{"id":87875,"date":"2023-05-22T20:52:46","date_gmt":"2023-05-22T20:52:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.astound.com\/atvn\/?p=87875"},"modified":"2023-05-22T20:52:46","modified_gmt":"2023-05-22T20:52:46","slug":"st-liberty-dominance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.astound.com\/atvn\/st-liberty-dominance\/","title":{"rendered":"Liberty Dominance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I have seen a fair amount of impressive performances by high school sports teams\u00a0 over the decade-plus that I have been covering scholastic sports in the Eastern Pennsylvania region.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But very few things come close to what I witnessed last week in the EPC baseball playoffs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Liberty Hurricanes defeated three very solid programs in the tournament\u2013ALL BY MERCY RULE\u2013to sweep the three-game playoff tournament and earn the number one seed for the District XI 6A playoffs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They truly played well in all aspects of the game:\u00a0 hitting \u2013 both in the approach and the execution up-and-down the entire lineup \u2013 defense, and of course, tremendous pitching.\u00a0 There were really no weaknesses in the Canes\u2019 attack last week.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Head Coach Andy Pitsilos and members of his team were on ATVN SportsTalk earlier this season to talk about their success last year and how that has helped them focus on bigger and better accomplishments coming up this spring.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here\u2019s a clip of their interviews\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>ATVN SportsTalk: Liberty Baseball (4\/23)<\/b><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wT4hLg2vEvg\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Astound video customers can see Liberty\u2019s entire show through \u201cATVN On Demand.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meanwhile, Liberty starts its defense of its District XI 6A baseball title this weekend.\u00a0 ATVN will be broadcasting all district championship games involving teams in our coverage area next week, along with the 5A and 6A District XI softball championships from Pates Park.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now, we continue our countdown of the best highlights of the past year for games aired on ATVN.<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0 <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Astound Sports: Allentown Central Catholic vs. Easton (2\/23)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wH3wUhKCWVY\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<ol start=\"2\">\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Astound Sports: Notre Dame vs. Palmerton (2\/23)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-fuA8laTWgY\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<ol start=\"3\">\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Astound Sports: Parkland vs. Henderson (3\/23)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/onnn4wSgux4\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Check back to \u201cThe SportsTalk Shop\u201d here on our website for more on local sports news and highlights of recent productions.<\/span><\/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 Broadband or any other agency, organization, employer or company.<\/span><\/i><\/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>I have seen a fair amount of impressive performances by high school sports teams\u00a0 over the decade-plus that I have been covering scholastic sports in the Eastern Pennsylvania region. 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