The SportsTalk Shop: District Basketball “Mini” Primer
With the expanded playoff formats for both girls and boys basketball teams this year, it is nearly impossible to break down every single team in our coverage area along with insights for every game in a single blog posting—especially since there are more “sub-regionals” featuring many teams that are outside of the RCN viewing area…
Read MoreBehind the Mic: Packed House!
This past Friday, the Eastern Pennsylvania Conference girls’ and boys’ basketball championships were held at Freedom High School. Seating capacity at Freedom is @ 2700. All those seats were filled. By the third quarter of the first game, it became obvious that the gym would be sold out. As we were doing game one, District…
Read MoreThe SportsTalk Shop: League Playoffs
One of the great annual traditions of our “SportsTalk” program occurs this Thursday, when we have local coaches and media experts on our show for a roundtable discussion on the Lehigh Valley’s local league tournaments. With district/regional/state-wide tournaments expanding ever so often now in every sport, it’s one of the few remaining weeks in which…
Read MoreBehind the Mic: Ho-Hum!
Now what? The Super Bowl has been played so there will not be any football for quite awhile. The NBA and the NHL are in full swing, but for my interest is limited to the playoffs. College basketball is heading to March Madness with league and conference championships right around the corner, but that’s still…
Read MoreThe SportsTalk Shop: “FINAL” 2017 Basketball Poll
I have to keep it real here—it was not the most exciting regular season in terms of monitoring our scholastic ranking system this winter. While we’ve seen some well-played games (last Friday’s Freedom/Liberty game by far the best contest I’ve called this winter) and I’m anticipating a very entertaining post-season, there wasn’t a whole lot…
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