Following all the excitement of some tremendous district championship baseball, softball and lacrosse on our Network, it’s time to take a little bit of a breather. 

All teams in our coverage area went down to defeat this past Monday, which means our spring sports season… and for that matter, our entire “school year”… has come to an end.  

While we will continue posting some of the top highlights from this past season over the next few weeks (more of those highlights are below), we start to change the page and get ready for our summer sports season.  

Traditionally, our first event for the summer is the McDonald’s All-Star football classic to be played on Thursday, June 11th that will start at 7:00 p.m. at its traditional location at Nazareth High School’s Andrew Leh Stadium. 

As is our custom and in the interest of encouraging people to go out to the game and make donations to support the Ronald McDonald charities, we will only be broadcasting the game on a delayed basis. 

You can contact the ATVN studio to purchase a link to the broadcast if you’d like to keep it as a keepsake, which senior football player sometimes do, as it’s often the last time local sports athletes play in a formal game. 

Check back to The Shop next week for more details on our upcoming summer sports schedule along with other local sports coverage will be bringing you on Astound TV Network and on our blogs. 

Astound TV Network Sports: Parkland vs. Whitehall (10/25) 

Astound TV Network Sports: Freedom vs. Liberty (11/25) 

Astound TV Network Sports: Emmaus vs. Easton (10/25) 

Astound TV Network Sports: Nazareth vs. Easton (10/25) 

Astound TV Network Sports: Southern Lehigh vs. Northwestern Lehigh (10/25) 

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.  

It was a memorable week on several fronts this past week as Astound TV Network covered the Eastern Pennsylvania Conference and Colonial League baseball championships. 

Allen won its first baseball title of any kind in over 30 years, with a freshman starting pitcher, Alejandro cartagena, combining to throw a no-hitter against Whitehall in the EPC title game (highlights from that game are below). 

Last Thursday, an emotional win for Southern Lehigh Head Coach Todd Miller and his team over Leighton (see also below). Both the Canaries and the Spartans will be the top seed in the District 11, 6A and 5A playoffs, respectively. ATVN will have all the local baseball championships broadcast live the following week after Memorial Day. 

Before we get to that point, astound will be broadcasting the 2A and 3A district girls and boys lacrosse championship games this upcoming week starting at 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday and Thursday evenings. 

Check back to ATVN’s The SportsTalk Shop for exclusive interviews recapping those games along with previews of the upcoming baseball championship games. 

Now, here’s recent highlights and interviews of some of the top teams and players in the ATVN coverage area…. 

History: Allen Canaries Throw A NO-HITTER To Win First EPC Title in 30 years! 

Astound TV Network Sports Game Highlight: Boys’ Baseball – Allen vs. Whitehall (5/26) 

ATVN SportsTalk Show Feature: Liberty HS Baseball 2026 

Southern Lehigh Wins the Colonial League Championship! 

Southern Lehigh Manager Todd Miller 

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. 

The SportsTalk Shop will be joining the ATVN sports crew working on special projects and staying busy getting ready for the final few games of the regular sports season and our expanded coverage this year of the spring post-season.

As we do that, Astound TV Network will be running some of the most requested recent ATVN SportsTalk programs over the next few Thursdays. Be sure to tune in to see which of your favorite episodes pop up before our high school post-season coverage gets underway!

In the meantime, we would like to present the top girls and boys basketball players from the Eastern Pennsylvania Conference as those lists were released, honoring all of our standout student athletes from our coverage area.

2025-2026 Eastern Pennsylvania Conference

Boys Basketball All-Stars

1^st Team

KJ Coles – Senior – Pocono Mountain West (MVP)

Blake Nassry – Junior – Parkland

Jake Pukszyn – Senior – Liberty

Noah Walakovits – Senior – Northampton

Tiheed Wise, Jr. – William Allen

2^nd Team

Alphy Deris  – Senior – Dieruff

Yariel Gonzalez – Junior – Allentown Central Catholic

Logan Hahn – Senior – Nazareth

Seth Hoderewski – Senior – Whitehall

Gavin Kershner – Senior – Nazareth

3^rd Team

Tyler Beck – Senior – Parkland

Tae El-Bassiouni – Sophomore – Stroudsburg

Parker McClary – Senior – Bethlehem Catholic

Jacob Ross – Junior – Emmaus

Brady Simock – Senior – Northampton

Teddy Stiehler – Sophomore – Pocono Mountain West

Girls Basketball All-Stars 

1st Team 

Aliyah Brame – Senior – Bethlehem Catholic

 Alexa Davis – Senior – Nazareth

Gabby DeVita – Senior – Emmaus

Ava Kopetskie – Senior – Liberty (MVP)

Jayla Rosario – Senior – Dieruff

2nd Team 

Leah Ault – Senior – Bethlehem Catholic

Kam Gallis – Freshman – Bethlehem Catholic

Aniya Holder – Senior – Dieruff

Karly Leszcynski – Sophomore – Nazareth

Gabby Wismer – Junior – Easton

3rd Team 

Natalie Amato – Senior – Easton

Isabella Hallal – Senior – Parkland

Sara Kokolus – Senior – Freedom

Aneri McGalla – Senior – Parkland

Olive Whitney – Senior – Emmaus

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. 

With the weather warming up, it is appropriate that we’ll be talking local baseball and other spring sports on this week’s ATVN SportsTalk show.

Our special in-studio guests will be the defending District 4A baseball champions from Northwestern Lehigh. We’ll look back at last year’s unique championship run along with thoughts and insights on their current season and fight for a Colonial League crown.

We will also have features on other spring sport teams and recaps of games currently going on in our coverage area, including local lacrosse and volleyball features.

Be sure to tune in!

Next, we have our final look back at highlights from our final few basketball broadcasts this season on Astound TV Network, along with the recent segment from ATVN SportsTalk addressing issues concerning girls basketball. Copies of these games and all of our other productions and studio programming can be purchased by contacting our studio.

Enjoy!

Declining Girls Basketball Participants

Astound TV Network Sports: Wrestling – District IX Individual Wrestling Final (2/26)

Astound TV Network Sports: Basketball – Pocono Mountain East vs. Northampton (2/26)

Astound TV Network Sports: Basketball – Liberty vs. Emmaus (2/26)

Astound TV Network Sports: Girls Basketball – Freedom vs. Parkland (2/26)

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. 

The sport of swimming does not get much media coverage in Pennsylvania (for one reason, most high definition cameras can’t stand the humidity of being in a natatorium for more than a few minutes), and divers probably receive even less attention.  

We’re going to try to change that this Thursday on ATVN‘s SportsTalk show as we feature two outstanding young athletes from Freedom High School who captured state championships this past sports season in diving. 

If you want to hear more about the sport and these young athletes’ amazing careers, or have a young person that would like to know more about participating in this sport, tune into this Thursday’s show live at 7:00pm EST on Astound TV Network. 

The program will also be live stream for free on our YouTube channel. 

Now, we continue our countdown of the top games, matches and individual highlights from the past season as seen on Astound TV Network… 

Astound TV Network Sports: Boys’ Basketball – Liberty vs. Whitehall (2/26) 

Astound TV Network Sports: Girls’ Basketball – Emmaus vs. Parkland (2/26) 

Astound TV Network Sports: Girls’ Basketball – Nazareth vs. Easton (2/26) 

Astound TV Network Sports: Boys’ Basketball – Allen vs. Parkland (2/26) 

Astound TV Network Sports: Boys’ Basketball – Liberty vs. Nazareth (2/26) 

We have begun one of the more interesting times of year as we are wrapping up all the winter sports activities, honors and recaps.

At the same time, we’re also already underway with spring sports activities.

We will have a mix of both of the above coming up over the next several weeks on ATVN‘s SportsTalk on Thursday nights, featuring both guests and features on local sports teams from the winter season (those that played deep into the postseason) and a look ahead at all of the activities that are going on with the spring sports season underway.

On this week’s program, we will feature Head Coach Andrew Oswald the ladies from the Catasauqua powder Puff team to talk about their new sport, how popular it’s been in the area and also about their big rivalry with Northampton. A few of these platers also were a big part of this year’s Catty girls basketball team and we’ll talk about their successes on the hardwood as well on this week’s show. If you miss the live airing Thursday at 7:00 p.m., you can catch the replay Saturday morning at 9:00 a.m.

Now, here’s a look at some of the top highlights from recent sports featured on the Astound Television Network…

Astound TV Network Sports: Boys’ Basketball – West Catholic vs. Notre Dame Green Pond (3/26)

Astound TV Network Sports: Boys’ Basketball – Parkland vs. Imhotep (3/26)

Astound TV Network Sports: Girls’ Basketball – Bethlehem Catholic vs. Archbishop Wood (3/26)

Astound TV Network Sports: Boys’ Basketball – Liberty vs. Plymouth-Whitemarsh (3/26)

Astound TV Network Sports: Boys’ Basketball – Parkland vs. Delaware Valley (3/26)

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, company or subsidiary.

After a tough day of the PIAA playoffs this past Tuesday, in which all of the Lehigh Valley teams in our coverage area lost their second round state playoff games, we had a “bounce back” day Wednesday, with three teams advancing to the quarterfinal round this weekend.  

Before we look ahead to Saturday’s broadcast schedule on ATVN, here’s a recap of recent games as seen on Astound TV Network…  

Astound TV Network Sports: Boys’ Basketball – Northampton vs. Allentown Central Catholic (1/26) 

Astound TV Network Sports: Boys’ Basketball – Easton vs. Bethlehem Catholic (1/26) 

Astound TV Network Sports: Boys’ Basketball – Wilson vs. Bangor (12/25) 

Astound TV Network Sports: Boys’ Basketball – Parkland vs. Pocono Mountain West (12/25) 

Astound TV Network Sports: Boys’ Basketball – Nazareth vs. Emmaus (12/25) 

Now, for the next round of states, the Astound TV Network will be broadcasting two games from Pottstown High School LIVE on Saturday 3/14, starting at 1pm: 

District 12 5A Girls’ Champions:
Archbishop Wood vs. Bethlehem Catholic

District 12 6A Boys’ Champions:
Parkland vs. Imhotep 

A reminder that the PIAA does not allow us to stream these playoff games on our YouTube page, so the games can only be seen exclusively on TV for Astound TV costumers.  

Copies of these broadcasts can also be purchased by contacting the ATVN studio offices. 

Best of luck to all of the teams still alive in the 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 or any other agency, organization, company or subsidiary.

With the arrival of the post-season comes the time to honor some of the top individual performances from this past regular season.

While the Colonial League did away with a formal listing of All-Star teams a few years ago, the coaches in the area formed an association and does identify the top girls in boys basketball players who played during this past season.

Here’s a listing of the top girls’ and boys’ players from the league this year….

Colonial League Girls’ All-League Honors

First Team
Juliana Bonham, Wilson (SO)
Courtney Connell, Palmerton (SR)
Natalie Conner, Northwestern Lehigh (SO)
Hailey Jenkins, Catasauqua (SR)
Olivia Serfass, Lehighton (SR)
Tegan Simms, Northern Lehigh (JR)
Player of the Year: Hailey Jenkins, Catasauqua (SR)

Second Team
Brenna Hammerstone, Notre Dame GP (SR)
Eliana Marques, Southern Lehigh (JR)
Kendra Morgan, Salisbury (SR)
Ava Shonk, Notre Dame GP (SR)
Kaylin Stewart, Catasauqua (SO)
Ryleigh Trotman, Lehighton (SR)

Honorable Mentions
Leah Apostol, Pen Argyl (FR)
Hailey Barry, Palmerton (SR)
Riley Boyle, Notre Dame GP (JR)
Grace Donahue, Saucon Valley (FR)
Samantha Fontanez, Southern Lehigh (FR)
Hannah Gober, Northwestern Lehigh (SR)
Cate Morgan, Palmerton (SR)
Gianna Martini, Pen Argyl (SO)
Olivia Reinhart, Northwestern Lehigh (SR)
Sierra Skoda, Saucon Valley (FR)
Leah Uyvari, Lehighton (JR)

Colonial League Boys’ All-League Honors

First Team
Frankie Pujols, Catasauqua
Steven Lozada, Salisbury
Lafayette Acree, Wilson
Cole Dietz, Lehighton
Jason Marcantonis, Bangor
League MVP: Justin Manning, Notre Dame

Second Team
Kellen Bauer, Northern Lehigh
Pierce Gothard, Jim Thorpe
Brady Krimmel, Northwestern
Mason Bollinger, Northwestern
Drew Boyd, Notre Dame
Julian Makhoul, Salisbury

Honorable Mentions
Blake Roberts, Lehighton
Aalani Nix, Catasauqua
Reece Lopez, Catasauqua
Malachi Coleman, Northwestern
Hamaad Jenkins, Catasauqua
Thomas Cahill, Saucon Valley
Michael Bauer, Northern Lehigh
Tommy Murphy, Notre Dame
Cody Driscoll, Notre Dame
Cole Lazorick, Jim Thorpe
Brady Zimmerman, Northwestern
Bryan Gonzalez, Salisbury
Parker Spigelmyer, Southern Lehigh
Kaen Kaiser, Pen Argyl
Blake Ogliaroro, Palisades
Jack Trickel, Palisades
Sam Joseph, Moravian Academy

We invite local leagues representatives, school officials, and athletic directors in our coverage area to forward outstanding achievements and other all-conference honors to us to spotlight here at The SportsTalk Shop.

Please email that information to Chris.michael@astound.com and we can try to feature your information in an upcoming blog entry!

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, company or subsidiary.

We’re heading into the final week-and-a-half of the high school basketball regular season (with local wrestling post-season action already underway, as you saw last weekend on Astound TV Network with the Eastern Pennsylvania Conference Girls Tournament!)

It has been a very interesting season so far. While there have been some very competitive games this winter, it doesn’t seem like any one team has completely dominated throughout the season to date. There have been some great team and individual performances but in talking with many of the coaches this year, the word “consistency” keeps popping up.

There’s a number of teams that have flashed some truly high level of play, but the squad that can put it together on a consistent basis will have the best chance of bringing home some gold medals over the next two months.

Who are the teams that might be able to do that? You’ll be able to see for yourself as Astound TV Network brings you the following games over the next couple of days (weather permitting)…

Tuesday, January 27th
LIVE at 7:00pm: Boys’ Basketball – Allentown Central Catholic @ Parkland
Delay at 9:30pm: Boys’ Basketball – Notre Dame @ Southern Lehigh

Wednesday, January 28th
LIVE at 5:30pm: Girls’ & Boys’ Wrestling – Liberty @ Freedom

We will also have a special edition of Thursday’s SportsTalk show, live at 7:00pm on ATVN recapping high school basketball season to date with a look ahead to the final regular season games and playoff possibilities.

Now, here’s highlights of recent high school boys’ and girls’ hoop action as seen on ATVN…

Astound TV Network Sports: Boys’ Basketball – Parkland vs. Allen (1/26)

Astound TV Network Sports: Girls’ Basketball – Allentown Central Catholic vs. Emmaus (1/26)

Astound TV Network Sports: Boys’ Basketball – Salisbury vs. Wilson (1/26)

Astound TV Network Sports: Girls’ Basketball – Easton vs. Parkland (1/26)

Astound TV Network Sports: Boys’ Basketball – Liberty vs. Nazareth (1/26)

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, company or subsidiary.