Catholic
Snip Esterly has been a head coach for 33 seasons including the last eleven at Berks Catholic. He’s had a long list of outstanding players. Esterly told me that JayJay Jordan might be the quickest guard that he’s ever coached. Jordan had a team-high 20 points in a 56-51 victory …
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Matt Coldren played for Reggie Weiss and was an assistant for six years with the legendary high school basketball coach. Weiss guided Central Catholic to a state championship in 1985 and then went on to win a school record 362 games at Wilson. Coldren is just two victories away from …
Read More »Matt Flowers-Muhlenberg
Muhlenberg lost three of its top four scorers to graduation and head coach Tyrone Nesby stepped down after four years, but the Muhls aren’t slowing down. They’re off to a (4-0, 1-0) start and averaging 72 points per game. Muhlenberg is the highest-scoring team in Berks County. After spending twelve …
Read More »Rick Perez-Reading
Rick Perez told me that he loves coaching this group of players because of their energy and passion for the game of basketball. That was on full display in a 64-36 blowout of Wilson at West Lawn. The Red Knights jumped out to a 28-10 advantage after the first quarter. …
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