{"id":82421,"date":"2019-04-09T18:22:29","date_gmt":"2019-04-09T18:22:29","guid":{"rendered":"\/rcntv\/?p=82421"},"modified":"2023-04-13T20:36:06","modified_gmt":"2023-04-13T20:36:06","slug":"hs-basketball-2019-reflections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.astound.com\/atvn\/hs-basketball-2019-reflections\/","title":{"rendered":"HS Basketball 2019 Reflections"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>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.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>After a basketball season that started with controversy, (aka, the hearing involving <a title=\"Executive Education Academy\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ee-schools.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Executive Education Academy<\/a> allegedly taking players away from other Lehigh Valley high schools), the season itself was mixed with different opinions about the quality of play.<\/p>\n<p>Clearly, there were some very strong teams across the state of Pennsylvania this winter\u2026<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/900nG9OEThM\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Z5wmyIV1KNs\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PMH3_AkzG6I\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VoLPF8w2vcU\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cjEh0OCj6bY\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dGfWiuLwnlY\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GLtvh_4Svzc\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>This season marked one of the quickest \u201cexits\u201d for many Lehigh Valley boys teams in the <a title=\"PIAA\" href=\"http:\/\/www.piaa.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PIAA<\/a> playoffs\u2014only three boys teams that RCN covers (<a title=\"Bethlehem Catholic\" href=\"https:\/\/becahi.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Becahi<\/a>, <a title=\"Wilson High School\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wilsonsd.org\/wilson-high-school\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wilson<\/a> and <a title=\"Allen High School\" href=\"https:\/\/aln.allentownsd.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Allen<\/a>) made it to the second round of the state playoffs\u2014with all three losing before the quarterfinals.<\/p>\n<p>RCN-TV basketball analyst Tom Stoudt was in the studio the other day feeling a little disappointed by many of the regular season games he witnessed. \u00a0But he felt some of the playoff heroics and late season surges by a few teams made for interesting storylines.\u00a0 You can hear more by checking out our \u201c<a title=\"RCN Sports Talk\" href=\"\/atvn\/sports-talk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SportsTalk<\/a>\u201d podcast featuring Tom here on our website at rcn.com\/atvn\/sports-talk<\/p>\n<p>Whatever your thoughts are on the winter high school sports season, we\u2019ll have our final winter season \u201cSportsTalk\u201d program\u2014with the focus on scholastic wrestling&#8211; coming up this Thursday featuring the <a title=\"The Morning Call\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mcall.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Morning Call<\/a>\u2019s wrestling writer Tom Housenick in-studio.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ll also be featuring boys and girls spring sports season packages on local teams on this week\u2019s program.<\/p>\n<p>And, check back at \u201cThe Shop\u201d next week for our rundown of winter sports \u201cAll-Stars.\u201d<\/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. 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