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Today we look at some of the Boys\u2019 and Girls\u2019 District XI pairing match-ups, and also \u201cupdate\u201d some of the team\u2019s information based on last week\u2019s events.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\">Class 4-A Boys<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\"><strong>Whitehall <\/strong>is riding a momentum upswing after a last-second come-from-behind win over Allen and has really come together as a team at the perfect time.\u00a0 I had talked earlier about how the Zephyrs had some very good individual athletes on the team, headlined by Tony Belluccci, but the team has strung together some impressive wins.\u00a0 <strong>Stroudsburg<\/strong> is a challenging opponent and I expect this to be one of the best opening round games of the tournament.\u00a0 Both of these teams are capable of beating their next round opponent <strong>Pocono Mountain West<\/strong>, who has experienced some tough losses to Lehigh Valley teams in the second half of the year, but still is the top ranked 4A team in the district.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">The <strong>Easton\/Allen<\/strong> matchup is the game RCN has selected to broadcast Wednesday, and is also an intriguing match-up.\u00a0 Allen has the height advantage inside and every time you count them out, they\u2019ve surprised us this year (including winning 4 of its last 6 in beating some of the top teams in the area to make the play-offs).\u00a0 Easton has excellent guards in DeVante Queen, Xavier Jenkins &amp; Company.\u00a0 The Allen guards will have their work cut out for them trying to slow them down, but if they can control the tempo and deny the Canaries\u2019 \u2018bigs,\u2019 they look to have the advantage.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\"><strong>Parkland <\/strong>looks to bounce back from their LVC Championship loss and would love to cruise past <strong>East Stroudsburg-South<\/strong> and <strong>Bangor <\/strong>to get some revenge against league champion <strong>Liberty.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>The Hurricanes looked like the dominant team we were expecting during the league play-offs, with 6 or 7 of their players capable of starting on most other team\u2019s squads.\u00a0 DeShawn Oyeniyi might have the dubious distinction of being the most pivotal player in the success of any state-bound team, yet not be a member of his all-league team (and there were justified mitigating circumstances).\u00a0 <strong>Freedom <\/strong>was one of our panelist\u2019s \u201cdark horse\u201d teams to watch on last week\u2019s \u201cRCN SportsTalk\u201d show, and will play the winner of the Rovers\/Canaries in the second round.\u00a0 Congratulations again to the Slaters for their first league title in 25 years.\u00a0 However, it\u2019s going to be hard again for them to win a district play-off game as they will most probably open against the Trojans.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\">Class 3-A Boys<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">Gary Laubach made my day by reminding me that there will be three 3-A teams that qualify for the state playoffs this year.\u00a0 This is great news for <strong>Wilson<\/strong> fans, who lost a tough game to Bangor in the Colonial League championship and may have a tough time beating <strong>Central Catholic<\/strong> in the semifinal round, as the Vikings looked to re-bound from their league semi-final loss to Liberty.\u00a0 The Warriors, who have lost just two games this year, had opportunities late against the Slaters, but Jeremy Ringland hit a dramatic shot at the end of regulation to send the game to overtime for Bangor to win.\u00a0 Salisbury, I think, has a very tough match-up in facing Wilson, who has beaten the Falcons three times in a row.\u00a0 Matchup-wise, Salisbury needs to run to have success and would have an easier time being bracketed with a team like <strong>Tamaqua, Northern Lehigh or Lehighton<\/strong>.<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; color: #000000; font-size: medium;\"><br \/>\nThe team to watch could be Bethlehem Catholic, who\u2019s making its first appearance in districts in some time, after having to defeat Easton to qualify.\u00a0 Matt Husek is a hidden talent and I think they are fully capable of winning their opening round contest versus Blue Mountain.\u00a0 Plus, the Hawks have an interesting bracket path could lead to state qualification or even the championship game\u2014a HUGE accomplishment for a nice guy in Mike Frew, who took over the program this year.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Calibri; color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">I haven\u2019t seen <strong>Southern Lehigh<\/strong> this year, expect for watching their league-opening win over Wilson on RCN\u2019s video-on-demand, but it\u2019s Bob Shaffer and Kurt Zellner\u2019s last run together.\u00a0 Knowing those Spartans\u2019 basketball players of the past, I wouldn\u2019t be surprised and hope that they can put a run together for their coaches so we can see Bob &amp; Kurt coach another game on RCN-TV.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\">Class 2-A &amp; A Boys<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">I \u201cthink\u201d things have worked out well for both <strong>Catty &amp; Notre Dame<\/strong> so that they should make it to the championship game and subsequently earn a trip to States.\u00a0 I have no idea about Williams Valley and North Schuylkill (no yet, anyway), but I talked in an earlier blog about the positives of both the Rough Riders and the Crusaders.\u00a0 I\u2019d love to see them advance and try to win a PIAA game.\u00a0 We also talked quite a bit about <strong>Pius <\/strong>on the Feb. 14<sup>th<\/sup> edition of \u201cSportsTalk\u201d (check it out on VOD) and about their strengths and chances to advance in the postseason.<\/span><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\">Class 4-A Girls<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\"><strong>Nazareth<\/strong> looked impressive in defeating <strong>Parkland<\/strong> for a second time in three tries (they came within a point of sending the game they lost into overtime).\u00a0 However, they have to get past a gritty <strong>Liberty<\/strong>, who is very well-coached.\u00a0 Speaking of, how about the job Jeff Jacksits is doing once again at <strong>Northampton<\/strong>, who started the year off dreadfully, only to come back and make districts?\u00a0 Don\u2019t know how they\u2019ll fare against Stroudsburg or Pocono Mountain West, but what a huge accomplishment it would be for the K-Kids to get to a semifinal game against defending district champ <strong>Bangor<\/strong>, one of a quartet of impressive Colonial League teams again this year.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\">Class 3-A<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Calibri; color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">I was very impressed with <strong>Southern Lehigh<\/strong> again this year!\u00a0 Madelene McDonald, Mady Campbell and their whole team are fundamentally sound, and I was awed by their basketball smarts and ability to drive and score\/draw fouls \u2026 and then convert at the line.\u00a0 Melann Amory is a very underrated player and Brianna Prince has very quick hands and is an excellent \u201cundersized\u201d post presence.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Calibri; color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">The Spartans will probably have to battle <strong>Northwestern<\/strong> for a third time in the 2<sup>nd<\/sup> round. The clich\u00e9 mentions how tough it is to be a quality team three times, and the third battle will be an all-out war.\u00a0 League MVP Sara Jones and her back court mates were not-too-happy about watching the final minutes of the championship from the sidelines, and they will be looking for revenge big-time.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Calibri; color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">On the other side of the bracket, you will see (once <strong>Bethlehem Catholic <\/strong>trumps <strong>Palmerton)<\/strong> another rematch between the Hawks and <strong>Central Catholic<\/strong>.\u00a0 Both were upset in the league semi-finals and there\u2019s still no indication that Janelle Robinson can make a remarkable recovery; however, Bethlehem Catholic still has LVC League MVP Kalista Walters and a very talented group of players that were the top girls team in the Valley during the regular season.\u00a0 I keep hearing people saying Central is \u201cdown\u201d this year (how good is their program in which 4 losses is considered \u201cdown\u201d by some), but I think the inevitable meeting between these two teams in districts could be another barn-burner.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\">Class 2-A <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">One of my favorite teams from outside the area to cover is <strong>Pine Grove <\/strong>\u2014 not only do they always have an outstanding team (either the boys or the girls seemed to win a title every year), but they send me NCAA Division One-like information about their program.\u00a0\u00a0 Notre Dame Head Coach Josh Kopp is also one of the most prepared coaches in the Valley and his team that just fell sort of a Colonial League championship appearance this year.\u00a0 This should make for an interesting District XI title game with Pine Grove.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">Well \u2026 that\u2019s my take on the District XI play-off picture.\u00a0 Tell me where I made mistakes and where I\u2019m completely off-base via email to <\/span><a href=\"mailto:RCNSportsTalk@rcn.com\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium;\">RCNSportsTalk@rcn.com<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\"> as we\u2019ll be talking about the district basketball play-offs for the next couple weeks (the show airs live on Thursdays at 6pm on RCN-TV).\u00a0 You can also post your comments here on our blog!\u00a0 Best of luck to all the teams!<strong><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; color: #000000; font-size: medium;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BOYS &amp; GIRLS DISTRICT PREVIEWS Last week we talked about the teams that made or just missed qualifying for the LVC and Colonial League HS Boys\u2019 Basketball Playoffs (see our February 11th entry). 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