{"id":77497,"date":"2015-10-27T15:40:29","date_gmt":"2015-10-27T15:40:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sandbox.web.rcn.net\/rcntv\/?p=77497"},"modified":"2023-04-12T21:48:12","modified_gmt":"2023-04-12T21:48:12","slug":"sportstalk-shop-hs-football-poll-week-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.astound.com\/atvn\/sportstalk-shop-hs-football-poll-week-9\/","title":{"rendered":"The SportsTalk Shop:  HS Football Poll &#8211; Week 9"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s been a wild last few weeks for high school football in the Lehigh Valley area.\u00a0 There have been some very competitive games, and contests with several teams beating up on each other.\u00a0 It\u2019s made for some interesting playoff races as we head into the final two weeks of the regular season.<\/p>\n<p>First, we take a look at some of the highlights of games RCN-TV has broadcast over the last few weeks.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Xoic7KG4vYU\" width=\"425\" height=\"350\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EMR6Bhi2GxY\" width=\"425\" height=\"350\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TaF9mbZfPW0\" width=\"425\" height=\"350\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/iANFADN5e4U\" width=\"425\" height=\"350\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OQykY-e-Ykk\" width=\"425\" height=\"350\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Before we look at this week\u2019s expert opinions on who the top teams are, here\u2019s a quick recap of our poll structure.\u00a0 Our pollsters consist of many different people over the entire Lehigh Valley region.\u00a0 Our voting panel consists of local media members from different outlets, along with local coaches and athletic directors from across the entire district.\u00a0 The voters are not identified so they can give their honest impressions without any worry of outside pressures or \u201cbulletin board\u201d material, and we rotate different pollsters from different schools each year, including guests from our biggest to our smallest schools.<\/p>\n<p>As in previous years, we take the 400-male enrollment number as the cutoff for schools within the District XI\/RCN footprint.\u00a0 All schools above that number qualify as \u201cbig schools\u201d in our poll. These schools consist of Parkland, Liberty, Allen, Easton, Emmaus, Liberty, Dieruff, Freedom, Stroudsburg, Pleasant Valley, Northampton, Nazareth, E. Stroudsburg-South, Whitehall, Southern Lehigh and Bangor.\u00a0 \u201cSmall schools\u201d (below 400-male enrollment) consist of Saucon Valley, Central Catholic, Bethlehem Catholic, Northwestern, Wilson, Palisades, Palmerton, Salisbury, Notre Dame, Pen Argyl, Nolehi and Catasauqua.\u00a0 Each pollster will identify their top five teams in each group\u2014the top school gets five points, the second team gets four points and so on, with an average score determining the order of teams in the poll.<\/p>\n<p>Also, if you have a beef about our poll or want to talk about the District XI football season, the different playoff scenerios or any other scholastic football topic, tune in to \u201cRCN SportsTalk\u201d live, this Thursday from 7-8 pm.\u00a0 Our guests will include local official Joe Diorio and RCN Commentator John Breidinger, as we\u2019ll also discuss football rules, interpretations and some controversial calls made recently.<\/p>\n<p>With the particulars out of the way, here\u2019s a look at how our next-to-last set of polls shake out.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Big Schools (11 pollsters)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Parkland\u201455 points (11 first-place votes)<\/li>\n<li>Easton \u2013 42<\/li>\n<li>Freedom \u2013 35<\/li>\n<li>Liberty \u2013 19<\/li>\n<li>Nazareth \u2013 6<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Other schools receiving votes: Emmaus, Stroudsburg, Whitehall<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Small Schools (10 pollsters)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Becahi \u2013 45 points (6 first-place votes)<\/li>\n<li>Saucon Valley \u2013 42 (4 first-place votes)<\/li>\n<li>Notre Dame-GP \u2013 31<\/li>\n<li>Central Catholic \u2013 20<\/li>\n<li>Northwestern &#8212; 10<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Other schools receiving votes: Salisbury<\/p>\n<p>There were some big changes in each poll.<\/p>\n<p>Among the larger schools, Freedom\u2019s first loss of the season to Parkland puts the Trojans back to the number one position and drops the Patriots back down to third.\u00a0 Easton\u2019s clubbing of Liberty moves them back into the number two spot.\u00a0 Nazareth holds on to the final spot\u2014barely\u2014following its loss to Whitehall last Friday and is still very much alive in the district playoff race.<\/p>\n<p>In the smaller schools, Bethlehem Catholic finally reclaims the top spot it had lost following their loss to Liberty the first week of the season.\u00a0 Saucon Valley (8-0) could reclaim the number one position with another solid showing against undefeated Notre Dame this Friday (on RCN-TV, tape-delayed at 10pm).<\/p>\n<p>Next week here at the \u201cShop,\u201d we\u2019ll have our final installment of the \u201cSportsTalk\u201d football polls, along with more video highlights of local teams and players and a breakdown of playoff possibilities for local teams as they jockey for post-season positions.<\/p>\n<p>Again, we welcome your comments and opinions on our poll and on high school football in general.\u00a0 Call our show live this Thursday or email us now (<a href=\"mailto:rcnsportstalk@rcn.com\">rcnsportstalk@rcn.com<\/a>) and tune-in to hear it read and responded to during the program.<\/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>It\u2019s been a wild last few weeks for high school football in the Lehigh Valley area.\u00a0 There have been some very competitive games, and contests with several teams beating up on each other.\u00a0 It\u2019s made for some interesting playoff races as we head into the final two weeks of the regular season. 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