{"id":81389,"date":"2018-07-31T12:14:42","date_gmt":"2018-07-31T12:14:42","guid":{"rendered":"\/rcntv\/?p=81389"},"modified":"2023-04-14T19:30:46","modified_gmt":"2023-04-14T19:30:46","slug":"summer-hoops-18-part-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.astound.com\/atvn\/summer-hoops-18-part-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Summer Hoops \u201918 (Part 3)"},"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>The Cedar Beach Summer Basketball League wrapped up this past weekend, culminating with a thrilling championship game!<\/p>\n<p>First of all, huge congratulations are in order for the 2018 summer champs&#8211;the <a title=\"Easton Red Rovers Basketball\" href=\"https:\/\/www.roverbasketball.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Easton Red Rovers boys\u2019 basketball team<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Easton features a number of talented players who got valuable experience on the varsity level last year and probably didn\u2019t get the attention they deserved for having a great winter season (we saw a number of impressive victories by the Rovers on RCN-TV last year).<\/p>\n<p>Those returning players held off another team we\u2019ll be talking about this winter&#8211;<a title=\"Emmaus Boys Basketball\" href=\"http:\/\/www.emmausbasketball.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Emmaus<\/a>&#8211;who had the distinction of playing in all three major boys title games held within the Lehigh Valley area.<\/p>\n<p>Check back to \u201cThe SportsTalk Shop\u201d next week for our gallery of the summer hoops in-game action.<\/p>\n<p>In the meantime, here are a few more notes of interest for Lehigh Valley basketball fans from this summer\u2019s action\u2026<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>There is certainly a lot of balance since <a title=\"Bethlehem Catholic\" href=\"http:\/\/www.becahi.org\/athletics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bethlehem Catholic <\/a>boys\u2019 Golden Hawks continue to be the area\u2019s most dominant Lehigh Valley team. <a title=\"Allentown Central Catholic HS\" href=\"http:\/\/www.acchs.info\/athletics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Allentown Central Catholic<\/a>, last year\u2019s \u201c#2\u201d squad, so far, look like it has come back to the pack a bit. In talking with <a title=\"Dieruff High School \" href=\"http:\/\/www.allentownsd.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dieruff <\/a>Head Coach Joe Jarjous recently, he\u2019s among those believing that a number of teams (including his own) will be improved and that several programs featuring an abundance of youth have really played well and will show great improvement by the time the school year starts.<\/li>\n<li>The Becahi girls have been equally as dominate as their boys teams, although <a title=\"Nazareth High School\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hs.nazarethasd.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nazareth<\/a> is taking great strides. They\u2019ve been participating in tournaments both inside and outside of the Lehigh Valley region. Among the Blue Eagles\u2019 top efforts\u2026they ran the table in the \u201cJune\u201d edition of the Holy Name basketball tournament and finished with a perfect 9-0 record in a pool against a number of strong programs.<\/li>\n<li>The <a title=\"Northampton High School\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nasdathletics.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Northampton<\/a> boys\u2019 team lost two of its\u2019 biggest scoring machines (Cody Weisenberger and Aiden Ellwood) from last year\u2019s team. I talked with Head Coach Coy Stampone and he said he thought there\u2019s definitely some rebuilding that will have to be done with his program this year. However, upon a closer look at the way his team played this summer:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u2026He\u2019s playing a couple players who actually will make his squad bigger than last year\u2019s (thanks to my \u201cSportsTalk\u201d co-host Keith Groller for pointing that out).<\/p>\n<p>\u2026Stampone is very high on some of his JV players from a year ago who look like they\u2019re progressing at a nice rate and could contribute more than initially projected.<\/p>\n<p>\u2026Don\u2019t forget, the K-Kids played tremendous defense a year ago, leading the team to some of the biggest wins of the season. Most of those defensive-minded players are returning, so if they can find a couple sure-handed scoring options (especially among the big men), don\u2019t count on Northampton\u2019s \u201crebuilding\u201d taking very long.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ll have our final look at high school summer league action and more news, notes and images next week here at \u201cThe Shop.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For more local summer basketball action, be sure to check out this year\u2019s \u201cTournament of Champions\u201d held at the Catasauqua playground. RCN-TV\u2019s Gary Laubach and Tom Stoudt will have the call and all the excitement of this year\u2019s event\u2026this Thursday evening on RCN-TV.<\/p>\n<p>And&#8230;coming up over the next few weeks on \u201cSportsTalk,\u201d we\u2019ll be featuring defending <a title=\"District XI\" href=\"http:\/\/www.districtxi.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">District XI <\/a>boys and girls fall sports champions, along with high school and <a title=\"Lafayette College\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lafayette.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lafayette College <\/a>football interviews as we get you ready for the upcoming fall sports season. \u201cOfficial\u201d high school sports practices commence this Monday&#8211;where did the summer go?<\/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 The Cedar Beach Summer Basketball League wrapped up this past weekend, culminating with a thrilling championship game! 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