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We continue to keep you posted on the local summer high school basketball leagues in the RCN viewing area.
On the one hand, a few of the regular league and tournaments have been held–some with the same number of teams as usual, others with dramatically lower turnouts.
The Holy Name girls tourney was held recently (a month later than “normal”) and Jim Thorpe came into the Lehigh Valley and surprised some very good teams by bringing home the championship. Nazareth, Easton and hosting Allentown Central Catholic were the local contributors that played very well.
The Nazareth boys basketball team has come on strong of late and captured the “JamFest” title in Allentown the previous weekend. The Blue Eagles had a very young team last winter and those underclassmen might just be hitting their stride. Keep an eye on Nazareth this winter — they should be fun to watch once this upcoming season gets underway.
Also, the summer league in Forks Township had a good month. Notre-Dame, Wilson, Lehigh Christian Academy and Bangor have been some of the top teams that I have seen so far.
Meanwhile, areas like Catasauqua, the Slate Belt, Stiles and other regions continue to struggle this summer–either having issues fielding teams and/or conducting their regular tournaments.
TOC Director Eric Snyder was just on RCN SportsTalk last week to provide an update on the struggles many squads are having this summer. Eric, the longtime head basketball coach at Catasauqua High School, chose our program to announce some significant breaking and exclusive news concerning his career — along with sharing some controversial opinions on some key local basketball and baseball topics.
If you missed last week’s show, be sure to check it out (free for RCN customers) through our On-Demand services!
Also, checking back next month for our final update on the scholastic summer basketball scene!
