{"id":80575,"date":"2017-12-06T13:11:24","date_gmt":"2017-12-06T13:11:24","guid":{"rendered":"\/rcntv\/?p=80575"},"modified":"2023-04-14T20:06:54","modified_gmt":"2023-04-14T20:06:54","slug":"hs-state-playoffs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.astound.com\/atvn\/hs-state-playoffs\/","title":{"rendered":"HS State Playoffs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We\u2019ve now reached the final week of the \u201cstate\u201d round of the <a title=\"PIAA\" href=\"http:\/\/piaa.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PIAA<\/a> high school tournaments.<\/p>\n<p>Best of luck to all remaining teams as they play in Hershey for the title of the top HS football teams in Pennsylvania. Unfortunately, with the <a title=\"Bethlehem Catholic HS\" href=\"http:\/\/www.becahi.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bethlehem Catholic <\/a>football team\u2019s lost to <a title=\"Imhotep High School\" href=\"http:\/\/www.imhotephighschool.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Imhotep <\/a>last weekend, the fall season has come to an end for all of the teams in the RCN viewing area\u2014with no teams capturing a title this time around (we had a whopping three championship teams crowned last fall).<\/p>\n<p>RCN-TV covered playoff games every week leading up to this week\u2019s state championships (the finals, produced by the <a title=\"Pennsylvania Cable Network\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pcntv.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pennsylvania Cable Network<\/a>, can be seen on RCN Lehigh channel 97).<\/p>\n<p>If you missed recent games seen on RCN over the last several weeks, here are sample highlights of our broadcasts (the entire games are available to watch, for free to RCN customers, through Video On Demand).<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yAfBa9CrY3M\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/c3t0_Dw--Ik\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/be6m6AlkKuY\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UDLUQx41Wbk\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ALkOLbsJjgo\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3UGOAan3mt4\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\nWe also want to take a moment to honor the local cheering teams. These young ladies not only were out with our local football teams all season long, but had their own exhibition and competitive schedule this year. (Remember, cheering is now a sanctioned PIAA sport).<\/p>\n<p>Also, a few more fall sports results and All-League mentions were announced recently.<\/p>\n<p>Here are the results of <a title=\"Colonial League\" href=\"http:\/\/www.colonialleague.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Colonial League <\/a>Cheering Championship\u2026<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/atvn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/2017-CL-Cheerleading-Competition-Schedule.pdf\">2017 CL Cheerleading Competition Schedule<\/a><\/p>\n<p>And, the final results of the <a title=\"District XI\" href=\"http:\/\/districtxi.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">District XI <\/a>Tennis Doubles Tournaments for both Class 2A and 3A\u2026<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/atvn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/2017-18-District-XI-Girls-Tennis-AA-Doubles.pdf\">2017-18 District XI Girls Tennis- AA Doubles<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/atvn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/2017-18-District-XI-Girls-Tennis-AAA-Doubles.pdf\">2017-18 District XI Girls Tennis- AAA Doubles<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Last but not least, the results from the Colonial League\u2019s All-Star selection voting\u2026<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/atvn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/2017-Colonial-League-XC-All-League-Seclections.pdf\">2017 Colonial League XC All League Selections<\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you have a high school sports question or comment, you can participate on the next \u201cSportsTalk\u201d show by either calling in to our Thursday night show, or by emailing us at <a href=\"mailto:RCNsportstalk@rcn.com\">RCNsportstalk@rcn.com<\/a> at any time.<\/p>\n<p>Coming up on this week\u2019s show and podcast, we\u2019ll have beat writers from both the <a title=\"National Football League\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nfl.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NFL<\/a> and <a title=\"Major League Baseball\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mlb.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MLB<\/a> on to talk about the stretch run of the football season and address baseball\u2019s \u201cHot Stove League\u201d rumors!<\/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>We\u2019ve now reached the final week of the \u201cstate\u201d round of the PIAA high school tournaments. 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