{"id":79706,"date":"2017-05-31T14:21:20","date_gmt":"2017-05-31T14:21:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sandbox.web.rcn.net\/rcntv\/?p=79706"},"modified":"2023-03-01T22:22:16","modified_gmt":"2023-03-01T22:22:16","slug":"sportstalk-shop-phillies-lacrosse-special-events","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.astound.com\/atvn\/sportstalk-shop-phillies-lacrosse-special-events\/","title":{"rendered":"The SportsTalk Shop:  Phillies, Lacrosse &#038; Special Events"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As we have crossed the Memorial Day weekend and are roughly two months into the pro baseball season.\u00a0 Players have now gotten enough experience that you can start analyzing and evaluating performances.\u00a0 With that in mind, we caught up with Morning Call Senior Sports Writer <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mcall.com\/sports\/mc-bio-tom-housenick-staff.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tom Housenick<\/a> (who covers the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlb.com\/phillies\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Phillies <\/a>minor league affiliates) to talk about the Phillies, their farm system and get his thoughts on how well the organizations top prospects are doing\u2026<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cjXsJGniQSA\" width=\"425\" height=\"350\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Tom will be on the June 22nd edition of \u201cSportsTalk\u201d to go into more details about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlb.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MLB <\/a>&amp; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.milb.com\/index.jsp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MiLB <\/a>baseball issues.<br \/>\n***<br \/>\nThere are also some special high school teams and organizations I want to give shout-outs for their recent efforts.<\/p>\n<p>First, the Allentown\u00a0Central Catholic state winning girls volleyball team.\u00a0 The Vikettes not only captured district and PIAA gold this past year (coming out of perhaps the most competitive area for volleyball in the entire state) but did a great job on last week&#8217;s &#8220;SportsTalk Goes Wild&#8221; show, on location at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.buffalowildwings.com\/en\/locations\/Detail\/0474\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Whitehall &#8220;Buffalo Wild Wings<\/a>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/atvn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/BWW1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-79707\" src=\"\/atvn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/BWW1.png\" alt=\"BWW1\" width=\"302\" height=\"166\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/atvn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/BWW2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-79708\" src=\"\/atvn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/BWW2.png\" alt=\"BWW2\" width=\"300\" height=\"170\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/atvn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/BWW4.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-79710\" src=\"\/atvn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/BWW4.png\" alt=\"BWW4\" width=\"300\" height=\"194\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/atvn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/BWW3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-79709\" src=\"\/atvn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/BWW3.png\" alt=\"BWW3\" width=\"303\" height=\"169\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Head Coach Laurie Corcoran, her staff and her players had some great insights on their accomplishments, both this year, and in the program&#8217;s history (Central Catholic was the &#8220;original&#8221; girls volleyball champion in the Valley&#8211;winning the first one back in 2001).<\/p>\n<p>This year&#8217;s squad shared some of their special memories and were very entertaining on our program.\u00a0 We&#8217;d like to\u00a0thank them for coming out on a rainy evening to be the stars of our show last Thursday.\u00a0 If you missed it,\u00a0RCN customers can watch the show for free (for up to two months)\u00a0through RCN On-Demand!<\/p>\n<p>Also, I want to single-out the teams who competed in the District XI girls lacrosse championships at Lehigh University this past week.\u00a0 SportsTalk Videographer Alyssa Sheckler and I had the pleasure of taking in both title games last week, and both of us were very impressed with the competing teams.<\/p>\n<p>Saucon Valley (winners of their first district lacrosse title ever, after not winning a single game five seasons ago) and\u00a0Moravian Academy and then Parkland (the 3A winners) against a spirited Easton ball club made for two hard fought games.\u00a0 The Panthers took the early lead in their title game but had to hold on as the Lions stormed back to make it close.\u00a0 The Trojans and Red Rovers went back and forth all night before Parkland held the final possession for a one-goal victory.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/k34lH19Lf3M\" width=\"425\" height=\"350\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LYfV3y2V9Zg\" width=\"425\" height=\"350\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Lacrosse doesn&#8217;t get the attention local baseball and softball receives (ironically, we tried to cover four different lacrosse matches this year&#8211;all of them got rained out or moved to different sites).\u00a0 \u00a0I, for one, was very impressed by all four representatives in the District XI championships (our features on those games are also available through RCN On-Demand).<\/p>\n<p>Saucon, Parkland and Easton all move on and embark on the state tourney this week, and we wish all three local teams the best of luck in their state championship quest.<\/p>\n<p>Thirdly, I wanted to mention an upcoming event held at William Allen high school. Canaries\u2019 Senior Marcus Dileo Vereen was diagnosed with Aplastic Anemia.\u00a0 To help raise money to help with medical costs, the school is sponsoring #MarcusStrongDay on Saturday, June 3<sup>rd<\/sup> from 9am-2pm in the Allen cafeterias.\u00a0 They are holding a blood drive, bone marrow registry drive, a bake sale, raffles, prizes, games and fun for all.\u00a0 Support is desperately needed for this outstanding student (who is also dual-enrolled in college level classes).<\/p>\n<p>For more information, you can call Susan Wood at 484-765-5197 or email her at <a href=\"mailto:Woods@qallentownsd.org\">Woods@qallentownsd.org<\/a>.\u00a0 You can also email the Allen Football Head Coach, George Clay, at <a href=\"mailto:claygf@allentownsd.org\">claygf@allentownsd.org<\/a> for details on this cause.<\/p>\n<p>Last but certainly not least, June 3<sup>rd<\/sup> is also the date of this year\u2019s Howard Deppe Memorial Baseball All-Star Event held at Fegley Field at Limeport Stadium.\u00a0 There are multiple activities going on throughout the day to highlight local high school baseball all-star players, including a skills competition and home run hitting contest.\u00a0 The event raises money and awareness for the American Cancer Society.<\/p>\n<p>A representative will be on the next \u201cSportsTalk\u201d program to talk about this year\u2019s festivities and let you know how you can help support and donate to this worthy cause.<\/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>As we have crossed the Memorial Day weekend and are roughly two months into the pro baseball season.\u00a0 Players have now gotten enough experience that you can start analyzing and evaluating performances.\u00a0 With that in mind, we caught up with Morning Call Senior Sports Writer Tom Housenick (who covers the Phillies minor league affiliates) to&#8230;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"Yoast SEO Relevanssi index exclude","inline_featured_image":false,"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4,5],"tags":[675,823,825,824],"class_list":["post-79706","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-featured","category-sports","category-the-sportstalk-shop","tag-buffalo-wild-wings","tag-central-catholic-volleyball","tag-parkland-lacrosse","tag-saucon-valley-lacrosse"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The SportsTalk Shop: Phillies, Lacrosse &amp; 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