For information on submitting an obituary, please contact Reading Eagle by phone at 610-371-5018, or email at or fax at 610-371-5193. Most obituaries published in the Reading Eagle are submitted through funeral homes and cremation services, but we will accept submissions from families. Obituaries can be emailed to . In addition to the text of the obituary, any photographs that you wish to include can be attached to this email. Please put the text of the obituary in a Word document, a Google document or in the body of the email. The Reading Eagle also requires a way to verify the death, so please include either the phone number of the funeral home or cremation service that is in charge of the deceased's care or a photo of his/her death certificate. We also request that your full name, phone number and address are all included in this email. All payments by families must be made with a credit card. We will send a proof of the completed obituary before we require payment. The obituary cannot run, however, until we receive payment in full. Obituaries can be submitted for any future date, but they must be received no later than 3:00 p.m. the day prior to its running for it to be published. Please call the obituary desk, at 610-371-5018, for information on pricing.
The wins and yards are racking up for some Berks teams and players as we head into Week 5 play tonight.
Exeter, Conrad Weiser and Twin Valley will all put 4-0 records on the line tonight, with the Eagles going to Lebanon, the Scouts hosting Manheim Central, and Twin Valley at Octorara.
On the statistical side, the Daniel Boone duo of quarterback Hadyn Moyer and receiver Max Heffner are putting up impressive numbers.
Moyer is the leading passing in terms of yards in Berks with 887 and Heffner is the leading receiver with 375.
Muhlenberg running back Cameron Small is the leading rusher with 742 yards gained.
The Muhls play Gov. Mifflin tonight. The Mustangs also feature a top rusher in Grady Garner who has gained 541 yards to rank third in Berks.
Here are the top ten in Berks in passing, receiving and rushing.
Player, school, yards
Player, school, yards
Player, school, yards
*-Hamburg has played only three games because a forfeit.
