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Berks High School Football Chat

Mike Drago

11:35

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12:00

Good afternoon.

12:01

About to get going.

12:03

OK, ready to go.

12:04

Was looking at school district boundary maps, because someone has a question about that.

The question is regarding Kutztown football, so we'll start there.

12:05

I wrote about the Cougars' plight today:

https://www.readingeagle.com/sports/article/winless-cougars-not-ready-...

Lost 76-0 last week, and some feel the program's days are numbered.

James Dean

12:05

Mike, Kutztown has struggled with rostering for many years. Where would their players go if their program could not field a team? I know the article on the Fleetwood brothers brought to attention the Oley Valley district sending their kids to play at Fleetwood. In the past Antietam sent their kids to play sports at Muhlenberg. Would you mind providing the overview of which schools send their kids to other programs?

Mike Drago

12:06

Good question from the late teen idol.

In order to form a co-op to send your students to play at another school, the school districts must be contiguous.

12:07

Brandywine borders with Kutztown, Fleetwood, Oley Valley and Boyertown in Berks.

12:08

Fleetwood would be out, because it has an agreement with Fleetwood, and joint sponsorship only works between two schools, I believe.

So, Boyertown would be the only Berks option.

Brandywine also borders Lehigh County, and the Emmaus school district, so I suppose that would be an option.

12:09

Kutztown could send players to Hamburg, if those schools form a co-op.

Kutztown also borders Schuylkill and Lehigh counties, so it would have other options.

howard

12:09

well, if they join Boyertown, they could at least win a game or two

Mike Drago

12:09

Let's play nice, Howard

James Dean

12:09

Ok, you are saying combo of 2 schools maximum.

Mike Drago

12:10

That's my understanding of the rule.

James Dean

12:10

Maybe one day you could put this together to see where the schools that do not have football programs are sending their kids, like Tulpy, etc.

Mike Drago

12:10

Good idea. If this Kutztown story progresses, and the program does disband, I'll look into it.

John Minton

12:10

Could Kutztown switch to 8-man football?

Mike Drago

12:11

Who would they play? Are there schools around here with 8-man teams?

BIg Time

12:11

Could you see Oley having their own team?

Mike Drago

12:11

I don't see why not. I believe they have had a strong youth program for years.

That's been a key to Fleetwood's success, and not just because of the Maddocks brothers. The Tigers have several other good players from Oley.

John Minton

12:12

If you look on easterpafootball.com they do list 4 8-man teams.

Mike Drago

12:12

I'll check it out later, John. Thanks.

I thought they might have to go to Alaska to find a game.

howard

12:12

You need a decent travel budget to play 8-man

Perkiomen School has 8-man...they travel all over to play

Jimmy Johnson

12:13

Section 1 title on the line in Shillington Saturday. How will it shake out?

Mike Drago

12:13

Just finished writing preview of that game for Friday's Eagle.

Legally, I'm not allowed to tell you what I've written until midnight. Check back then.

James Dean

12:13

Antietam sent several high quality players to Muhlenberg in late 90s-00s

Mike Drago

12:13

Yes, there were some all-league players from Antietam, for both Muhlenberg and later Exeter.

Imago

12:14

Has any thought been given (or is it even legal) to put together a team consisting of Kutztown, Brandywine, Tulphehocken and perhaps Hamburg players?

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