Programming Note:

Coming up on this Thursday’s ATVN SportsTalk show, our guests will be new Allentown Central Catholic Head Football Coach Jake Reichard and members of his team.

The Vikings did not have a good 2024 season and had a number of internal issues within the program.  However, Coach Reichard’s return to his alma mater has already made a dramatic impact on the team.  He’ll talk about the quick turnaround in both attitude and the number of players within the program and several other reasons for excitement at Central on Thursday’s show.

You can watch SportsTalk at 7pm on ATVN, and also via live streaming on our YouTube channel: @AstoundTVNetwork 

Astound video customers can also catch the show at various other replay times for the next week. 

Be sure to tune in!

Now here at “The Shop,” we have our final look at the top boys and girls high school games, players and teams as seen on ATVN so far this past school year….

Astound TV Network Sports: Lacrosse – Northampton vs. Southern Lehigh (4/25)

Astound TV Network Sports: Williams Valley vs. Pen Argyl (11/24)

Astound TV Network Sports: Northern Lehigh vs. Pen Argyl (11/24)

Astound TV Network Sports: Emmaus vs. Nazareth (11/24)

Astound TV Network Sports: Easton vs. Nazareth (10/24)

Copies of all our local high school sports full production broadcasts and community shows can be obtained by contacting the Astound TV Network 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.

PROGRAMMING NOTE:

Coming up on this Thursday’s ATVN SportsTalk show, we will have Colonial League President and Northern Lehigh High School Athletics Director Bryan Geist on our program. 

He will not only be giving an update on many spring sports topics/news items – especially track and field, of which he is a district chairman of. He will also have news on a major change coming for high school football next year and also, another significant announcement affecting high school sports going forward.

You can watch the show Thurdsday live at 7pm on ATVN for free, and also live streaming on our YouTube channel: @AstoundTVNetwork 

Astound TV customers can also catch the show at various other replay times for the next week. 

Be sure to tune in!

Today here at “The Shop” we continue our look back at some of the best boys and girls high school games, players and teams from this past school year.

Among them include a thrilling come from behind victory by Northampton basketball, a sold-out stadium seeing Parkland recapture a District XI title, a solid performance in the state playoffs by Northwestern en route to a PIAA title, and more….

Astound TV Network Sports: Pocono Mountain East vs. Northampton (1/25)

Astound TV Network Sports: William Allen vs. Allentown Central Catholic (1/25)

Astound TV Network Sports: Parkland vs.  Emmaus (11/24)

Astound TV Network Sports: Conwell-Egan vs. Northwestern Lehigh  (11/24)

Astound TV Network Sports: Bethlehem Catholic vs. Southern Lehigh (11/24)

Copies of the above events plus all our local sports productions and community shows can be obtained by contacting the Astound TV Network 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.

Programming Note:
Coming up on this Thursday’s ATVN SportsTalk show, we will have members of the PIAA State Championship boys and girls soccer teams – both undefeated – from Northwestern High School.

The show starts at 7:00 p.m. on the Astound TV Network.

Don’t miss it!

Now, as promised, we continue our look back at back at the plays/players/teams of the past winter season, of basketball games and wrestling matches seen on ATVN.

Astound TV Network Sports:  Girls Wrestling – Freedom vs. Liberty (1/25)

Astound TV Network Sports: EPC Girls Wrestling Championship (1/25)

Astound TV Network Sports: Boys Wrestling – Bethlehem Catholic vs. Notre Dame Green Pond  (1/25)

Astound TV Network Sports: Boys Wrestling – Parkland vs. Emmaus (1/25)

Astound TV Network Sports: Boys Wrestling – Bethlehem Catholic vs. Easton (1/25)

Copies of the above events plus all our local sports productions can be obtained 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.

Today here at The Shop, we continue our look back at some of the best basketball plays/players/teams of the past season, which culminated this past weekend with the PIAA championships taking place at The Giant Center in Hershey.

We also have our first look at the spring sports season with highlights of last week’s Easton vs. Liberty lacrosse match.  Check back later in the week for more videos from the winter season along with more clips and news on the new spring sports campaign…

Astound TV Network Sports – Lacrosse: Easton vs. Liberty (3/25)

Astound TV Network Sports – Boys Basketball: Whitehall vs. Parkland (1/25)

Astound TV Network Sports – Boys Basketball: Nazareth vs. Liberty  (1/25)

Astound TV Network Sports – Girls Basketball: Easton vs. Parkland (1/25)

Astound TV Network Sports – Boys Basketball: Northampton vs. Freedom (1/25)

Copies of the above events plus all our local sports productions can be obtained 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.

Before we unveil the Colonial League basketball All-Conference team members for 2025, here’s a look at more of the top recent sports highlights on ATVN…

Astound TV Network Sports: Bethlehem Catholic vs. Nazareth (1/25)

Astound TV Network Sports: Allentown Central Catholic vs. Shamokin (3/25)

Astound TV Network Sports: Notre Dame Green Pond vs. Wilson (2/25)

Copies of the above events plus all our local sports productions can be obtained by contacting the ATVN studio.

Now, here’s this winter’s Colonial League basketball “all-stars” as selected by the Colonial Coaches Association (ATVN does not select the players)…

Colonial League Boys Basketball Coaches All League Honors 

League MVP: Gavin Nelson (Northwestern) 

First Team
Gavin Nelson (Northwestern)
Jack Robertson (Saucon Valley)
Isaiah Miles (Notre Dame)
Frankie Pujols (Catasauqua)
Joe Roth (Lehighton)
Lafayette Acree (Wilson) 

Second Team
Exavior Prado (Bangor)
Cole Dietz (Lehighton)
Eli Zimmerman (Northwestern)
Shane Marth (Northwestern)
Carmine Diaz (Notre Dame)
Adam Clark (Saucon Valley) 

Honorable Mention
Marquise Acree (Wilson), Joey Plessl (Southern Lehigh), Caleb Grim (Saucon Valley), Steven Lozada (Salisbury), Mason Soos (Pen Argyl), Logan Anthony (Palmerton), Lincoln Cook (Palisades), Blake Oglialoro (Palisades), Justin Manning (Notre Dame), Kellen Bauer (Northern Lehigh), Connor Simms (Northern Lehigh), Blake Roberts (Lehighton), Pierce Gothard (Jim Thorpe), Hamaad Jenkins (Catasauqua), Reece Lopez (Catasauqua), Hunter McShane (Bangor), Sam Joseph (Moravian Academy) 

Check back to The SportsTalk Shop for more local accomplishments and awards from this past winter season!

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.

We’ve reached the end of the winter high school sports season for the 2024-25 season!

Now we take a look back at some of the best highlights featuring teams in our coverage area from the past season (Check back next week for “part two” of our list)…

Astound TV Network Sports: Parkland vs. Emmaus Girls (2/25)

Astound TV Network Sports: Parkland vs. Imhotep  (3/25)

Astound TV Network Sports: Allen vs. Parkland (2/25)

Astound TV Network Sports: Freedom vs. Wilson (1/25)

Astound TV Network Sports: Boys Wrestling; Freedom vs. Liberty (1/25)

Copies of the above events plus all our local sports productions can be obtained by contacting the ATVN studio.

As we transition from the winter to the spring sports seasons, tune into this Thursday’s ATVN SportsTalk show as our special guests will be the defending District XI 5A girls softball champions from Whitehall and the District XI 3A boys lacrosse champions from Easton – both with unique storylines to talk about.

Catch the show live at 7pm and email comments/questions to us at chris.michael@astound.com and we might read/respond to your emails live on the air!

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.

While the ATVN broadcast season is now over for this winter, it wasn’t without a ton of great moments by boys and girls teams in the PIAA state playoffs!

Among our highlights include:

• A magical run by the Catty basketball team, falling just short of advancing to the quarters with a last second shot attempt
• A buzzer beating basket made by Parkland sophomore Black Nassry in the second round
• A dominating performance by Archbishop Wood’s girls team at “The Geigle” in Reading (you won’t believe how many three pointers they made)
• A number of other great plays during this winter’s post-season
• Two impressive defensive-minded teams (sparking a TON of offense) from Scranton Prep and Hazelton
• A great comeback attempt from the Liberty Lady Canes falling just short

 Here’s a look at “part two” of the top plays and players from this month’s PIAA playoffs…

Astound TV Network Sports:  Bethlehem Catholic vs. Archbishop Wood  (3/25)

Astound TV Network Sports:  Parkland vs. Scranton  (3/25)

Astound TV Network Sports: Lancaster Mennonite vs. Catasauqua (3/25)

Astound TV Network Sports:  Allentown Central Catholic vs. Scranton Preparatory (3/25)

Astound TV Network Sports:  Liberty vs. Hazelton (3/25)

Copies of the above events plus all our local sports productions can be obtained by contacting the ATVN studio.

Keep checking back to The SportsTalk Shop for more great plays and notes on this winter’s basketball post-season.

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.

Before we take a look at recent highlights of basketball playoff games on ATVN, here’s this winter’s list of All-EPC members for local student-athletes for wrestling…

1st Team
Brayden Wenrich, Northampton
Willmont Kai, Whitehall
Nicholas Salamone, Easton
Keanu Dillard, Becahi
Trey Wagner, Northampton
Tahir Parkins, Nazareth
Marco Frinzi, Becahi
Cade Campbell, Nazareth
Charlie Scanlon, Becahi
Shane McFillin, Becahi
Brayden Zuercher, Nazareth
Kurtis Crossman, Easton
Gavin Grell, Northampton

2nd Team
Nico Emili, Becahi
Emilio Albanese, Emmaus
Reef Dillard, Becahi
Gabriel Ballard, Northampton
Jack Campbell, Nazareth
Christopher Kelly, Easton
Kiovanny Hamlin, Dieruff
Chase Grabfelder, Northampton
Jesse Scott, Emmaus
Justin Cosover, Easton
Shae Linegar, Easton
Evan Gillespie, Pleasant Valley
Daniel Schiffert, Freedom

3rd Team
Jackson Max, Emmaus
Ryan Marano, Northampton
Tegan Caciolo, Emmaus
Noah Fenner, Easton
Ethan Krazer, Easton
Trokon Kai, Whitehall
Dominick Tunison, Nazareth
Ivan Bonilla, Freedom
Quentin Hammerstone, Easton
Xayden Sallit, Emmaus
James Hopkins, Whitehall
Josiah Rodriguez, East Stroudsburg South
Dante Morrison, Liberty

West
Jackson Max, Emmaus
Willmont Kai, Whitehall
Tegan Caciolo, Emmaus
Levi Max, Emmaus
Jared Santilli, Parkland
Trokon Kai, Whitehall
Kiovanny Hamlin, Dieruff
Rocco Fonzone, Whitehall
Jesse Scott, Emmaus
Xayden Sallit, Emmaus
James Hopkins, Whitehall
William Shakir, William Allen
Max Pugach, Parkland

North
Jack Jasionowicz, Stroudsburg
Tony Bothwell, Pocono Mountain West
Chris Gerheart, Pocono Mountain East
Zackary Berwick, Stroudsburg
Albert Bialasiewicz, Stroudsburg
Kayden Skibber, Pocono Mountain East
Brandon Roca, East Stoudsburg North
Noah Noguera, Pocono Mountain West
Michael Gomez, East Stroudsburg North
Ivan Laubach, East Stroudsburg South
Jovany Pieretti, East Stroudsburg South
Evan Gillespie, Pleasant Valley
Andrew Mihalichko, Pleasant Valley

EPC Wrestling MVP
Tahir Parkins, Nazareth

Now, here’s a look at highlights from this year’s District XI Individual Wrestling Tournament, plus some of the recent playoff games broadcast on ATVN…

Astound TV Network Sports: District XI Individual Championship Wrestling (2/25)

Astound TV Network Sports: Mahanoy City vs. Catasauqua (2/25)

Astound TV Network Sports: Whitehall vs. Northampton (2/25)

Astound TV Network Sports: Dieruff vs. Easton (2/25)

Copies of the above events plus all our local sports productions can be obtained 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.

Before we took a recent highlights of PIAA state basketball playoff games on ATVN (Hope you saw the two games that were decided at the buzzer on Wednesday night!), here’s a look ahead to this weekend’s quarterfinal matc-ups live on Astound TV.

On Saturday starting at 4:30pm, we’ll broadcast Bethlehem Catholic’s girls contest against state power Archbishop Wood from Reading’s Geigle Complex.

Then, ATVN will broadcast the match-up of District 12 champions Imhotep Charter vs. District XI 6A boys champion, Parkland, live at 6pm.  This will be the third straight year the Trojans have made it to this state quarterfinals.

With a win, these teams in our coverage area would make it to next week’s semifinal rough.

Make sure you don’t miss a minute of the action!

Now, here’s a look at some of the state playoff games broadcast on ATVN…

Astound TV Network Sports: Easton vs. Haverford (3/25)

Astound Sports: Central Dauphin vs. Parkland (3/25)

Astound TV Network Sports: Downingtown West vs. Parkland (3/25)

Astound TV Network Sports: Parkland vs. Downingtown West Girls (3/25)

Astound TV Network Sports: Northampton vs. Hazelton (3/25)

Copies of the above events plus all our local sports productions can be obtained 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.

Although there were a few upsets in the first round of the PIAA State playoffs involving teams in our coverage area, the majority of schools advanced into the second round.

The Easton girls and both the Northampton and Northwestern boys were among the teams that were upset in round one, but all three had phenomenal seasons with many of their key players coming back for next season.       

Before we take a look at our broadcast schedule for this Tuesday and Wednesday, here’s video highlights of the top plays and moments as seen on our network over the last few weeks (including one of the most impressive performances I’ve ever seen in a district playoff game from Central’s Jahrel Vigo)….

Astound TV Network Sports: Northwestern Lehigh vs. Allentown Central Catholic (2/25)

Astound TV Network Sports: Emmaus vs. Liberty (2/25)

Astound TV Network Sports: Bethlehem Catholic vs. Bangor (3/25)

Astound TV Network Sports: Notre Dame Green Pond vs. Minersville (2/25)

Copies of all the above events plus all our local sports productions can be obtained by contacting the ATVN studio.

For the road ahead, we’ll have three of our remaining local teams playing on Tuesday night: Liberty and Parkland girls teams and Allentown Central Catholic boys.

For Wednesday, we’ll broadcast the Central Catholic girls taking on Scranton Prep, the Parkland boys facing Scranton and the Catasauqua boys team facing Lancaster Mennonite.

Make sure you check back to our ATVN Broadcasting Schedule as the teams in our coverage area keep advancing through the PIAA state playoffs.

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.