With Mother Nature finally helping out our spring sports teams with more than two consecutive days of “playable” weather (and subsequently adequate field conditions) this past week, there have been a number of interesting developments in Lehigh Valley scholastic sports to emerge.

A few include:

• In a crowded field of talented baseball teams this spring, it looks like Emmaus and Parkland are two of the teams trying to separate themselves as one of the elites in the region.  Parkland just routed another strong program–Nazareth–by a 14-2 score.  Emmaus also crushed a very good Freedom team, 9-1, over the weekend and also remains undefeated. Easton and Liberty are also among the “big schools” that have been playing well.  It should be another exciting finish in the league and district playoffs, which start less than a month from now.
• As expected, Northampton, Bethlehem Catholic and Southern Lehigh have dominated girls softball so far.  All three teams boasted a strong returning core of players and have looked very solid through the Easter weekend.
• Northwestern High School has continued its “upward trending” across the board, with all of its spring sports performing well.  The Tigers are returning baseball and softball champs and last week posted a solid victory on the lacrosse field, plus have several talented individual performances in track and field and on the tennis courts.
• The Whitehall volleyball team remains the only undefeated team in the Lehigh Valley.  The Zephyrs were denied the chance to defend their district title in the spring of 2020 due to the start of the COVID pandemic, but fields another strong team again this spring as they look to reclaim the title from Parkland.  Easton, Emmaus, Freedom, Nazareth and Northampton also have winning records in the area’s largest classification.

Keep checking back to the “SportsTalk Shop,” as we continue to follow the high school sports teams in our area and have interviews with local coaches and athletes every Thursday at 7pm on “ATVN SportsTalk.”  Among our scheduled guests include former Easton great and new Freedom Baseball Head Coach John Bisco III, members of the Central Catholic lacrosse team, and more!

Don’t forget to chime in with a question or comment during our live show or suggestions of which teams we should try to focus on this spring by emailing us. 

  Now, here’s our next installment of the best plays from our ATVN sports broadcast season to date: 

1. Astound Sports: Pleasant Valley vs. Liberty (2/22)
   
2. Astound Sports: Pocono Mountain West vs. Nazareth (2/22)
   
   
3. Astound Sports: Wilson vs. Notre Dame (2/22)
   
4. Astound Sports: Allentown Central Catholic vs. Parkland (1/22)
   
   
5. Astound Sports:  Southern Lehigh vs. Palmerton (2/22)
   
   

 Check back next week for more information on ATVN’s coverage of local sports in our area and also more of our top highlights from the past sports season to see if your favorite teams and players make the list!

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

Before we continue our look back at the best plays of our recently completed high school sports season on ATVN, here’s a quick look at some of the teams and spring sports games that we’ll feature on upcoming editions of our  “SportsTalk” show, seen live on ATVN every Thursday evening at 7pm:

• Wilson vs Saucon Valley Tennis
• Whitehall vs. Allen Softball
• The Pates Park Colonial League Softball “Playday”
• Central Catholic vs. Nazareth Lacrosse
• Liberty vs. Easton Baseball
• Parkland vs. Freedom Volleyball
• Catasauqua vs. Pen Argyl Baseball
• Emmaus vs. Northampton Softball
• CL & EPC Tennis Tournaments

Keep checking our website as we look to add more teams and games as the spring season rolls on (obviously, Mother Nature will play a role in our schedule as games are frequently canceled/postponed this time of year!)
Also, don’t forget to chime in with a question or comment during our live show by emailing us.
Now, here’s our next installment of the best plays from our ATVN sports winter broadcast season…

1. Astound Sports: Bethlehem Catholic vs. Liberty (2/22)

2. Astound Sports: Freedom vs. Liberty Wrestling (1/22)
   
3. Astound Sports: Nazareth vs. Bethlehem Catholic (2/22)
   
4. Astound Sports: Dist. XI Team Finals Nazareth vs. Becahi Wrestling (2/22)
   

5. Astound Wrestling: District XI Team Finals (2/22)
   https://youtu.be/rS5WUp69FUs

Check back next week for more information on ATVN’s coverage of local sports in our area and also more of our top highlights from the past sports season to see if your favorite teams and players make the list!

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

Before we continue our look back at the best plays of our recently completed high school sports season on ATVN, here’s a forward look at our scheduled guests and topics on this week’s “SportsTalk” show, seen live on ATVN every Thursday evening at 7pm:

• The Liberty swim team brought home individual and team gold medals at both the District XI and statewide PIAA meets. Plus, this winter there was an extra special accomplishment for the Hurricanes program. Tune in to find out more about them.
• A developing major issue over the last few years has been a shortage in the incoming group of referees, umpires and officials across the board in all sports, from the elementary/little league levels up to varsity high school and collegiate sports. People may not realize some of the more drastic measures that are seriously being considered that would radically alter the layout for the scheduling of middle school and high school sports for this fall season.  We’ll talk with local officials about the recent changes and proposals that are likely to take place if more officials are brought in over the next few months.
• ATVN basketball analyst and former college/scholastic coach Megan Kane will be filling in for co-host Keith Groller to discuss the relationships between coaches and referees on the basketball courts and the important dynamic that exists between them.

Keep checking back to our website for more information on future show topics and guests.  Also, don’t forget to chime in with a question or comment during our live show by emailing us.

Now, here’s our second installment of the best plays from our ATVN sports winter broadcast season…

1. 1. 1. 1. ATVN Sports: Allen vs. Northampton (1/22)
            
         2. ATVN Sports: Whitehall vs. Freedom (1/22)
            
         3. ATVN Sports: Nazareth vs. Easton (1/22)
            
         4. ATVN Sports: Allen vs. Parkland (1/22)
            
         5. ATVN Sports: Bethlehem Catholic vs. Northampton (2/22)
            

Check back next week for more of our top highlights from the past season to see if your favorite teams and players make the list!

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

It’s been a hectic few months at the ATVN studio but we want to start our look back through the highlights of our featured sports broadcasts from the past winter sports season.
Before we do that, a quick look at our scheduled guests for upcoming editions of our “SportsTalk” show, seen live on ATVN every Thursday evening at 7pm:

• The Northampton Boys Basketball team (they were the last team in the ATVN viewing area “left standing” in the PIAA playoffs this year)
• DMV’s Tee Johnson of the Wilson (DC) Boys Basketball team, who captured both a DCIAA Championship and Coach of the Year honors in just his first year as a head coach
• The Emmaus Rifling team that captured a state championship & featured a returning individual state champ
• Local officials & referees discussing the extreme measures being considered for the next sports season if the officiating “shorten” continues (many games were rescheduled this past year because of this, with more drastic changes quite possibly taking place as early as this fall)
• Local representatives discussing the growth and early popularity of eSports
• …and more!

Keep checking back to our website for more information on future show topics and guests!
Now, our first installment of the best plays from our ATVN sports winter broadcast season:

1. Astound Sports: Catasauqua vs. Northern Lehigh (12/21)
   
2. Astound Sports: Easton vs. Bethlehem Catholic Wrestling (1/22)
   
3. Astound Sports: Emmaus vs. Northampton (1/22)
   
4. Astound Sports: Freedom vs. Bethlehem Catholic (1/22)
   
5. Astound Sports: Easton vs. Freedom Wrestling (1/22)
   https://youtu.be/N9hGUWiTyM4

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Last week, we started our highlighting of standout student-athletes from the Washington, DC region. We continue that initiative this week by honoring standout high school girls volleyball and boys football players from the DCSAA.

DCSAA VOLLEYBALL ALL-STATE TEAM
Coach of The Year: Dr. Perette Arrington, Wilson Senior High School
Player of the Year: MB Summer Campbell, Wilson Senior High School, senior
Setters: Claire Cooper, Georgetown Day School, senior; Gillian Gessert, Wilson Senior High School, junior.
Libero: Pallavi Bhargava, Georgetown Day School, senior; Kathryn Kelyman, St. John’s College High School, senior.
Middle Blockers: Jaiden Jones, DC International High School, senior; Pamela McCune, St. John’s College High School, junior.
Outside Hitters: Jada Aksu, Georgetown Day School, freshman; Erin Faughnan, St. John’s College High School, senior; Emma Gillespie, Georgetown Day School, senior; Aaliyah Howell, Georgetown Day School, sophomore 

CLASS A ALL-STATE FOOTBALL TEAM
Coach of The Year: Mike Engleberg, Maret School
Player of The Year: WR-DB Robbie Engleberg, Maret School, senior
Offense
Quarterbacks: Andrew Catron, Maret School, senior; Stephon Fuller, Richard Wright Public Charter School, senior; Chase Williams, St. Albans School, senior.
Running Backs: Tybias Barton, Bell Multicultural High School, senior; Christian Gamble, Sidwell Friends School, senior.
Offensive Line: Aaron Garnett, Sidwell Friends School, senior; Marc Lampkin, Maret School, senior.
“Athletes”: Ashton Embery, Richard Wright Public Charter School, senior; Zion Suggs, Bell Multicultural High School, junior.
Wide Receivers: Dajuan Samuel, Bell Multicultural High School, senior; Jaquan Thomas, Richard Wright Public Charter School, senior.
Defense
Defensive Line: Sean Brooks, Calvin Coolidge Senior High School, junior; Dylan Price, Sidwell Friends School, senior; Andrew Williams, Maret School, senior.
Linebackers: Gus Burns, Sidwell Friends School, senior; Luke Harmon, St Albans School, senior; Aaron Poawui, Maret School, senior; Malachai Redman, Anacostia Senior High School, junior; Alex Tilton, St Albans School, senior.
Defensive Backs: Deshean Dean, KIPP College Prep, senior; Miles Harmon, St. Albans School, senior; Malcolm Hatton, KIPP College Prep, senior.
Athlete: Neko Hagans, Anacostia Senior High School, sophomore.

CLASS AA ALL-STATE FOOTBALL TEAM
Coach of The Year: Robert Harris, Archbishop Carroll High School
Player of The Year: DE Nyckoles Harbor, Archbishop Carroll High School, junior
Offense
Quarterbacks: Kerry Burns Jr.,Theodore Roosevelt Senior High School, senior; Wyatt Hagan, St. John’s College High School, senior.
Running Backs: Jamar Curtis, St. John’s College High School, junior; Daequan Harvin, Paul Laurence Dunbar Senior High School, senior; Juan Pratt Theodore Roosevelt Senior High School, junior; Elijah Solomon, Archbishop Carroll High School, senior.
Offensive Line: Kristopher Boyd, Archbishop Carroll High School, junior; Evan Link, Gonzaga College High School, junior; Jeremiah Saunders, Archbishop Carroll High School, senior; Jordan Seaton, St. John’s College High School, sophomore.
Wide Receivers: Jamar Ebron, Archbishop Carroll High School, junior; DJ Linkins, St. John’s College High School, senior; Winston Page, Theodore Roosevelt Senior High School, senior; Sean Williams, St. John’s College High School, junior.
Tight End: Nate Kurisky, Gonzaga College High School, senior.
Athlete: Malachi Baker, Archbishop Carroll High School, senior.
Defense
Defensive Line: Joseph Mupoyi, Archbishop Carroll High School, junior; David Ojiegbe, St. John’s College High School, junior; Jordan Shuler, Gonzaga College High School, senior; Dylan Stewart, Friendship Collegiate Academy, sophomore.
Linebackers: Kadari Machan, Gonzaga College High School, senior; Shon Reid, Archbishop Carroll High School, senior; Nasir Smith, Archbishop Carroll High School, sophomore.
Defensive Backs: Michael Brown, Paul Laurence Dunbar Senior High School, sophomore; Robert Nelson Jr., Wilson Senior High School, junior; David Okechukwu, Archbishop Carroll High School, senior; Joshua Thompson, St. John’s College High School, senior; Ian Wall, Wilson Senior High School, junior

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We welcome anyone to share postseason accolades and accomplishments to us at any time here at The Shop by email me.

We’d love to hear from you!

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A little while back, I reached out to friends in the administrative offices in our Washington, DC region to work with them on highlighting their local high school sports programs. One of my requests was for them to share their regular “all-star” lists and other scholastic accolades for the student-athletes in the DMV region.
To make a long story short, it took some time to successfully make this happen, along with a commitment that we would be able to work together to highlight the outstanding accomplishments from representatives in this region, like we have done for student-athletes in the Lehigh Valley. The first time this happened was in the winter of 2020 and I thought we’d have regular communications and updates on the top athletes in the DC area.
Then, COVID hit!
Needless to say, sports has been put on the back burner in many regions. Some sports seasons didn’t even occur for a good number of schools in areas like the DMV. Consequently, the listings of “all-stars” were put on hold. But, as we try to finally return to semblances of normalcy, I am proud to report that these honors have returned, and we can present the latest list now made public by the DCSAA in the Washington, DC area.

GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY ALL-STATE TEAM
Coach of The Year: Desmond Dunham, St. John’s College High School
Runner of The Year: Marisa Poe, Maret School, senior: Caroline Gotzman, St. John’s College High School, junior; Meredith Gotzman, St. John’s College High School, junior; Olivia Guiterrez, St. John’s College High School, senior; Vivian Kelly, Georgetown Visitation Preparatory School, junior; Ellie Kessler, Georgetown Day School, sophomore;Caroline Lee, National Cathedral School, freshman; Elena Stanciu, Basis DC, junior; Sophie Mattheus, St. John’s College High School, junior; Lila De La Vega-Rodriguez, Georgetown Visitation Preparatory School, junior.

DCSAA BOYS CROSS COUNTRY ALL-STATE TEAM
Coach of the Year: Desmond Dunham, St. John’s College High School
Runner of The Year: Pierre Attiogbe, St. Albans School, junior Luke Cohen, Georgetown Day School, junior; Nicolas Grabarz, St. John’s College High School, senior; Sebi Hume, St. Albans School, freshman; Micah Lachman; Sidwell Friends School, senior; John McMurray, Sidwell Friends School, freshman; Cameron Mickle, St, John’s College High School, freshman; Paul Robinson, St. John’s College High School, junior; Liam Thomson, Gonzaga College High School, junior; Finley Tobin, St. John’s College High School, sophomore.

DCSAA BOYS’ SOCCER ALL-STATE TEAM
Coach of the Year: Brian Schultz, St. Albans School
Player of the Year: MF Wayne Frederick, St. Albans School, senior
Goalkeepers: Johnathan Baunsgaurd, Washington International School, senior; Brian Ford, DC High International School, senior.
Defenders: Antonio Giorgiani, Washington International School, senior; Rich Kirkham, DC International School, junior; Colin Predergast, Gonzaga College High School, senior; Leo Siegel, St. Albans School, junior.
Midfielders: Lowen Jamison, St. John’s College High School, freshman; Rustin Khostravi, St. Albans School, senior; Cooper Laine, Wilson Senior High School, senior.
Forwards: Nicholas Laffey, St. John’s College High School, junior; Kadin Nuri, DC International High School, junior.

DCSAA GIRLS’ SOCCER ALL-STATE TEAM
Coach of the Year: Ryan Alexander, Sidwell Friends School
Player of the Year: F Kiki Rice, Sidwell Friends School, senior
Goalkeepers: Shelby Pollard, St. John’s College High School, junior; Caroline Roy, Maret School, junior.
Defenders: Giulia Balestrieiri, Georgetown Visitation Preparatory School, senior; Lila Brown, Sidwell Friends School, senior; Kaeden Koons-Perdikis, Georgetown Visitation Preparatory School, junior; Farah Salam, St. John’s College High School, senior.
Midfielders: Lucy Harlee, Wilson Senior High School, senior; Gemma Maltby, Sidwell Friends School, senior; Emily Rubio-Garcia, St. John’s College High School, junior.
Forwards: Gabi Green, Sidwell Friends School, freshman; Jacquelyn Shores, Georgetown Visitation Preparatory School, sophomore.

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We have not forgotten about some of the other sports played in the DMV this past year and will honor those athletes and teams next week here at The Shop!

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

This week, we continue our latest “round” of all-star listings for teams in the ATVN area in the Lehigh Valley by honoring the outstanding student-athletes in girls field hockey and in boys and girls soccer.

PLEASE NOTE: the Colonial League decided as an organization a few years ago to NOT identify individual standout performers for certain sports and no longer produce “all league” teams. That is the schools’ decision and therefore, that is why teams from that league are not represented below.

2021 EPC Boys Soccer All Stars 1st Team

2021 EPC Boys Soccer All Stars 2nd Team

2021 EPC Boys Soccer All Stars 3rd Team

2021 EPC Girls Soccer All Stars 1st Team

2021 EPC Girls Soccer All Stars 2nd Team

2021 EPC Girls Soccer All Stars 3rd Team

We welcome anyone to share more postseason accolades and accomplishments to us to share here at The Shop and on our “SportsTalk” program on ATVN. Please email those honors to me.

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

Before we continue our latest “round” of all-star listings for teams in the ATVN area in the Lehigh Valley, just a quick word for our high school sports fans about the past week of sports programming, as I have gotten quite a few inquiries about our schedule last week.
As our audience knows COVID-19 has affected all aspects of life, and our winter schedule has not been immune. ATVN has a commitment to Lafayette College to broadcast a specific number of events. A number of previously scheduled games from November and December were moved to January, only to have many of them postponed again for a later date.
Several of those postponed events were all made up last week, with five Leopards’ games in six days. As a result, we only had three scholastic events, but all were good ones!
On Tuesday, we featured the high-flying Hawks from Bethlehem Catholic–they haven’t lost a league game since December–played their city rivals from Liberty, who had scored a few exciting upset wins this year.
On Friday, we had two of the top District XI 6A schools in the area. Parkland, a team that just knocked off the state champions from Central Catholic, took on the biggest positive surprise team in our coverage area this winter, Emmaus, on Friday night.
On Saturday, we featured the top wrestlers in the nation as ATVN brought you the District XI 3A Wrestling Team Championships.
It was a hectic week of sports programming–one we hoped you enjoyed (and Astound customers can watch again for free On-Demand)!
And…we’ll be resuming a full slate of high school broadcasts starting with the EPC basketball semifinals. Make sure you tune in and bookmark the new Astound TV Network schedule for updates on our sports programming!

Now, it’s time to honor the outstanding student-athletes in girls tennis & volleyball in the Eastern Pennsylvania conference for girls tennis and volleyball.

First Team:

Second Team:

Third Team:

For Doubles:

First Team:

Second Team:

Third Team:

And for volleyball: 

EPC Girls Volleyball First Team All-Conference:

EPC Most Valuable Player: Brynn Dreisbach, Parkland

EPC Second Team All-Conference:

EPC Third Team All-Conference:

We will also have some exciting news concerning our local sports coverage at ATVN…you’ll have to check back to The SportsTalk Shop next week to find out what it is!

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

Last week, we changed things up a bit on ATVN.
For the first time to the best of my recollection, we opened up our coverage of the District XI playoffs with four of our first five games featuring the girls basketball teams in our viewing area.
I appreciated quite a few positive responses I received from parents about us featuring the girls programs last week, including many young ladies playing on television for the first time in their lives.
There were quite a few noteworthy accomplishments in the games we broadcast. Liberty was making its first playoff appearance in six years and Executive Charter was playing in its first ever post-season contest. We also showcased Notre Dame for the first time in a few years and the Emmaus girls team made its first appearance on our network in eight winter basketball seasons.
We will have a bunch of both boys and girls high school playoff games coming up over the next several weeks on ATVN. Make sure you bookmark our scholastic sports broadcast schedule and check out all the playoff action coming up over the next several weeks.
Also, we are working very hard on an expansion of our girls high school sports coverage on ATVN. We will have some exciting news for you about this, but you’ll have to wait a few weeks for the official details. Keep checking back to the SportsTalk Shop to find out more.
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Now, it’s time to honor the outstanding student-athletes in girls tennis & volleyball in the Eastern Pennsylvania conference for girls tennis and volleyball.

Singles/First Team
Paras Briegel, Stroudsburg
Erin Joo, Parkland
Sabrina Yurconic, Allentown Central Catholic
Ellyana Jacobs, Easton

Second Team
Cara Magliochetti, Bethlehem Catholic
Jocelyn Chow, Emmaus
Leah Zolotareva, Parkland

Third Team
Isabella Szmodis, Freedom
Shelby Carter, Emmaus
Taylor Adams, Bethlehem Catholic
Gigi Leonzi, Parkland

Doubles/First Team
Anshika Gupta/Kaila Miles, Parkland
Indira Tatikola/Teya Gougoustamos, Emmaus
Alison Willis/Katie Hoske, Stroudsburg

Second Team
Patty Superka/Grace Hartman, Bethlehem Catholic
Elise Kney/Hermani Patel, Liberty
Julia Ressler/Samantha Wallitsch, Easton

Third Team
Kara Wang/Catherine Grub, Allentown Central Catholic
Emma Ricci/Mackenzie Shoup, Nazareth
Payton McGlory/Liza Puerholz, Emmaus

EPC Girls Volleyball First Team
Brynn Dreisbach, PARKLAND
Alaina Roman, FREEDOM
MacKenzy Ruggiero, BETHLEHEM CATHOLIC
Samantha Simmers, FREEDOM
Elena Pursell, PARKLAND
Ava Holden, EMMAUS
Scarlett Jago, PARKLAND

Second Team All-Conference
Elizabeth Barnes, FREEDOM
Sydney Houchens, LIBERTY
Emily Harclerode, NAZARETH
Maren McGuire,ALLENTOWN CENTRAL CATHOLIC
Maggie Smith, PARKLAND
Brylee Tereska, LIBERTY
Courtney Shire, LIBERTY

Third Team All-Conference
Mia Pickering, EMMAUS
Sydney Esquieres, PARKLAND
Abigail Schweitzer, EMMAUS
Megan Holland, NAZARETH
Kyla Rodriguez, BETHLEHEM CATHOLIC
Alexa Crum, WHITEHALL

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One of my goals as sports director is to have as much balance as possible in our coverage of scholastic games on ATVN. It’s always a difficult concept to be fair and have an equal amount of schools represented while also bringing our audience quality games night in and night out. It’s a challenge I have enjoyed when scheduling guests for the last 18 years on our SportsTalk program.
Another objective this season was to showcase more Colonial League teams, as there were times in the past in which we only featured a couple of those schools the entire calendar year.
Unfortunately, this past year was probably the most challenging year — by far — in trying to achieve balance. It became impossible to have a “normal” schedule with constant and, at times, daily changes, altering what might have been some well-thought out plans.
Nevertheless it continues to be a goal of mine for this year and all seasons going forward to work around whatever hurdles may be thrown at us, achieving as balanced a broadcast schedule as possible.
To that end, I want to hold myself accountable and consistently reflect on how many teams we were able to feature while simultaneously giving our general audiences the best games of the night every time our production trucks roll out.
Before we take a look at the numbers heading into the winter postseason, a few notes…
Many schools had just plain bad luck in scheduling games this season and that spilled over to our coverage schedule. For some schools multiple games (and broadcasts) were canceled. We tried very hard to reschedule them on at a future date, if it was possible.
Also, there are always schools that actually prefer not to be on television in a given year. Most programs go through some sort of rebuilding or retooling process and, in the best interest of the students, we may not broadcast a team when / if they’re going through a rough patch or facing other issues that they don’t want enhanced by having their games broadcast.
A few other factors…
Many schools over the last year and a half now choose to play teams outside of our viewing area in various sports. This not only reduces our opportunity to feature teams by half (instead of featuring two teams at once, we can only spotlight one team in our coverage area). Also, exactly half of these games are played a significant distance away from our area, which further complicates scheduling.
Additionally, teams that have great success in a given year will be featured more times than others – due to their playing other competitive schools in our viewing area (m). The fact that playoff-bound teams’ seasons may extend by as much as seven weeks longer than other schools gives them more opportunities to have their games broadcast. To support that point, eight of the first nine schools listed below all qualified for the postseason in football, basketball AND wrestling.
There are numerous other factors that affect and alter our schedule which we won’t mention for now. Instead, let’s add up the numbers for the top eleven schools most often featured in our coverage and see where we are currently heading into the playoffs…with a few months left to go in the scholastic sports year.

Freedom – 10
Nazareth – 10
Parkland – 9
Northampton – 8
Easton – 8
Emmaus – 8
Central Catholic – 8
Bethlehem Catholic – 8
Liberty – 7
Whitehall – 6
William Allen – 5

Additionally, we have been able to broadcast no less than 15 Colonial League football/wrestling/basketball teams so far this year (the reason for the odd number is because Northern Lehigh played a state playoff game against a squad outside our viewing area). We’ll be adding two more of these schools to this category later this week (see the “coming up” listing of district playoff schedules here on our website).
While the numbers are not perfect and we will continue to be as fair to all schools as possible, I do think we did our best balancing competitive games (and constant scheduling changes) with trying to showcase as many teams as we can.
My thanks to the entire Astound TV Network sports staff for not only outstanding quality work but also showing an amazing amount of flexibility in trying to feature as many teams in our coverage area as we possibly could.
Now, it’s time to start our extra busy season with the winter sports district playoffs commencing this week (five high school basketball games, plus the District XI wrestling championships and Lehigh/Lafayette college basketball over the next few days alone!)
Be sure to bookmark and check back to our website for our schedule of winter postseason action over the next month and a half.

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