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The regular season is in the books and the playoffs get underway this week! Five Berks County football teams qualified for the District 3 tournament. Meanwhile, Berks Catholic, Hamburg, Fleetwood, and Gov. Mifflin are headed to Eastern Conference championship games. The (4-6) Saints will travel up Route 61 to Hawk …

Kutztown’s postseason ride came to an end on Tuesday at Big Spring High School. Perennial power Mount Union beat the Cougars 5-2 in the PIAA-2A semifinals. The (25-2) Trojans entered the game with a lofty team batting average of .371. Eight players in their lineup had at least one hit. …

Bryce Schafer tossed a complete game 5-hitter in Kutztown’s win over Halifax in the District 3-2A championship. The senior right-hander was back at work in the state quarterfinals on Thursday night at Pine Grove. Schafer threw six scoreless innings in a 9-0 victory over District 4 runner-up South Williamsport. The …

Baseball is a team game, but it’s controlled by one person. The man on the mound is the dictator. The Bulldogs were helpless against Julio Ermigiotti at Villanova Ballpark in Plymouth Meeting. The Lehigh commit fired a perfect game as Central Bucks West defeated Wilson 3-0 in the first round …

Three Berks County baseball teams qualified for the state playoffs. Congratulations to Wilson, Muhlenberg, and Kutztown for advancing to the PIAA tournament. The action begins on Monday all across Pennsylvania. Here are the first round matchups involving the Bulldogs, Muhls, and Cougars. Class 6A District 3 runner-up Wilson meets District …

After a 12-2 loss to Central Dauphin on April 22nd, the Bulldogs were one game over the .500 mark. Things have changed in a big way for Wilson over the past month. “I think we’ve been getting closer as a team and having confidence in one another. I think our …

Postseason baseball is about limiting your mistakes and capitalizing on your opponent’s miscues. #4 seed Oley Valley took advantage of five early errors by #5 Brandywine Heights in an 8-2 victory in the District 3-3A quarterfinals. Paul Petersen held the (12-8) Bullets to two runs on six hits over six …

Coaches often say that the key to high school baseball is throwing strikes. Wilson senior Nick Crocona didn’t hand out a single free pass in the Bulldogs’ 6-5 victory over Muhlenberg in the BCIAA semifinals. Crocona limited the third-seeded Muhls to three runs, one earned, on six hits over six …

The bases were loaded in the 5th inning and nobody was out, but Fleetwood senior Ryan Moser was unfazed. The southpaw sandwiched a pop out between two strikeouts to escape the jam unscathed. “I’ve been so good at handling pressure. That’s been my job to come in tight situations like …

The seeds are set for the Berks County baseball playoffs. I’m told that three challenges were made at the coaches’ seeding meeting on Tuesday night, but all three were unsuccessful. The original seeds are determined by the District 3 power rankings and they didn’t change this year. The county quarterfinals …