{"id":90989,"date":"2026-06-10T14:12:51","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T14:12:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.astound.com\/atvn\/?p=90989"},"modified":"2026-06-10T14:13:17","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T14:13:17","slug":"90989-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.astound.com\/atvn\/90989-2\/","title":{"rendered":"A Deep Breath"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Following all the excitement of some tremendous district championship baseball,\u00a0softball\u00a0and lacrosse on our Network,\u00a0it&#8217;s\u00a0time to take a little bit of a breather.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">All teams in our coverage area went down to defeat this past Monday, which means our spring sports season&#8230; and for that matter, our entire &#8220;school year&#8221;&#8230; has\u00a0come to an end.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">While we will continue posting some of the top highlights from this past season over the next few weeks (more of those highlights are below), we\u00a0start\u00a0to change the page and get ready for our summer sports season.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Traditionally, our first event for the summer is the McDonald&#8217;s All-Star football classic to be played on Thursday, June 11th that will start at 7:00 p.m. at its traditional location at Nazareth High School&#8217;s Andrew Leh Stadium.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">As is our custom and in the interest of encouraging people to go out to the game and make donations to support the Ronald McDonald charities, we will only be broadcasting the game on a delayed basis.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">You can contact the ATVN studio to\u00a0purchase\u00a0a link to the broadcast if\u00a0you&#8217;d\u00a0like to keep it as a keepsake, which senior football\u00a0player\u00a0sometimes do, as\u00a0it&#8217;s\u00a0often the last time local sports athletes play in a formal game.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Check back to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.astound.com\/atvn\/sports-atvn\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>The Shop<\/em><\/a> next week for more details on our upcoming summer sports schedule along with other local sports coverage will be bringing you on<em> Astound TV Network<\/em> and on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.astound.com\/atvn\/blog\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">our blogs<\/a>.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Astound TV Network Sports: Parkland vs. Whitehall (10\/25)\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/CFgscOpqmEI\"><span data-contrast=\"none\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CFgscOpqmEI?si=Vl4JJqxAKDLPvEw_\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe>\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Astound TV Network Sports: Freedom vs. Liberty (11\/25)\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/ym7klnlg_Uk\"><span data-contrast=\"none\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ym7klnlg_Uk?si=8_8L8b-O4B6TGsKu\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe>\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Astound\u00a0TV Network\u00a0Sports: Emmaus vs. Easton (10\/25)\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/tQrWqZrZhZk\"><span data-contrast=\"none\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tQrWqZrZhZk?si=o5cbqKNAiR-_J3rE\" width=\"560\" 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