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Mike Drago

11:56

Good morning. We'll begin the chat shortly.

You can enter your questions and comments now.

12:01

Good afternoon, time to get started.

12:02

Lots to get to, as we're in the middle of the best week of the year for hoops.

I'm be covering championship games tonight, with Muhlenberg, and Friday, with Reading High.

12:03

Thought I'd be covering one Wednesday night as well, but Berks Catholic didn't make it through the semifinals.

I thought Saints were going to win that 4A title.

Let's get started.

Reading Hoops

12:03

What are your thoughts on York being allowed to host another round, when they have had a history of fan related issues this season. Why penalize fans from the other school by not allowing them to see their kids play.

Mike Drago

12:04

Tough call, and a good point, Hoops.

The fans from the other school deserve a chance to see that game, and not just on live stream, as D3 is planning.

It's a really sad day in America when you have to close down and gym and can't let people in to see a high school basketball game.

Very sad.

12:05

I understand D3 officials are making safety priority No. 1, and I'm not sure how to do that in this case while at the same time allowing fans in to see the game.

12:06

How do you determine which school a fan is from, or rooting for?

The Northern York fans got a raw deal on this one, for sure.

I would have moved the game to another site.

12:07

York doesn't deserve to host that game, even though the players weren't involved in the incident, and from what I've been told the security people and police there did a good job.

Patroon11

12:07

Do you think PIAA/D3 will investigate and penalize York for the scoring discrepancy against Muhlenberg

Mike Drago

12:07

No, not for the scoring. But for the security issue, yes. This is the second time this season this has happened.

12:08

D3 has other things to look at, too. As I wrote today, I think they've got to get away from all these homecourt games. https://www.readingeagle.com/sports/article/mike-dragos-high-school-ba...

That's not the way to run a legitimate tournament.

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