{"id":90678,"date":"2026-02-09T14:52:24","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T14:52:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.astound.com\/atvn\/?p=90678"},"modified":"2026-02-09T15:35:41","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T15:35:41","slug":"hoops-playoffs-26-are-here","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.astound.com\/atvn\/hoops-playoffs-26-are-here\/","title":{"rendered":"Hoops Playoffs &#8217;26 Are Here!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The local league basketball playoff season got underway last week, including bringing you two of the best games (Allen\/Nazareth and Whitehall\/Northampton, which went to overtime) to start the postseason on <em>Astound TV Network<\/em>!<\/p>\n<p>Before we take a look back at recent highlights of games broadcast on <em>ATVN<\/em>, <strong>here&#8217;s a look at our upcoming broadcast schedule<\/strong> for both the EPC and Colonial League playoffs coming up over the next few days:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Monday 2\/9 starting at 6pm LIVE: <\/strong>EPC Boys\u2019 Semi finals<br \/>\n#6 Liberty vs. #2 Northampton<br \/>\n#5 Nazareth vs #1 Parkland<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tuesday, 2\/10 starting at 6pm LIVE: <\/strong>Colonial Boys\u2019 Semi-Finals<br \/>\n#3 Northwestern at #2 Salisbury<br \/>\n#4 Catty at #1 Notre Dame-GP<\/p>\n<p><strong>Delay at 9:30pm:<\/strong> EPC Girls&#8217; Semi-finals<br \/>\n3 Emmaus vs #2 Becahi<br \/>\n#4 Parkland vs #1 Easton<\/p>\n<p>Now, here&#8217;s highlights of your favorite local sports teams as seen on <em>Astound TV Network<\/em>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Astound TV Network Sports:<\/strong> Allen vs. Nazareth (2\/26)<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Astound Sports: Allen vs. Nazareth (2\/26)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wkoxSTY08F0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Astound TV Network Sports:<\/strong> Whitehall at Northampton (2\/26)<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Astound Sports: Basketball; Whitehall vs. Northampton  (2\/26)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6B-r62M60gA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Astound TV Network Sports:<\/strong> Basketball; Southern Lehigh vs. Catasauqua (2\/26)<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Astound Sports: Basketball; Southern Lehigh vs. Catasauqua  (2\/26)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pJuNabslY5Q?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Astound TV Network Sports:<\/strong> Girls Basketball; Notre Dame Green Pond vs. Wilson (2\/26)<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Astound Sports: Girls Basketball; Notre Dame Green Pond vs. Wilson  (2\/26)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4ZmEwzAChA4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Astound TV Network Sports:<\/strong> Boys&#8217; Basketball &#8211; Liberty vs. Nazareth (2\/26)<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BhXhLxY-NXw?si=raW9hcD5WITk0IiL\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Check back to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.astound.com\/atvn\/sports-atvn\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>ATVN<\/em> website<\/a> for continuing coverage of local winter sports postseason action!<\/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 or any other agency, organization, company or subsidiary<\/em><\/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>The local league basketball playoff season got underway last week, including bringing you two of the best games (Allen\/Nazareth and Whitehall\/Northampton, which went to overtime) to start the postseason on Astound TV Network! 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