{"id":87899,"date":"2023-06-05T13:05:07","date_gmt":"2023-06-05T13:05:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.astound.com\/atvn\/?p=87899"},"modified":"2023-06-05T13:05:07","modified_gmt":"2023-06-05T13:05:07","slug":"st-soaring-blue-eagles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.astound.com\/atvn\/st-soaring-blue-eagles\/","title":{"rendered":"Soaring Blue Eagles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Last week here at \u201cThe Shop\u201d we talked about how dominant the Liberty baseball team has been during both the Eastern Pennsylvania Conference and District XI playoffs in May.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Not to be outdone, the Nazareth softball team also won the EPC championship, and last week brought home the District XI 6A trophy and gold metals.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Unlike the Hurricanes, the Blue Eagles were not predicted to be one of the top teams this spring by local softball pundits.\u00a0 However, Nazareth has some great stories from their Head Coach Steve Genzale and their players on how the entire squad came together this year (including a freshman pitcher who started the year double-rostered on the JV team only to be the winning pitcher in the league playoffs) to bring home the area\u2019s biggest prizes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Like Liberty,\u00a0 members of the Nazareth softball team were on our \u201cATVN SportsTalk\u201d program prior to their district playoff run. Here&#8217;s a portion of their interview (the entire collection of interviews are available for Astound video customers for free through ATVN on-demand).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/924_kT9vajw\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We hope you enjoyed ATVN&#8217;s coverage of Nazareth&#8217;s district championship win last Thursday along with their appearance on our ATVN SportsTalk show.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We had planned to broadcast Nazareth&#8217;s first round state playoff game on Monday on Astound Broadband.\u00a0 Because of the decision to not return to Pates Park (or any other location that has the appropriate broadcasting requirements), we are unable to broadcast the Blue Eagles&#8217; first round state playoff game from the game site that was chosen.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We wish Nazareth, and all the remaining teams in our coverage area, continued success for their state playoff run!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">*************<\/span><\/p>\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;\">Astound Sports: Liberty vs. Northampton (3\/23)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OS9sS12gE3A\" 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. Parkland (3\/23)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/iV5gFjllXyU\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<ol start=\"3\">\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Astound Sports: Nazareth vs. Northampton (3\/23)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3HB1uS2hRNw\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Check back to \u201cThe SportsTalk Shop\u201d here on our website next week for more on local sports news and insights as well as highlights of recent\u00a0 productions on Astound Broadband\u2019s ATVN.<\/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 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>Last week here at \u201cThe Shop\u201d we talked about how dominant the Liberty baseball team has been during both the Eastern Pennsylvania Conference and District XI playoffs in May. 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