{"id":89849,"date":"2025-04-17T12:59:58","date_gmt":"2025-04-17T12:59:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.astound.com\/atvn\/?p=89849"},"modified":"2025-04-17T13:00:14","modified_gmt":"2025-04-17T13:00:14","slug":"lv-baseball-notebook-2025-vol-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.astound.com\/atvn\/lv-baseball-notebook-2025-vol-1\/","title":{"rendered":"LV Baseball Notebook 2025 Vol. 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As part of our first look at the local high school baseball scene, we introduce new <em>ATVN<\/em> baseball broadcaster Ben Childs\u2019 interviews with local baseball players and managers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For his first interview of the spring Ben went to the Colonial League and caught up with Notre Dame-Green Pond Head Coach Mike Bedics and a few of his players after the Crusaders victory over its arch-rivals, the Wilson Warriors\u2026.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>LV Baseball Notebook 25-1: Ben Childs w\/Notre Dame-Green Pond<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/hLQZ02Q9-XQ\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hLQZ02Q9-XQ?si=Y4UZrDd87dew-16b\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0In other local baseball notes\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After a rocky 2024 season and despite a hard-luck loss in extra innings to Parkland on Monday night, Central Catholic is back with one of its best campaigns in recent years.\u00a0 The Vikings entered this week in first place in the District XI 3A standings and have the depth to make a long playoff run<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In addition to the \u201cusual\u201d powerhouses (i.e., Liberty, Parkland and Nazareth), Freedom is off to a great start, winning 7 of its last 8 games and Northampton has pulled off several impressive wins so far this spring<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Despite a coaching change at Saucon Valley, the Panthers have been one of the top 4A schools in the region, directly behind Tamaqua, Lehighton and Northwestern in the standings and AHEAD of last year\u2019s defending champions, Bethlehem Catholic<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tune in to next week\u2019s <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.astound.com\/atvn\/sports-talk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>ATVN SportsTalk<\/em> <\/a><\/strong>show for more local baseball features.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Check back to \u201cThe Shop\u201d for more videos, interviews and local baseball notes throughout the spring baseball season.\u00a0 Also, be sure to watch for <em>ATVN<\/em>\u2019s baseball post-season coverage for both the league and district playoff games!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0\u00a0<\/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>As part of our first look at the local high school baseball scene, we introduce new ATVN baseball broadcaster Ben Childs\u2019 interviews with local baseball players and managers. 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