Alex Collado was a role player a season ago when Muhlenberg won 18 games. The 6’2 senior has now emerged as one of the top scorers in the Berks Conference. Collado poured in 24 points as the Muhls beat Reading 87-74 in a double overtime instant classic. “We stayed composed …
Read More »Flowers Returns to Muhlenberg
Rob Flowers was once a star high school quarterback at Muhlenberg. The 41-year-old is returning to Laureldale, but this time as the Muhls’ new head football coach. He takes over for John Lorchak who was at the helm for four seasons. Muhlenberg finished (1-9) this year. Flowers was the wide …
Read More »Tucker Bellanca-Muhlenberg
Tucker Bellanca is entering his fourth season as a starter on Muhlenberg’s football team. While there have been few victories on the field, Bellanca keeps everything in perspective. He noted, “It’s not so important to focus on the wins as much as it is how am I improving, how is …
Read More »Dalton Follweiler-Muhlenberg
Dalton Follweiler is proving that there’s much more to pitching than velocity. The senior right-hander shut down Exeter and Wilson in the span of eight days. Follweiler limited the Bulldogs to three hits over six innings in Muhlenberg’s 9-2 victory on Wednesday night. He relies on hitting his spots and …
Read More »Brian Kopetsky-Muhlenberg
Muhlenberg baseball coach Brian Kopetsky has been around long enough to know that a loss in early April won’t define your season. The Muhls got roughed up by Gov. Mifflin 15-3 in their league opener on Monday. Kopetsky, a 1983 Muhlenberg graduate, is in his 24th year as the skipper …
Read More »Matt Flowers/Dan Dan Mosquera-Muhlenberg
Muhlenberg head coach Matt Flowers calls “Dan Dan” Mosquera the closer. “When it’s under two minutes, I tell him to go get the ball. I tell him to win the game for us,” said Flowers. That’s exactly what Mosquera did on Friday night in a 48-46 victory over Berks Catholic. …
Read More »Matt Flowers-Muhlenberg
Xzavion Robertson has become one of the top scorers in the Berks Basketball Conference, but Muhlenberg showed on Friday that its bench is pretty good too. Eric Branch, Alex Collado, and Luis Valentin combined for 24 points in a 70-38 rout of Gov. Mifflin. “They brought the intensity. They brought …
Read More »Xzavion Robertson-Muhlenberg
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 …
Read More »Gio Cavanna-Muhlenberg
Gio Cavanna and Drew Fidler had plenty of success on the baseball diamond this spring. They helped the Muhls go (19-4) and win the Berks County championship. Muhlenberg took care of Oley Valley 11-3 in the county final at First Energy Stadium. Cavanna was an all-division selection. He hit .367 …
Read More »Burr leads Muhls over Eagles
Cam Burr had only thrown 16.2 innings all season entering Tuesday. Brian Kopetsky, Muhlenberg’s longtime head coach, gave the ball to the sophomore right-hander in the Berks County semifinals at FirstEnergy Stadium. Burr made his manager look very good with a solid outing against an Exeter ball club that had …
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