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Berks girls lacrosse championship: Wyomissing scores historic win

By The Citizen on May 13, 2025

The perfect season continues for the Wyomissing Spartans as they captured the first BCIAA championship in school history on Tuesday night. It was a rematch…

Berks boys volleyball playoffs: Gov. Mifflin, Exeter will play for the title

By The Citizen on May 13, 2025

Gov. Mifflin and Exeter will play for the BCIAA boys volleyball championship after both scored 3-0 victories in the semifinals on Tuesday night. Gov. Mifflin…

Berks boys lacrosse: Wilson keeps its title streak alive with win over Twin Valley

By The Citizen on May 13, 2025

On a day when Mother Nature didn’t cooperate, the Wilson Bulldogs refused to let the weather disrupt their championship dominance. Wilson defeated Twin Valley 14-8…

District 3 track and field championships: Berks has three top seeds in the Class 3A meet

By The Citizen on May 13, 2025

Fresh off a sweep of the 1,600- and 3,200-meter runs in the BCIAA Firing Meet, Daniel Boone sophomore Julia Leady is the top seed in…

Phillies Notebook: At 32, ‘complete hitter’ Kyle Schwarber still improving

By The Citizen on May 12, 2025

PHILADELPHIA — The last time Kyle Schwarber failed to reach base safely in a regular-season game was Sept. 22, 2024. That was 47 games ago,…

Pro football: Former Berks County star signs with the Pittsburgh Steelers

By The Citizen on May 12, 2025

Former Wyomissing star Max Hurleman has signed a contract with the Pittsburgh Steelers, the team announced on Monday. Hurleman, who took part in the Steelers’…

Berks softball semifinals: Top-seeded Kutztown storms into championship game against Twin Valley [updated]

By The Citizen on May 12, 2025

Top-seeded Kutztown scored 11 runs in the top of the second inning and rolled to a 14-3 win in five innings over fourth-seeded and defending…

Berks baseball tournament: Gov. Mifflin, Berks Catholic will play for the title [updated]

By The Citizen on May 12, 2025

Senior Dennys Rodriguez went 3 for 4 with 4 RBIs, including a home run, and Berks Catholic scored six runs in the top of the…

Berks softball playoffs: Today’s semifinals feature the top four seeds

By The Citizen on May 12, 2025

The seedings held true to form Saturday in the quarterfinals of the BCIAA softball tournament. In today’s semifinals at Lyons Field, top-seeded Kutztown plays fourth-seeded…

Austrian golfer Straka captures Truist Championship at Philadelphia Cricket Club

By The Citizen on May 11, 2025

By Bruce Adams badams@21st-centurymedia.com FLOURTOWN – Sepp Straka, who won the Truist Championship Sunday at Philadelphia Cricket Club’s Wissahickon Course with some steady golf…

Lehigh Valley Phantoms’ season ends after falling to Hershey Bears in Game 5 of Atlantic Division semifinals

By The Citizen on May 11, 2025

The Lehigh Valley Phantoms’ season has come to an end — and with it their hopes of winning the Calder Cup championship — with a…

Sliding mitts are baseball’s ‘must-have,’ even if at youth levels, they’re all fashion, no function

By The Citizen on May 11, 2025

By WILL GRAVES, AP National Writer PITTSBURGH (AP) — Andrew McCutchen hasn’t had the conversation with 7-year-old son Steel yet, but the Pittsburgh Pirates star…

Harper homers and has 3 hits, Suárez bounces back in Phillies’ 7-1 victory over Guardians

By The Citizen on May 10, 2025

By JOE REEDY, AP Sports Writer CLEVELAND — Bryce Harper homered during Philadelphia’s six-run eighth inning, Ranger Suárez allowed only three hits over seven scoreless…

Mick Abel strong again to lead first-place IronPigs over Worcester

By The Citizen on May 10, 2025

Buddy Kennedy hit a two-run home run and Gabriel Rincones broke out of a 9-for-44 funk with three hits to lead the Lehigh Valley IronPigs…

IronPigs’ Nabil Crismatt pitching his best while feeling his worst

By The Citizen on May 10, 2025

Nabil Crismatt was excited beyond words when he finished his bullpen session in miserable, raw conditions late Friday afternoon at Coca-Cola Park. For the first…

Lowry, Straka tied for lead after three rounds of Truist Championship

By The Citizen on May 10, 2025

By Bruce Adams badams@21st-centurymedia.com FLOURTOWN – With solid play down the stretch, Shane Lowry and Sepp Straka are tied for the lead at 14-under-par…