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:
| Name | High School |
| Paras Briegel | Stroudsburg |
| Erin Joo | Parkland |
| Sabrina Yurconic | Allentown Central Catholic |
| Ellyana Jacobs | Easton |
Second Team:
| Name | High School |
| Cara Magliochetti | Bethlehem Catholic |
| Jocelyn Chow | Emmaus |
| Leah Zolotareva | Parkland |
Third Team:
| Name | High School |
| Isabella Szmodis | Freedom |
| Shelby Carter | Emmaus |
| Taylor Adams | Bethlehem Catholic |
| Gigi Leonzi | Parkland |
For Doubles:
First Team:
| Name | High School |
| Anshika Gupta/Kaila Miles | Parkland |
| Indira Tatikola/Teya Gougoustamos | Emmaus |
| Alison Willis/Katie Hoske | Stroudsburg |
Second Team:
| Name | High School |
| Patty Superka/Grace Hartman | Bethlehem Catholic |
| Elise Kney/Hermani Patel | Liberty |
| Julia Ressler/Samantha Wallitsch | Easton |
Third Team:
| Name | High School |
| Kara Wang/Catherine Grub | Allentown Central Catholic |
| Emma Ricci/Mackenzie Shoup | Nazareth |
| Payton McGlory/Liza Puerholz | Emmaus |
And for volleyball:
EPC Girls Volleyball First Team All-Conference:
| Name | High School |
| Brynn Dreisbach | Parkland |
| Alaina Roman | Freedom |
| MacKenzy Ruggiero | Bethlehem Catholic |
| Samantha Simmers | Freedom |
| Elena Pursell | Parkland |
| Ava Holden | Emmaus |
| Scarlett Jago | Parkland |
EPC Most Valuable Player: Brynn Dreisbach, Parkland
EPC Second Team All-Conference:
| Name | High School |
| Elizabeth Barnes | Freedom |
| Sydney Houchens | Liberty |
| Emily Harclerode | Nazareth |
| Maren McGuire | Allentown Central Catholic |
| Maggie Smith | Parkland |
| Brylee Tereska | Liberty |
| Courtney Shire | Liberty |
EPC Third Team All-Conference:
| Name | High School |
| Mia Pickering | Emmaus |
| Sydney Esquieres | Parkland |
| Abigail Schweitzer | Emmaus |
| Megan Holland | Nazareth |
| Kyla Rodriguez | Bethlehem Catholic |
| Alexa Crum | Whitehall |
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!
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