{"id":87967,"date":"2023-07-17T14:01:03","date_gmt":"2023-07-17T14:01:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.astound.com\/atvn\/?p=87967"},"modified":"2023-07-17T14:01:03","modified_gmt":"2023-07-17T14:01:03","slug":"st-frank-dangelo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.astound.com\/atvn\/st-frank-dangelo\/","title":{"rendered":"Frank D\u2019Angelo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We are blessed to have a number of special sports people in the Eastern Pennsylvania region. Coaches, players, administrators\u2026officials, umpires and referees.<\/p>\n<p>Frank D\u2019Angelo is one of those special members of the latter categories. In addition to being a school administrator for several years, he announced his retirement after a 45-year officiating career midway through 2022, but he also was diagnosed with Stage Four cancer over the last several months.<\/p>\n<p>We had the privilege recently to talk with Frank about both his wonderful experiences officiating different sports, along with his current medical struggles\u2026<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/youtu.be\/J2uvq-Ff1Pw<\/p>\n<p>Frank\u2019s full story can be seen on ATVN On-Demand, which is free for all of Astound Broadband\u2019s video customers, who are able to watch these and other local sports interviews at any time, for free, through the Astound\u2019s On-Demand services.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Now, we bring you the last of our best scholastic sports highlights of the past year for games aired on ATVN&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>1. Astound Sports: North Schuykill vs. Allentown Central Catholic (3\/23)<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PS9hVCYqBKo\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>2. Astound Sports: Allentown Central Catholic vs. Easton (2\/23)<br \/>\n<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<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>3. Astound Sports: Pen Argyl vs. Palmerton (3\/23)<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/O5biXusDV6c\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Check back to \u201cThe SportsTalk Shop\u201d here on our website as we will be continuing to bring you more \u201call-star\u201d listings as announced by the local leagues, conferences and districts in the Astound viewing areas over the next several weeks.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>The views expressed in this blog are 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.<\/em><\/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>We are blessed to have a number of special sports people in the Eastern Pennsylvania region. 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