JotCast | Boys High School Basketball Chat | 1/17/2019

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Mike Drago

12:13

If Wilson wins tonight, it takes the division

12:14

If Reading wins tonight, well, the Red Knights have the upper hand, but they'll still have to play at Muhlenberg

It's fun to watch

Most years, recently, all of these divisions were runaways

There was one clear team ahead of the pack, and no one was close

Steve

12:14

Reading wins out easily

Mike Drago

12:15

OK, you heard it hear first from Steve.

Brad

12:15

Good to see teams competing.

Love all the parody at the top this year!

XBox360

12:15

Best 6 players in Berks County history: Stu, Donyell, Lonnie, Joe Linderman, Alex Franklin, Donovan Jack. I know you absolutely love that list.

Mike Drago

12:15

I like the list, don't love it.

First, only five guys on the court at one time, so you've gotta trim it

Second, you're showing your age.

Bill Jankans, Dick Braucher . . .

12:16

Many consider them all-timers

They played in the 60s

I'll have to dig out our All-Century team from 20 years ago; I believe we had a decade-by-decade breakdown

12:17

Basketball was big in Reading in the 1950s and 1960s, and there were many great players, like Willie Pegram, and Tiger Graul

And Ron Krick

West Reading, Kutztown and Mount Penn were winning state titles left and right back in the 50s and 60s

It was a great era for Berks basketball

ExBerksCoach

12:17

Ron Krick was pretty good too?

Mike Drago

12:18

Yep. He scored more points than Wilt, I believe.

(Not in the same game, of course.)

XBox360

12:18

let’s hear yours

Mike Drago

12:18

Don't want to throw an all-time team out there off the top of my head, but I threw some names out there to consider.

12:19

I'll make a note to research that, and we can talk about it some more next week

Ty

12:19

When was the last time a team other than Reading or Wilson won BERKS 1? Has to have been awhile

Mike Drago

12:20

How about never?

Since the league split into four divisions, in 1989, and then to three divisions, in 2013, no other team has won Berks I

I think Gov. Mifflin tied for first once, but lost a tiebreaker game for division title.

That might've happened more than once, but the Mustangs weren't crowned champs.

12:21

In the prior league set-up, Division II (for some odd reason) was the big-school division.

Exeter won that in 1984

That division included Reading, Wilson, Mifflin, Exeter, Muhlenberg and Holy Name

Again, odd that Holy Name was in there, but Lloyd Wolf wanted to compete with the big boys

12:22

And Holy Name became the first Berks team to beat the Red Knights at the Geigle

There's today's history lesson, kids

Dr. Jay

12:22

Why is Brandon George playing basketball? Seems like more to lose than gain

Mike Drago

12:22

I think he enjoys it

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