{"id":87939,"date":"2023-06-26T14:19:34","date_gmt":"2023-06-26T14:19:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.astound.com\/atvn\/?p=87939"},"modified":"2023-06-26T14:19:34","modified_gmt":"2023-06-26T14:19:34","slug":"frankie-scags","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.astound.com\/atvn\/frankie-scags\/","title":{"rendered":"Frankie Scags"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Lehigh Valley is home to a lot of special people\u2013many local sports fans don\u2019t realize just how diverse some of our \u201clocal\u201d sports personalities are.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Frank Scagliotta was a great head football coach at Bangor and Pocono Mountain High Schools, but he\u2019s also one of four people in the ENTIRE COUNTRY that analyzes and evaluates ALL of the NCAA Division-I college basketball officials.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Yes, if you were one of the many people who had some questions about the controversial calls in this year\u2019s NCAA Final Four tournament, he\u2019s one of the people that has to review those referees.)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We had the pleasure of having Mr. Scagliotta on our \u201cATVN SportsTalk\u201d show to talk about his favorite moments as a high school football coach, along with talking about his current role training and evaluating NCAA basketball referees.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here\u2019s a sample of his thoughts and reflections back on his great career (the entire interview is 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\/btN9bwOeuVA\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We have another legendary \u201cFrank\u201d coming up on this week\u2019s \u201cSportsTalk\u201d show \u2013 one that has touched many people\u2019s lives in various ways. Unfortunately, local referee\/umpire Frank D\u2019Angelo is also currently in a battle for his life.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mr. D\u2019Angelo will be in our studio to talk about his great career and his current struggles.\u00a0 Tune in this Thursday at 7pm for a very special edition of our program on ATVN.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/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;\"> Astound Sports: Allentown Central Catholic vs. Southern Lehigh (2\/23)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bWG6enYKflg\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<ol start=\"2\">\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Astound Sports: Southern Lehigh vs Bangor (3\/23)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1M6VGr-kVKE\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<ol start=\"3\">\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Astound Sports: Northwestern Lehigh vs. Allentown Central Catholic (2\/23)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NutPmGomcFg\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Check back to \u201cThe SportsTalk Shop\u201d <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.astound.com\/atvn\/category\/the-sportstalk-shop\/\">here<\/a><\/strong> 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>The Lehigh Valley is home to a lot of special people\u2013many local sports fans don\u2019t realize just how diverse some of our \u201clocal\u201d sports personalities are. 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