Today here at “The Shop” we continue part two of Cameron’s amazing life journey and experiences with the sport of women’s wrestling.

After experiencing extreme pain and seeing a specialist, he prescribed muscle relaxants and suggested that I undergo an x-ray because the discomfort had not subsided after two weeks. I received my results a few days later, which revealed a small curvature in my cervical spine. My athletic trainer then decided to begin back rehab to strengthen the muscles in my back. I did rehab and stretches before our practice four times a week for a month, but I was still in a lot of discomfort. It seemed as if no matter what I did or how hard I tried, the anguish would not go away. I did not want my season to end, but the discomfort began to interfere with my mental health and daily routines. 

At this time, I knew I had to make a difficult choice: keep pushing or rest/recover.

Following several discussions with my trainer and coach, I decided it was time to call it quits for the season in order to seek out the root reason for  my upper back pain, but most importantly, to rest my body. I didn’t do much physical activity for the next month, which destroyed me as an athlete. I couldn’t wrestle, lift, sprint, or even walk steadily without discomfort. I knew my teammates were working hard and improving, while I sat on the sidelines.

My rehab appointments always coincided with our practice times, so I could not even make it to practice most days. I did my best to be there, but it was difficult to be around something you wanted to do but couldn’t. 

At the time, being an athlete was all I knew; I had no other hobbies or interests. I had no idea that my injury would turn out to be a blessing in disguise.

The Athletic Training Program at East Stroudsburg University is regarded as one of the best in the country. I was looking forward to spending the next four years learning what it takes to become an athletic trainer. During the fall 2022 semester, I had the opportunity to shadow one of the university’s athletic trainers.  During that time, I began to fall in love with it, but my main emphasis was still wrestling. After my injury, I had the opportunity to travel with the team as an athletic training intern in early December. I’ll confess that I was disappointed that I could not wrestle, but it was still one of my favorite days with the team. I was able to concentrate on cheering for my teammates, conducting my first ankle taping, and assisting with one of my teammate’s ailments. 

After that tournament, I was certain that this was what I wanted to do with the rest of my life. I began watching in the Northampton School District in January, and it has been one of the most enjoyable and eye-opening experiences of my life. I also got to work at high school boys wrestling districts and regionals, which was incredible and sentimental for me because that gym was where I spent my weekends since middle school. I missed wrestling terribly, but I was finally able to devote my complete attention to my future career, which filled the void left by not wrestling.

The views expressed in this blog are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of Astound Broadband or any other agency, organization, employer or company.

First of all, if you missed the Central Catholic girls basketball’s “unique” appearance on “SportsTalk” last Thursday (which was live on both ATVN and will also be streamed – for free – at youtube.com/@AstoundTVNetwork), Astound video customers can watch the show from free at any time for the next two months by watching it On-Demand!

In addition to talking about successfully defending their District XI 4A title, they also showcased their singing and dancing talents as well–don’t miss out on it!

Now, a recap of some recent games as seen on ATVN before we head into a very busy week for us with our coverage of teams in our viewing area in the state playoffs (bookmark and keep checking back to our website for the latest details!)

Among our highlights this week include several District XI championship and games.

Astound Sports: Parkland vs. Liberty (3/24)

Astound Sports: Easton vs. Parkland Girls (3/24)

Astound Sports: Catasauqua vs. Notre Dame Green Pond (3/24)

Astound Sports: Emmaus vs. Parkland Girls (2/24)

Astound Sports: Allentown Central Catholic vs. Pottsville (2/24)

Astound Sports: Whitehall vs. East Stroudsburg North (2/24)

Check back to “The SportsTalk Shop” for more highlights from recent games and playoff broadcast schedule updates.

DVD copies are also available for our sports productions by contacting the ATVN studio.

The views expressed in this blog are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of Astound Broadband or any other agency, organization, employer or company.

 In honor of Women’s History Month, the Showplace honors prominent female-driven classic programs and women who “changed the game” and made a lasting impact in the Golden Age of Hollywood.

Amongst a crowded category of extraordinary women, the most prominent and impactful actress in the 1930s was arguably Carole Lombard.

Bursting onto the screen at the age of 12 in the silent picture, A Perfect Crime.  She caught the eyes of prominent directors, among them Charlie Chaplin, who auditioned her for his classic, The Gold Rush.  

While she was not cast in the film, her audition increased her growing reputation in Hollywood.

At 16 she was signed to a movie contract by Fox to play in low-budget western and adventure films that did not test her range as an actress. According to biographer Wes Gehring “Carole Lombard: The Hoosier Tornado”), she commented on her dissatisfaction with these roles: “all I had to do was smile prettily at the hero and scream with terror when he battled with the villain.”  She was released from her contract at the age of 18 when a car accident left a slight scar on her face.

Lombard was also under contract to film pioneer Mack Sennett and later referred to her time working with him as, according to Gehring’s book, the “turning point of her career”.

In 1930 she signed a contract with Paramount Pictures, who ironically was assigned to play dramatic roles.  After a few non-comedy features she was cast as the lead in the ahead-of-its-time, screwball comedy, Twentieth Century, which began her rapid rise as one of the funniest ladies in cinema.

By 1937, she became the highest paid actress in Hollywood, earning five times more than President Franklin D. Roosevelt was making at that time.

Through the remainder of the 1930s, she starred in many of the decade’s finest comedies.  Most critics would agree her role in My Man Godfrey, which came with an Academy Award nomination as Best Lead Actress, was her finest performance.

At the height of her comedic fame, she did the unthinkable for a Hollywood actor OR actress…she tried to break her typecasting.

Lombard made the controversial decision to lead a dramatic tear-jerker in Made for Each Other in which she plays a wife and mother facing financial problems and a life-threatening illness for her baby.

Lombard received rave reviews for her “serious” acting and proved that she was not only more than a pretty face, but showed the world that a woman actor can reach new heights and show just as much range in performing as a man.

Unfortunately, the film itself did not receive positive reviews and was not considered a financial success.  Lombard’s other attempts at dramatic roles were held in less regard, forcing her to return to comedy films for the rest of her career.

It was during this time that she married Clark Gable, who was arguably the most popular male actor in Hollywood at the time.  Fresh off his success in the classic Gone With The Wind, Gable married Lombard and became the nation’s “supercouple” of the early 1940s.

Lombard returned to prominence in the cinema with another successful string of comedy films and became even more relevant in the hearts and minds of her audience.  During World War II she used her star-power to lead several successful campaigns for war bonds, helping to raise over $2-million in a single evening.

It was during one of these campaigns that took her life while flying in an airplane.  Due to reports (later to be determined as false) that Japanese fighters were spotted in the vicinity, airplane warning lights were turned off so as to not aid the enemy planes from spotting dangerous mountainous terrain.  Lombard’s plane pilot was not familiar with the dramatic incline of the 8,300-foot Potosi Mountains during takeoff and crashed the plane, killing Lombard and everyone on board.

Her final picture, To Be Or Not To Be, released after her death, garnished, like so most of her other movies, tremendous praise for her performance.  She reportedly said it was the most fun she even had while making a motion picture.  

It was her 58th featured film. She was 33 years old when she died.

Fans and celebrities alike all mourned her tragic death. For her husband, it was said that Clark Gable was never quite the same, personally or professionally, after her passing.

You can see Lombard in classic films like 1936’s My Man Godfrey, her dramatic turn in Made for Each Other and other great pictures, as part of the “ATVN Movie Vault” seen regularly on our network.  To view the complete rundown of classic programming on the Astound TV Network, check out the weekly listings here

The views expressed in this blog are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of Astound or any other agency, organization, employer or company.

PROGRAMMING NOTE: for local basketball fans, we will have a District XI high school basketball championships  “preview” show this Thursday at 7pm will be live on both ATVN and will also be streamed – for free – at youtube.com/@AstoundTVNetwork. 

Local hoops experts Keith Groller and ATVN basketball analyst Megan Kane will recap the semifinal basketball action and preview that weekend’s girls and boys basketball finals. Predictions, keys to victory, matchups to watch…and more…will be discussed.  We’ll also let you know our broadcasting schedule for that weekend.

Wrestling has always been a part of my life, whether it was watching my elder brother, cleaning mats, or wrestling on them. Wrestling has taught me throughout the last 17 years to never give up, to overcome any challenge, and to stay disciplined. But I believe the most important lesson I have learned in life is to work hard at anything you do, whether on or off the mat. This year, I applied what I learned off the mat. Injuries are one of the most difficult challenges to overcome for any athlete, not just wrestlers. As an athlete, it is physically and mentally hard to deal with. Yet, I feel that how you choose to tackle this challenge is an even more worthy opponent.

In my experience, participating in sports has always resulted in some sort of damage. It ranged from little injuries like thigh bruises from field hockey to major ailments like a tear in my UCL from wrestling. Injuries are never enjoyable to cope with as an athlete. When it came to sports, my dad and I were always very careful. I would strive to avoid injuries by wearing my equipment, stretching my muscles, eating good meals to strengthen my bones, receiving treatments such as ice baths, and resting my body when necessary. If I was injured, I always tried my hardest to push through the minor and sometimes significant pains, but this year was different.

We had just begun practicing for the 2022-2023 wrestling season in the middle of October. I was eager to improve my technique after training hard all summer to prepare for this season. This year, my teammates and I were prepared to lay it all on the line. That is, until one day after practice, my upper back became sore, which I dismissed. I saw my athletic trainer, who suggested I complete some stretches before receiving stim treatment on my upper back. Two weeks had flown by, and it was time for our first tournament, the ESU Open. I was eager to wrestle, but my upper back still hurt. I didn’t want to miss the competition, especially because I had worked hard all week to lose weight. So, I decided to keep wrestling and deal with my back problem tomorrow.

My back was in excruciating discomfort, so I went to see the team doctor the next day, uncertain of the road ahead.

Check back to our website next week to hear more of Cameron’s extraordinary journey and life lessons regarding her experiences as one of the first female wrestlers from the Lehigh Valley.

Before we let you know about our ASTOUNDING broadcasting plans for the next few days, here’s a recap of highlights featuring student-athletes in the ATVN viewing area–including recaps of the first ever District XI girls wrestling tournament!

Astound Sports: District XI Girls’ Individual Wrestling Championship (2/24)

Astound Sports: Northwestern Lehigh vs. Northern Lehigh (2/24)

Astound Sports: Freedom vs. Parkland (2/24)

Astound Sports: Bangor vs. Northwestern Lehigh (2/24)

Astound video customers can watch these and other sports productions in their entirety at any time for FREE for up to two months from the original production air date.

Otherwise, copies of these events can be obtained by contacting the ATVN studio.

Now, here’s a look at Astound TV Network’s schedule coming up over the next several days.

On Tuesday, we’ll have the District XI 4A semifinal between Allentown Central Catholic and Pottsville, followed by the 5A boys semifinal featuring Whitehall and East Stroudsburg North, live on ATVN and also live on our YouTube channel: YouTube.com/@AstountTVNetwork starting at 6 and 7:30pm.

Later, we’ll have the District XI 6A girls semifinal doubleheader featuring Liberty vs. Easton and Parkland vs. Emmaus (for the latter, it’ll be the fourth meeting between these two “Cedar Crest Boulevard” rivals), starting at 9:30pm.

On Wednesday, following our coverage of Lafayette basketball, we’ll have both of the District XI 6A boys semifinals (Liberty/Emmaus and Stroudsburg/Parkland).

Don’t miss a minute of the local high school basketball action this week on ATVN!

The views expressed in this blog are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of Astound Broadband or any other agency, organization, employer or company.

First of all, a note to local basketball fans that our District XI high school basketball playoff “preview” show this Thursday at 7pm will be live on both ATVN and will also be streamed – for free – at youtube.com/@AstoundTVNetwork. 

Local hoops experts Keith Groller and ATVN basketball analyst Dennis Laub will recap the top moments from last week’s league playoffs and look ahead to districts.  Predictions, keys to victory, matchups to watch…and more…will be discussed.

Also, our district changed the plan for the postseason this winter and our basketball playoff coverage now kicks off Wednesday with two “4A” girls matchups:  Northwestern versus Tamaqua and Allentown Central Catholic taking on Lehighton (both games will be live on ATVN and streamed live as well).

On Friday, we’ll have a tripleheader of games from Whitehall High School as Catasauqua plays Executive Charter in game one, Bethlehem Liberty plays Nazareth, followed by Allentown Dieruff taking on Easton in the nightcap.

Make sure you tune in for all the action and check back to our website for our schedule of additional games going forward!

Now, here’s highlights of recent top boys and girls games on the Astound TV Network….

Astound Sports:  Northampton vs. Whitehall (2/24)

Astound Sports: Parkland / Nazareth Girls (2/24)

Astound Sports: Dieruff vs. Nazareth (1/24)

Astound Sports: Emmaus / Liberty Girls (2/24)

Astound Sports: Emmaus / Pocono Mt. West (2/24)

Check back to “The SportsTalk Shop” for more highlights from recent games and playoff broadcast schedule updates.

Astound video customers can watch all sports productions at any time through ATVN On-Demand for up to two months from the initial air date.

DVD copies are also available for our sports productions by contacting the ATVN studio.

For over a hundred years some of the greatest video treasures of all time have been produced. Some have been lost in the sands of time and others, soon to be rediscovered, will become fan favorites for a whole new generation.

Each week we will feature just one of the many hidden gems that you can see on ATVN with insights and commentaries on classic television shows and legendary cinematic performances.

 As part of Astound Broadband’s celebration of Black History Month, we here at the “Showplace” are putting the spotlight on African American actors who excelled not just on the big and small screens but those who also inspired change with their courage and perseverance.

Roy Glenn was a victim of the stereotypical casting of African-Americans over the first 20 years of his career as an actor and entertainer in the radio, television and film industries.  But in the early 1950s, the versatile performer was about to branch out when given the opportunities he deserved.

One of his larger film roles was that of a lawyer in the 1950 biopic film, The Jackie Robinson Story, the picture featuring Ruby Dee and Robinson, starring as himself.  The picture focused on Robinson’s struggle for racial equality and his perseverance to break the color barrier in Major League Baseball in the 1940s.

The following biographical information was obtained via a Bill Caldwell article in the “Joplin Globe” (first appearing May 26th, 2018).

In 1951 he broke into television – cast in The Amos ‘n Andy Show in multiple roles for 16 episodes over a four-year period. Glenn appeared as an FBI agent on the show — this at a time when there were no black FBI agents in America. His bass-baritone voice gave him an edge on playing authority figures. CBS kept the show for four years, finally pulling it in 1955 after many complaints of racial stereotypes and biases on the program.

In 1954, Otto Preminger wanted to put together Oscar Hammerstein’s version of the opera “Carmen” as an all-black contemporary film. He produced the film with Glenn, Dorothy Dandridge, Harry Belafonte, Pearl Bailey and Diahann Carroll. The film won the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture-Musical or Comedy in 1954. Dandridge was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress.

Glenn kept busy with ongoing roles in television series. In 1957, he appeared on 11 different shows. He was everything from a dock worker to a police detective to a gravedigger to a bartender to a minister to a stonemason to a cowpoke on Rawhide. He had a recurring role on The Jack Benny Program over a 10-year period. It was in the 1960s that he landed roles that gained him increased recognition, including the 1961 classic, A Raisin in the Sun.

His highest-profile role was in 1967 when he portrayed Sidney Poitier’s father in Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner (which also featured Louis Gossett Jr. in his film debut).  The conflicting viewpoints between the two generations were shown point blank in an argument between the father and son. Glenn’s character made the pointed comment that his son’s interracial marriage would be a crime in at least 16 states were it known.        

He also appeared on Broadway in the play Golden Boy, which starred Sammy Davis Jr. The play, another boxing story, ran for 568 performances over two years from 1964 to 1966. He was described as a “Hollywood big name” along with Lola Falana, Louis Gossett Jr. and Ben Vereen by one reviewer.   It was in 1970 that Glenn was elected the first black national officer in the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, an actors union contemporary with the Screen Actors Guild. The union voted him recording secretary during its 1970 convention in Louisville, Kentucky.

While Glenn never had a starring role in any television show, he continued to land significant roles on the big screen in classic films like St. Louis Blues, The Sound and the Fury, I Love You, Alice B. Tokias! (1968), The Great White Hope (1970) and in the popular sequel, Escape from the Planet of the Apes (1971).

Other prominent films he played in during the 1950s and 60s include The Royal African Rifles, The Golden Idol, Riot in Cell Block 11, The Raid, Carmen Jones, A Man Called Adam, Hang ‘Em High and Finian’s Rainbow.

In all, Glenn played in over 50 motion pictures.

Glenn once again played a lawyer in Escape, a role that turned out to be his final film role.

Glenn died of a heart attack brought on by cardiovascular disease in his home in Las Angeles, California.  He left behind three children and his wife of over twenty years, Francis.

He was just 56 years young.

Be sure to tune in to see Roy Glenn’s performances in classic films like The Jackie Robinson Story, and more, airing regularly on the Astound Broadband TV Network.

To view the complete rundown of classic programming on ATVN, check out the weekly listings here.

The views expressed in this blog are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of Astound Broadband or any other agency, organization, employer or company.

A hectic week of hoping to broadcast ALL the local leagues’ playoff games in the Astound coverage area got more challenging, due to this week’s weather.

Both the EPC and the Colonial League have adjusted their schedule on when their playoff games will be played.  As a result of the adjustments and playing all the games at the exact same time, Astound will broadcast the following…

On Wednesday, we’ll have live coverage Easton/Parkland starting at 6pm and the Emmaus/Liberty game to follow.

We will also have the Colonial League girls/boys doubleheader from Catasauqua High School featuring the Notre Dame-Green Pond girls taking on Pen Argyl, followed by the Crusaders boys team taking on Northwestern.

And…

We are still able to bring you both leagues’ girls and boys championship games scheduled for Thursday and Friday starting at 6pm on ATVN, weather permitting.

Keep checking back to our website for any updates!

Also coming out during this league playoff week, the Colonial League Boys and Girls Basketball Coaches Association announced the 2023-24 Basketball All-League Selections.  The player nominating and voting process was organized and performed solely by the member coaches of the association.  

Colonial League All League Results 2023 – 2024
2023-24 Colonial League Girls Basketball Coaches Association All League Selections

The views expressed in this blog are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of Astound Broadband or any other agency, organization, employer or company.

I don’t want to belabor the point too much or too often about our new innovations for our ATVN Sports Department or keep alerting everyone every time Astound broadcasts “new” things, but there are a couple notes that I’m sure the local community will want to take note of over the next week on our television network.

“First” of all, I’d like to welcome a brand new wrestling announcer to our on-air team.

Shelby Hoppis is a graduate of Azusa Pacific University and Minnesota University with degrees in athletic training.

Hoppis jumped into the world of collegiate athletic training at the University of Maryland, where she was an intern athletic trainer during the 2006-07 school year, working closely with the men’s and women’s cross country/track & field teams.  Hoppis was elevated to assistant athletic trainer at Maryland after one season, providing care for the Terrapins’ wrestling and golf teams from 2007-10. She returned to school at the University of Minnesota in 2010 and earned her Master of Arts in kinesiology, with an emphasis on sport and exercise psychology in 2012.

Hoppis was a graduate assistant athletic trainer during her time in Minneapolis. She served as the primary trainer for the co-ed and women’s cheerleading squads, while also working with the football team.  Following her graduate work, Hoppis joined Bloomsburg as an assistant athletic trainer for the 2012-13 school year. She transitioned to Division I Princeton in 2013-14, spending the next six seasons with the Ivy League’s Tigers before moving into her current position with St. Luke’s. Between Bloomsburg and Princeton, Hoppis had the opportunity to work with numerous sports, including crew, field hockey, football, golf, soccer, softball, tennis, water polo and wrestling.

She applied her craft around the world with the United States’ junior and senior men’s and women’s national wrestling teams and men’s and women’s national squash teams. Hoppis’ past experiences includes accompanying Team USA women’s wrestling to Tokyo for the 2020 Olympic Games, which were postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Hoppis is also a Licensed Athletic Trainer (LAT) and Certified Athletic Trainer (ATC).

Shelby will make his debut with the Astound TV Network this Sunday night.

Which brings us yet another “first.”

This Sunday, February 18th, ATVN will provide live coverage of the first ever District XI girls wrestling tournament.

After many years of attempting to do so, the PIAA sanctioned girls wrestling as an official sport last February and ATVN will be there for this inaugural championship to bring it to you!

This is just one of our sports broadcasts coming up–make sure you bookmark our website and check back throughout the winter sports season for more exciting postseason action for girls and boys basketball and wrestling!

The views expressed in this blog are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of Astound Broadband or any other agency, organization, employer or company.

For a fair number of seasons, I would look back on the preceding sports regular season slate and reflect on some of the “honors” that I would see other people post.  Things like “most valuable player,” “player who scored the most points,” and similar categories and would usually see the same names and teams listed mentioned over and over in most spots.

I thought I would do something different by singling out players, coaches and teams who did NOT get a lot of press, were NOT the teams everyone was talking about and/or did things that often fly under the radar of many local sports fans and give them some props for doing the things that advance their particular sport.

Because the time between seasons started to get condensed a few years ago and transitioning from one regular season to the postseason to another sports season became busier with less time to prepare, I had gone away from doing that for the last couple of years.  However, this winter there were some outstanding performances that I don’t think got the publicity they deserved and so I thought I would bring back what I had once referred to as the “all underrated awards,” this winter.

If you like the idea or want to see more of this type of thing in our coverage of local high school sports, make sure you give us a like and spread the word.

ALL HUSTLE TEAM: NORTHAMPTON

I started making a list of all the top individual “hustle guys” I saw this season and quickly realized that a list of about 11 or 12 players was filled with a majority of Konkrete Kids.

Every time I saw Northampton this winter they were overmatched in size and height, yet showed tons of heart and grit and were in every game.  If you look closer at their roster, guys like JJ Kolumber, Tristian Pinnock, Brody Graf, Brady Simmock, Shakim Dunbar, Trent Moyer and Noah Walakovits were ALWAYS hustling after lose balls, boxing out on the boards and were matched up with taller players–yet never backed down.

Looking closer, they had great balance in scoring, forcing turnovers, hitting perimeter shots and rebounding…no one player “stood out” – statistically speaking – but as a unit, they worked extremely well together throughout the regular season.

“BOUNCE BACK” TEAM AWARD: SAUCON VALLEY

After playing in (and splitting) two exhilarating playoff games against favored Notre Dame-Green Pond last year, most people had written off the Panthers after graduating most of its players for the 2024 season.  Then, a tough early schedule and injuries to key returning players took Saucon Valley further off the local sports scene’s radar.

But just like a year ago, the Panthers have played great fundamentally sound basketball and have been coming on strong at just the right time–looking to peek in the postseason again.

The Crusaders are once again the ‘team to beat’ in the Colonial League playoffs, but don’t expect Saucon Valley not to show up and deliver strong performances in the League and district postseason action.

MVP ON A NON-PLAYOFF TEAM: PEN ARGYL’S CHASE KENNEDY

The Green Knights also lost a ton of players from last year’s squad–both from graduation and other returning players electing not to come back, yet there was no bigger loss than when Kennedy missed time in December with an injury.

Pen Argyl made great strides improving the program under Kennedy in 2023 and when he returned this season, the team played much better and looked like they were back on the path to bigger and better opportunities in the near future.

“DARK HORSE” TEAM TO BEAT: NAZARETH

Perhaps no playoff team is trending in the WRONG direction more than the Blue Eagles heading into the playoffs.

But also consider: no team may have more talent in the top four spots on their roster.  Sina Ramin, Mason Kuehner and Owen Banghart have been one of the strongest, senior “big 3” scoring combinations in the league (with a solid “4th” option in Owen Hasker.  They won 12 of their first 16 games this year, beating some strong teams and have a HISTORY of big performances on gigantic stages in their collective histories.  They have up-and-coming sophomores like Gavin Kushner and Logan Hahn that have played well at the varsity level in limited time so far.  I believe in them and think they can find that “something” they’ve always had…and if I’m right, we’ll see it in the postseason.

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN UNDERCLASSMAN: LIBERTY’S BLAKE HARGROVE

In games that I personally witnessed, no underclassman stepped up more in the spotlight than the Hurricanes’s sophomore against Parkland in a non-conference game on January 24th at the Memorial Gym.

Playing against the top two defenders on one of the state’s strongest large school teams, Hargrove stepped up and made big shot after big shot, sending the game into overtime.  After a great freshman season, he’s improved his game in all facets and showed coolness during tense moments of that game.  He is a big reason I’m expecting Liberty to have even more success in the playoffs than they did last year.

IT’S UP TO YOU!  Shoot us a “like” if you enjoyed the return of this “underrated” list of awards and if we should keep searching for and identifying standout players, coaches and teams.

The views expressed in this blog are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of Astound Broadband or any other agency, organization, employer or company.