{"id":91586,"date":"2026-10-20T16:00:49","date_gmt":"2026-10-20T16:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.astound.com\/atvn\/?p=91586"},"modified":"2026-10-21T04:17:21","modified_gmt":"2026-10-21T04:17:21","slug":"fall-sports-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.astound.com\/atvn\/fall-sports-and-more\/","title":{"rendered":"Fall Sports &#038; More!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For many people in the Lehigh Valley, high school football is king.<\/p>\n<p>Astound TV is quite busy this time of year covering not just the top football games and the Eastern Pennsylvania conference and the Colonial League, but our crew does an amazing job bringing our customers a little bit of everything.<\/p>\n<p>So as the high school fall sports regular season start to wind down and we begin to prepare for the playoffs, here&#8217;s a quick reminder of some of the other responsibilities and presentations that the ATVN sports department brings our viewers.<\/p>\n<p>For the 25th straight year, Astound once again provided exclusive coverage of the National Highland Games Athletic World Championship held in Bethlehem. <\/p>\n<p>Here are some of the highlights from that event&#8230;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Astound Sports: Highland Games; 56lb Weight for Distance (9\/26)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/youtube.com\/embed\/uG8VSmvOmtw\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Astound Sports: Highland Games; Hammer Throw (9\/26)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/youtube.com\/embed\/Z1vZu8XVegM\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Astound Sports: Highland Games; 26lb Braemar Stone Throw (9\/26)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/youtube.com\/embed\/dYbS6K9nmL8\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>John Van Buren won the event for the third time in 5 years after not competing at all in last year&#8217;s Celtic Classic. he turned in one of the most dominating performance in tournament history by winning all events on the final day of competition.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking of competition, ATVN covered some interesting football games over the last few weeks. Here&#8217;s a sample&#8230;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Astound Sports: Football; Stroudsburg vs. Parkland (9\/26)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/I4kdlXJZBrg\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Astound Sports: Football; Liberty vs. Whitehall (9\/26)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/77SObDeWeMo\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Astound Sports: Football; Saucon Valley vs. Southern Lehigh (10\/26)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Txltsu2RB3U\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Plus, our crew is also bringing you the best <a href=\"\/atvn\/halloween\/\">Halloween parades<\/a> in the area. <\/p>\n<p>Make sure you check out our broadcast schedule page here on our website for everything going on this month on Astound TV!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\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, 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>For many people in the Lehigh Valley, high school football is king. 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