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The views expressed in this blog are<\/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><\/p>\n

Although the 2020-2021 basketball season had its share of hurdles, the student-athletes, parents, coaches, athletic directors and everyone involved in local high school sports deserve a round of applause for dealing with all the adversity faced during the past four months.<\/p>\n

Through the pandemic, snow\/weather-related events, limitations\/restrictions imposed by the Pennsylvania Department of Health and other happenings that took place, it was an accomplishment to have as much of a season as we did.\u00a0 Some areas in the RCN viewing area outside of the Lehigh Valley would have been thrilled to get in as many games as most of the teams within the Valley were able to play this past year.<\/p>\n

When the student-athletes did get on the court (albeit with a drastically reduced amount of practice time–something I\u2019ve heard more than one coach lament this winter), we saw some exceptional play and great individual and team performances.<\/p>\n

The Colonial<\/a> and Schuylkill<\/a> Leagues both conducted their conference playoffs as close to \u201cnormal\u201d as they usually do.\u00a0 The revamped — and some would argue, improved — district tourney format was also a success with some great games that you saw on RCN-TV.<\/p>\n

As part of our return to normalcy, the Eastern Pennsylvania Conference<\/a> recently released their annual \u201cAll-Star\u201d listings for the girls and boys teams.\u00a0 We spotlight the girls teams this week and hope to have the boys listings coming up next week here at \u201cThe Shop.\u201d\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Lehigh County<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

1st<\/sup> Team<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

Lindsay Berger \u2013 Parkland<\/a> (EPC League MVP)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Jaydalise Cartagena \u2013 Dieruff<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Shanaiya Ellis \u2013 William Allen<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Julia Roth \u2013 Allentown Central Catholic<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Emily Vaughan \u2013 Allentown Central Catholic<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong>2nd<\/sup> Team<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

Molly Driscoll \u2013 Allentown Central Catholic<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ella Laky \u2013 Whitehall<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Joey Madison Shaul \u2013 Whitehall<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sonya Shivok \u2013 Parkland<\/strong><\/p>\n

Talia Zurinskas – Parkland<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n


\nMonroe County<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

1st<\/sup> Team<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

Kendel Card \u2013 Stroudsburg<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Vatijah Davis \u2013 PM West<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Isabella Horvath \u2013 PM East<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Azahni Simmons \u2013 PM West<\/strong><\/p>\n

Emily Strunk \u2013 Stroudsburg (MVP)<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

2nd<\/sup> Team<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

Chanel Davis \u2013 ES North<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Kania Day \u2013 ES South<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Layla Hernandez \u2013 ES South<\/strong><\/p>\n

Samantha Merklin \u2013 Pleasant Valley<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Ella Muir \u2013 Pleasant Valley<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n


\nNorthampton County<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

1st<\/sup> Team<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

Talya Brugler – Nazareth<\/a> (MVP)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Morgan Sterner \u2013 Northampton<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Sara Tamoun \u2013 Easton<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Kailey Turpening \u2013 Freedom<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Kourtney Wilson \u2013 Bethlehem Catholic<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong>2nd<\/sup> Team<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

Jessica Farrell \u2013 Liberty<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Grace Lesko \u2013 Northampton<\/strong><\/p>\n

Kelly Leszcynski \u2013 Nazareth<\/strong><\/p>\n

Brenna Ortwein \u2013 Freedom<\/strong><\/p>\n

Emily Violante – Easton<\/strong><\/p>\n

PROGRAMMING NOTE:<\/u><\/p>\n

We will continue our exclusive interviews with spring sports coaches and players to talk about their return to the playing fields on this Thursday’s “RCN Sports Talk<\/a>” program, featuring teams from Easton and Bethlehem Catholic high schools this week. Tune in this Thursday at 7pm to RCN-TV, set your DVRs or look us up through RCN On Demand (free for RCN subscribers)!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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