{"id":87374,"date":"2023-03-13T13:57:41","date_gmt":"2023-03-13T13:57:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.astound.com\/atvn\/?p=87374"},"modified":"2023-03-13T13:57:41","modified_gmt":"2023-03-13T13:57:41","slug":"st-piaa-boundaries-debate-rages-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.astound.com\/atvn\/st-piaa-boundaries-debate-rages-on\/","title":{"rendered":"PIAA \u201cBOUNDARIES\u201d DEBATE RAGES ON\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It seems an annual tradition that when the state playoffs start up, soon thereafter begins the increasingly hostile debate on whether boundary and non-boundary schools should be competing within the same state tournament in the PIAAs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u200bSuch was a topic of debate on a recent edition of <\/span><b>ATVN SportsTalk<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jANOCVpH85M\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently within District XI, we\u2019ve had non-boundary schools once again dominating the Eastern Pennsylvania Conference and District XI playoff championships.\u00a0 \u200b The debate gets louder and more heated as more and more non-boundary schools dominate competition and scores become more and more lopsided (no boundary school has defeated a non-boundary school in the last eight years of District XI competition and a school like Executive Education Charter school has won it every year of its existence).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Over the last few years we have had a number of politicians, school administrators, current and former coaches and athletic directors and other people in the sports world weighing in on this issue.\u00a0 With no easy resolution ever in sight, the only thing people seem to agree on is that it will take an act of legislation to change what is currently in place at the state level.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As far as if there will be anything that ever changes on a local league or regional level, stay tuned over the coming months to see what develops.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">*******<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now here\u2019s highlights of recent sports broadcasts on ATVN, with many of these games still available to watch for free for Astound video customers at anytime!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u200b<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1.\u00a0 Astound Sports: Nazareth vs. Freedom (12\/22)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fZSQ_sptr0U\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<ol start=\"2\">\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Astound Sports: Liberty vs. Freedom\u00a0 (1\/23)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9ceCfEnTeG0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<ol start=\"3\">\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Astound Sports: Blue Mountain vs.\u00a0 Bethlehem Catholic (11\/22)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/S3AAIgKA19k\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<ol start=\"4\">\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Astound Sports:\u00a0 Parkland vs. Freedom (11\/22)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Wtz5gLtjps8\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Check back in a few weeks for more samples of the best plays from this past high school winter sports season, along with some final thoughts on the season gone by!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Also, don\u2019t forget to check out this weekend\u2019s schedules of PIAA state basketball playoff games <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.astound.com\/atvn\/hs-basketball-2022-2023\/\">on our website<\/a><\/strong> to see which games will be broadcasting on our network.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The views expressed in this blog are<\/span><\/i> <i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of Astound or any other agency, organization, employer or 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