{"id":86161,"date":"2022-04-19T13:18:45","date_gmt":"2022-04-19T13:18:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.astound.com\/atvn\/?p=86161"},"modified":"2023-04-13T21:13:36","modified_gmt":"2023-04-13T21:13:36","slug":"sports-recaps-april-19-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.astound.com\/atvn\/sports-recaps-april-19-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Sports Recaps \u2013 April 19, 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With Mother Nature finally helping out our spring sports teams with more than two consecutive days of \u201cplayable\u201d weather (and subsequently adequate field conditions) this past week, there have been a number of interesting developments in Lehigh Valley scholastic sports to emerge.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A few include:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In a crowded field of talented baseball teams this spring, it looks like Emmaus and Parkland are two of the teams trying to separate themselves as one of the elites in the region.\u00a0 Parkland just routed another strong program\u2013Nazareth\u2013by a 14-2 score.\u00a0 Emmaus also crushed a very good Freedom team, 9-1, over the weekend and also remains undefeated. Easton and Liberty are also among the \u201cbig schools\u201d that have been playing well.\u00a0 It should be another exciting finish in the league and district playoffs, which start less than a month from now.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As expected, Northampton, Bethlehem Catholic and Southern Lehigh have dominated girls softball so far.\u00a0 All three teams boasted a strong returning core of players and have looked very solid through the Easter weekend.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Northwestern High School has continued its \u201cupward trending\u201d across the board, with all of its spring sports performing well.\u00a0 The Tigers are returning baseball and softball champs and last week posted a solid victory on the lacrosse field, plus have several talented individual performances in track and field and on the tennis courts.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Whitehall volleyball team remains the only undefeated team in the Lehigh Valley.\u00a0 The Zephyrs were denied the chance to defend their district title in the spring of 2020 due to the start of the COVID pandemic, but fields another strong team again this spring as they look to reclaim the title from Parkland.\u00a0 Easton, Emmaus, Freedom, Nazareth and Northampton also have winning records in the area\u2019s largest classification.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Keep checking back to the \u201c<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.astound.com\/atvn\/author\/rcntvchris\/\">SportsTalk Shop<\/a><\/strong>,\u201d as we continue to follow the high school sports teams in our area and have interviews with local coaches and athletes every Thursday at 7pm on \u201cATVN SportsTalk.\u201d\u00a0 Among our scheduled guests include former Easton great and new Freedom Baseball Head Coach John Bisco III, members of the Central Catholic lacrosse team, and more!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Don\u2019t forget to chime in with a question or comment during our live show or suggestions of which teams we should try to focus on this spring by <a href=\"mailto: chris.michael@astound.com\"><strong>emailing us<\/strong><\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0\u00a0Now, here\u2019s our next installment of the best plays from our ATVN sports broadcast season to date:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Astound Sports: Pleasant Valley vs. Liberty (2\/22)<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4gtkGIZQE2w\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Astound Sports: Pocono Mountain West vs. Nazareth (2\/22)<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kPPB1YVonaE\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Astound Sports: Wilson vs. Notre Dame (2\/22)<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FXk8pwrOiNA\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Astound Sports: Allentown Central Catholic vs. Parkland (1\/22)<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vWlxZKtji4Q\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Astound Sports:\u00a0 Southern Lehigh vs. Palmerton (2\/22)<br 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