Spring Regular Season Highlights
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There have been some wonderful stories to follow for local sports fans so far this spring that we have covered on our “RCN SportsTalk” program. Here are just a few of the Lehigh Valley highlights over the last two week’s worth of shows.
One of the area’s nicest and most skilled coaches took over the reins of the Northampton boys volleyball team this spring. Sue Arndt has been a successful head coach at Emmaus and Catasauqua high schools, a local AAU program, and with an assistant at Dieruff when that program made a strong turnaround.
The K-Kids have a strong core of now senior players who have had great scholastic careers. Now led by these 12th graders, the team has already posted some impressive wins this season. With their aggressive, take-no-prisoners style on and off the court, they are looking to be major players in the post-season.
Speaking of volleyball, the Whitehall squad has gone underrated, in my opinion, for the last couple of seasons. The Zephyrs were the 2017 runner-ups in both the EPC and the District XI championship games, but didn’t receive much mention in the local preseason previews.
Like Northampton, Whitehall is playing well and is looking to take the next step in the playoffs.
We talked a few years ago about the outstanding job Saucon Valley has done turning around its girls lacrosse program.
Now, defending District XI 2A champs seem determined to stay among the elite teams in the Lehigh Valley.
We caught up with the Panthers, currently undefeated, following another win over a bigger, EPC school and they seemed determine to keep their squad playing at a high level.
The Easton baseball team is once again having a fantastic season under head coach Carm LaDuca.
In addition to posting yet another EPC victory last Saturday, the Red Rovers also took the opportunity to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Easton team that advanced in the state playoffs, featuring both LaDuca and long-time assistant Greg Hess.
The Rovers will see some tough competition in the Class 6A district playoffs again in a few weeks, but another run in the PIAA tournament should certainly not be ruled out for this year’s squad.
With the playoffs upon us, there’s just a few weeks left in the high school sports spring season. If you have an idea for a feature, a team you’d like our cameras to stop by and visit or high school athletes who deserve a “Shout-out” on the show, email me at chris.michael@rcn.net
For more on the above stories and additional interviews with high school teams in the RCN viewing area, you can check out “SportsTalk” through RCN On Demand.
Programming note: we’ll be rebroadcasting our interview with Saquon Barkley (drafted by the Giants in last Thursday’s NFL Draft) on this week’s “SportsTalk” program.
Also, be on the lookout for more information on our first “remote” edition of “RCN SportsTalk” presented by ‘The Morning Call’” out on location. We’ll have several “remote” shows coming up over the next few months.
See more details coming soon here at “The Shop” and on the RCN-TV website.
