{"id":80648,"date":"2018-01-03T18:28:19","date_gmt":"2018-01-03T18:28:19","guid":{"rendered":"\/rcntv\/?p=80648"},"modified":"2023-04-25T14:19:12","modified_gmt":"2023-04-25T14:19:12","slug":"yearreview-lost-topics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.astound.com\/atvn\/yearreview-lost-topics\/","title":{"rendered":"Year\/Review: The \u201cLost\u201d Topics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/eOJ3jM3D7RA\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Each year, when we do our \u201c<a title=\"RCN Sports Talk\" href=\"\/atvn\/sports-talk\/\">SportsTalk<\/a>: Year-in-Review\u201d program, there are inevitably a few topics that, because of time limitations, we don\u2019t get an opportunity to present on our show.<\/p>\n<p>While Keith Groller and I had some great \u2018back-and-forth\u2019 for the topics we did get to debate during the show, there were once again a few topics that we didn\u2019t get to address.<\/p>\n<p>Today, we\u2019d like to present some of these sports conversational pieces that didn\u2019t make it on-air\u2026<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong><strong><strong>Hardest working group in sports?<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>&nbsp;\n<p><strong>KEITH<\/strong> &#8212; It has to be the RCN4 Cable crew. People have no idea how hard everybody works to set things up before a game and then has to tear it all down in a matter of minutes after a game ends<\/p>\n<p><strong>ME<\/strong> \u2013 Local Girls basketball teams (on and off the court); there were a number of very hard working teams in the RCN viewing are that went deep into the state playoffs, and some great stories of local teams participating in charity events, for <a title=\"Cops' n' Kids\" href=\"http:\/\/www.copsnkidslv.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cops \u2019 n \u2019 Kids<\/a>, local food and homeless shelters and more.<\/li>\n<li><strong><strong><strong>Biggest Myth of 2017?<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>&nbsp;\n<p><strong>KEITH<\/strong> &#8212; That because we had one great basketball night at PPL that the <a title=\"District XI\" href=\"http:\/\/www.districtxi.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">District 11 <\/a>basketball was going to automatically return there. The PPL Center has not made it affordable and have not afforded good dates for the district. You would have thought the PPL Center would welcome high school sporting events back with open arms. It hasn\u2019t happened.<\/p>\n<p><strong>ME<\/strong> \u2013 That the media is \u201cout to get\u201d the Catholic schools by looking for stories to make them look bad and\/or avoid covering them in favor of public schools.<\/li>\n<li><strong><strong><strong>2017 Will Be Remembered As the Year\u2026<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>&nbsp;\n<p><strong>KEITH &#8212; <\/strong>That athletes and politics collided and depending on your viewpoints, you either treated the athletes as heroes for their stands or started to turn away from them.<\/p>\n<p><strong>ME<\/strong> \u2013 A decided change in sports journalism and the ways sports are covered&#8211;in virtually every aspect.<\/li>\n<li><strong><strong><strong>Most Disappointing Administrative Decision in 2017?<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>&nbsp;\n<p><strong>KEITH<\/strong> &#8212; The <a title=\"PIAA\" href=\"http:\/\/www.piaa.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PIAA<\/a> and <a title=\"EPC\" href=\"http:\/\/www.epc18.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">District 12<\/a>\u00a0allowing a kid who played football all season in New Jersey come over and play for <a title=\"Conwell-Egan\" href=\"http:\/\/www.conwell-egan.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Conwell-Egan <\/a>in a state quarterfinal against <a title=\"Palisades School District\" href=\"http:\/\/www.palisadessd.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Palisades<\/a> which created an uproar and put a spotlight on how unfair the system is when it comes to certain private and public schools.<\/p>\n<p><strong>ME<\/strong> &#8212;\u00a0Missing out on \u201cteachable\u201d moments\u2026several examples around sports teams this year in where schools could do the right thing\/create a very rich real life learning experience \u2013 but instead took the \u201csafe\u201d way out and washed their hands of an issue.<\/li>\n<li><strong><strong><strong><strong>Toughest Coaching Challenge Heading into 2018?<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>&nbsp;\n<p><strong>KEITH<\/strong>&#8212; Locally, it\u2019s whoever gets the <a title=\"Catasauqua School District\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cattysd.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Catty<\/a>, <a title=\"Central Catholic High School\" href=\"http:\/\/www.acchs.info\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CCHS<\/a> and <a title=\"Northampton Football\" href=\"http:\/\/www.kkidsfootball.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Northampton<\/a> football jobs. All three programs were down in 2017 and Central in particular may face a difficult climb being back in the <a title=\"EPC 18\" href=\"http:\/\/www.epc18.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">EPC South<\/a>.\u00a0 On a more national level, whoever gets the job coaching the <a title=\"New York Giants\" href=\"http:\/\/www.giants.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York Giants <\/a>who turned into a complete mess under Ben McAdoo and now have to deal with a building juggernaut in Philadelphia.<\/p>\n<p><strong>ME<\/strong> \u2013 Any one that plays <a title=\"Bethlehem Catholic\" href=\"http:\/\/www.becahi.org\/athletics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bethlehem Catholic <\/a>girls basketball team \u2013 so well balanced, so well-coached and a very smart group of athletes\u2026 they are relentless defensively and very deep\u2026it will be almost impossible for any Lehigh Valley team to beat them this season.<\/li>\n<li><strong><strong><strong><strong>Local Sports Change You&#8217;d Like to See in 2018?<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>&nbsp;\n<p><strong>KEITH<\/strong> &#8211;I would like to see a local boys basketball state champion in Hershey. It happens all the time in wrestling and the girls have had their share, but it has been since 1986 with Central Catholic that we\u2019ve had a local team get the gold in Hershey.<\/p>\n<p><strong>ME<\/strong> &#8212;\u00a0When one team is up by a large margin, play the bench players earlier than the last few seconds of a game. These kids work hard too and deserve a chance to play a little when an opportunity arises\u2014especially when the team is on TV.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>For more \u201cyear-in-review\u201d comments and topics, make sure you watch the show on RCN On-Demand and our podcast, found here on the RCN-TV website!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/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>Each year, when we do our \u201cSportsTalk: Year-in-Review\u201d program, there are inevitably a few topics that, because of time limitations, we don\u2019t get an opportunity to present on our show. 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