{"id":88341,"date":"2024-01-17T20:51:45","date_gmt":"2024-01-17T20:51:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.astound.com\/atvn\/?p=88341"},"modified":"2024-01-17T20:51:45","modified_gmt":"2024-01-17T20:51:45","slug":"st-mid-season-hoops-24-update-pt1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.astound.com\/atvn\/st-mid-season-hoops-24-update-pt1\/","title":{"rendered":"Mid-Season Hoops \u201824 Update (Part 1)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In addition to being an historic season from a broadcast perspective here at ATVN, it\u2019s been a wild winter season on the boys basketball courts so far this season (for more on local GIRLS high school basketball, look to last week\u2019s blog for more).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With the exception of Notre Dame-Green Pond dominating Colonial League play and Parkland currently undefeated in Eastern Pennsylvania Conference action (as of \u201cpress-time\u201d), there haven\u2019t been any additional teams that have clearly stood out as clear \u2018teams to beat\u2019 as we reached the halfway point of the regular season of local league basketball play.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That being said, there\u2019s still a bunch of teams that have legitimate shots at winning playoff titles when the post-season gets underway a month from now.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here are the top highlights of recent sports events broadcast on the Astound TV Network, including impressive victories from the Nazareth and Northampton boys teams, as well as the Parkland, Pen Argyl and Dieruff girls teams\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Astound Sports: Nazareth vs. Dieruff\u00a0 (1\/24)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/m1o3-_-im98?si=A48OxSf711UBVu7m\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Astound Sports: Whitehall vs. Northampton (1\/24)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/b6Gq-Vhv4Ik?si=6gnuGATuKUM_zxsr\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Astound Sports: Pen Argyl vs. Northwestern Lehigh (1\/24)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/47Eha64OOnY?si=8NRpqXUMg4sqK_L-\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Astound Sports: Dieruff vs. Nazareth (1\/24)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tjbj81zPY6c?si=ybQEpvA8h_mDWGop\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Astound Sports: Parkland vs. Northampton (12\/23)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WYmodDtMvhQ?si=KlGjGII7_mLmCz_o\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Check back to \u201cThe SportsTalk Shop\u201d for more highlights and insights on the current sports seasons.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Astound video customers can watch all sports productions at any time through ATVN On-Demand for up to two months from the initial air date.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DVD copies are also available for our sports productions by contacting the ATVN studio.<\/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<p>&nbsp;<\/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>In addition to being an historic season from a broadcast perspective here at ATVN, it\u2019s been a wild winter season on the boys basketball courts so far this season (for more on local GIRLS high school basketball, look to last week\u2019s blog for more). 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