{"id":81323,"date":"2018-07-10T12:19:19","date_gmt":"2018-07-10T12:19:19","guid":{"rendered":"\/rcntv\/?p=81323"},"modified":"2023-04-25T14:22:16","modified_gmt":"2023-04-25T14:22:16","slug":"summer-hoops-18-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.astound.com\/atvn\/summer-hoops-18-part-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Summer Hoops \u201918 (Part 2)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>The views expressed in this blog are<\/em> <em>those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of RCN or any other agency, organization, employer or company.<em>\u00a0<\/em><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There are a number of intriguing storylines developing in local high school basketball this summer following last weekend\u2019s tournament at Cedar Beach in Allentown. Among the highlights:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Emmaus High School\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eastpennsd.org\/ehs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Emmaus<\/a>\u2019 Mark Swedberg did not disappoint. In addition to reaching the final round of Saturday\u2019s Slam Dunk competition, he and his teammates provided a balanced attack throughout the tournament, enroute to the Hornets\u2019 second straight summer tourney championship. Following this past season, Emmaus figured to be one of the top teams this winter based on the returning talent. Don\u2019t forget, the team gets an added lift from Whitehall football\/basketball transfer Ethan Parvel\u2026so don\u2019t hand the upcoming winter\u2019s EPC trophy to <a title=\"Bethlehem Catholic High School\" href=\"http:\/\/www.becahi.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bethlehem Catholic<\/a>\u00a0just yet.<\/li>\n<li>Emmaus\u2019 rival to the north\u2014<a title=\"Parkland\" href=\"https:\/\/www.parklandsd.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Parkland<\/a>\u2014also looked very impressive and features some very talented rising underclassmen. At the end of the scholastic basketball season, we talked on \u201cSportsTalk\u201d about players like Nick Rappa, Jared Kucharczuk, Jake Melany and other young players who really started to gel as the winter went on\u2026and that continued improvement is evident even more in their summer play.<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Nazareth High School\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hs.nazarethasd.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nazareth<\/a> also looked strong last weekend, with some new players in the mix joining an already tall and lanky frontcourt.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bcfplIRsPXU\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<li>In<a title=\"Colonial League\" href=\"http:\/\/www.colonialleague.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Colonial League<\/a> action, <a title=\"Palmerton High School\" href=\"http:\/\/www.palmerton.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Palmerton<\/a> continues to be a standout team this summer. They have a number of returning top tier players and look like they are definitely going to be major players in the winter season\u2019s playoffs.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TrCx3fx6Ojo\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Saucon Valley High School\" href=\"https:\/\/www.svpanthers.org\/Domain\/8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Saucon Valley <\/a>is another team that has lots of players returning\u2014including a pair of players approximately 6\u20195\u201d. Height like that in the Colonial League is hard to beat and should make the Panthers more of a force for the 2018-19 campaign.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GG3AjesYQ64\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\nComing up on this Thursday\u2019s edition of \u201cSportsTalk,\u201d we\u2019re going to have even more videos featuring interviews of coaches and players participating in summer basketball action.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, we\u2019re going to have a live report from the Washington, DC area as the DMV region gets ready to take on the national spotlight as hosts of <a title=\"Major League Baseball\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mlb.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Major League Baseball\u2019s<\/a>\u00a0All-Star game next Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Also, keep checking back here at \u201cThe Shop\u201d over the upcoming weeks as we bring you additional news, rumors and images from different venues featuring athletes from the RCN-TV viewing area.<\/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>The views expressed in this blog are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of RCN or any other agency, organization, employer or company.\u00a0 There are a number of intriguing storylines developing in local high school basketball this summer following last weekend\u2019s tournament at Cedar Beach in Allentown&#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":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-81323","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-the-sportstalk-shop"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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