All-Stars 2023 – Part 3
Last week we took a look at all-star listings in both our Washington DC and the Lehigh Valley area for several sports.
This week we continue to honor the top athletes in their respective sports by highlighting the top achievers in the sports of tennis and baseball.
First, here are your Eastern Pennsylvania Conference top tennis players…
#1 Singles |
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| Name | School | |
| Noah Potts | Freedom | |
| Josh Thomas | Parkland | |
| Roman Farhad | Liberty | |
| Eddy Chow | Emmaus | |
| Arman Makwana | Bethlehem Catholic | |
| Alex Rodriguez | Nazareth | |
| Timmy Spinosa | Allentown Central Catholic High School | |
| Daniel Trott | Pocono Mountain East | |
Saucon Valley’s Deven Pandey was the District XI 2A tennis champion and Freedom’s Noah Potts captured the 3A title.
Next, here are the EPC-18 first and second team all-stars for baseball…
First Team |
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| Name | School | Grade |
| Pitcher: Owen DeLong | Parkland | 12 |
| Pitcher: John Galgon | Liberty | 12 |
| Catcher: Reece D’Amico | Liberty | 12 |
| Infielder: Jake Dally | Nazareth | 12 |
| Infielder: Brayden Rader | Bethlehem Catholic | 11 |
| Infielder: Nathan Loch | Pleasant Valley | 12 |
| Infielder: Jerry Lambert | East Stroudsburg South | 12 |
| Infielder: Jacob Rivera | Liberty | 11 |
| Outfielder: Bo Barthol | Parkland | 12 |
| Outfielder: Eric Wert | Bethlehem Catholic | 12 |
| Outfielder: Matthew Munoz | Pocono Mountain West | 12 |
| Utility: Aaron Schneider | Allen | 11 |
Most Valuable Player – Jake Dally, Nazareth
Second Team |
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| Name | School | Grade |
| Pitcher: Gavin Sopko | Pocono Mountain East | 12 |
| Pitcher: Adam Horvath | Pocono Mountain East | 11 |
| Catcher: Matt Razzis | Parkland | 12 |
| Infielder: Brayden Sweppenhiser | Stroudsburg | 12 |
| Infielder: Will Dobil | Parkland | 10 |
| Infielder: Evan Schmelz | Pocono Mountain East | 12 |
| Infielder: Owen Ness | Whitehall | 12 |
| Outfielder: Gavin Sopko | Pocono Mountain East | 12 |
| Outfielder: Jack Smale | Pleasant Valley | 12 |
| Outfielder: Logan Higgins | Northampton | 11 |
| Utility: Ryan Hoffman | Freedom | 12 |
We encourage all the athletic directors, coaches and “sports chairs’ in all of our Astound TV Network markets to reach out to me with your post-season awards and honors by emailing them to me at chris.michael@astound.com and we’d be happy to feature your student-athletes here on our website.
Remember to keep checking back here at “The Shop” for more recognition of our local high school student-athletes’ achievements throughout the summer and congratulations to this year’s honorees!
PROGRAMMING NOTE: Coming up on this Thursday’s ATVN SportsTalk, live at 7pm, we will have members of this year’s Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame board members to talk about this year’s inductees and the upcoming ceremony banquet to be held this fall.
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