{"id":84609,"date":"2021-04-07T12:54:03","date_gmt":"2021-04-07T12:54:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sandbox.web.rcn.net\/rcntv\/?p=84609"},"modified":"2023-04-25T14:36:41","modified_gmt":"2023-04-25T14:36:41","slug":"winter-highlights-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.astound.com\/atvn\/winter-highlights-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Winter Highlights 2021"},"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><\/strong><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>As we reflect upon the recently completed winter sports season, there were certainly some ups and downs for teams, administrators, fans, members of the media and everyone associated with high school sports.<\/p>\n<p>Fortunately, we got through the season with no \u201ccatastrophes\u201d (aka, zero COVID-19 deaths among student athletes in Pennsylvania according to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.piaa.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">PIAA<\/a>\u2019s recently released information about the winter sports campaign).\u00a0 We completed the state championships the previous weekend with only two teams having to withdraw from the state tournaments due to the pandemic&#8230;and that is for ALL winter sports.<\/p>\n<p>And&#8230;we had our share of very competitive games on RCN-TV this past winter.<\/p>\n<p>Here is a look back at some of the sports action we brought to our audience this season\u2026<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>VIDEO CLIPS:<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>1) RCN Sports: Allen vs. Parkland (2\/21) <\/strong><strong><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0ieE3gBwF-M\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><strong>2) RCN Sports: Allen vs. Parkland 2 (3\/21)<\/strong><\/strong><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lfg_qOBdrVk\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>3) RCN Sports: Allentown Central Catholic vs. Pope John Paul II (3\/21)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wFUXtp-SEW0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>4) RCN Sports: Palmerton vs. Northwestern Lehigh (3\/21)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/G6GbchCC364\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/G6GbchCC364\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>5) RCN Sports: Liberty vs. Emmaus (3\/21) <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/GzBM-GCRJ8E\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GzBM-GCRJ8E\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe> <\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>6)\u00a0 RCN Sports: Bangor vs. Bethlehem Catholic (3\/21) <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/EY8yq2_U2Xg\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EY8yq2_U2Xg\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>7)\u00a0 RCN Sports: Bangor vs. Notre Dame Green Pond (3\/21)<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/v9S0x7iw9cs\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>8) RCN Sports: Allen vs. Archbishop Wood (3\/21)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/FYQY2SDWtJw\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FYQY2SDWtJw\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>9) RCN Sports: Allentown Central Catholic vs. Bethlehem Catholic <\/strong><strong>(3\/21)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/Aftg1lWCcQg\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Aftg1lWCcQg\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>More video highlights from this past winter coming your way next week here at \u201cThe 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