{"id":78811,"date":"2016-11-01T19:43:38","date_gmt":"2016-11-01T19:43:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sandbox.web.rcn.net\/rcntv\/?p=78811"},"modified":"2023-04-18T21:52:02","modified_gmt":"2023-04-18T21:52:02","slug":"sports-talk-shop-final-hs-football-poll","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.astound.com\/atvn\/sports-talk-shop-final-hs-football-poll\/","title":{"rendered":"The Sports Talk Shop:  FINAL HS Football Poll"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/B3VGGzjpTCk\" width=\"425\" height=\"350\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Whew\u2026that was fun!<\/p>\n<p>First of all, a huge \u201cthank you\u201d to the media members and head football coaches that participated in a\u2026well, rather \u201cwild\u201d high school regular season-worth of polling.\u00a0 In a dozen years of covering scholastic sports and running a poll, I\u2019ve never seen the number of different teams mentioned in a poll, nor seen as many different teams ranked number one in a single season\u2014not to mention almost every voter\u2019s \u201cpolling card\u201d looked different\u2014both from other voters and from themselves\u2014from week to week.<\/p>\n<p>We enter the playoff season with two clear \u201cnumber one\u201d teams in our poll and five different \u201cnumber one seeds\u201d (thanks to the expanded playoff system) through the teams in the five classifications in our area.\u00a0 At this point, I wouldn\u2019t be surprised if at least one or two of them fail to capture a District championship, due to the extreme parity in the area.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking of the post-season, we hope you\u2019ll tune in for our playoff preview edition of \u201cRCN SportsTalk presented by The Morning Call\u201d this Thursday and on our Friday podcast.\u00a0 This week\u2019s panel includes Morning Call high school football writers Keith Groller and Steve Miller, who will offer up insights, news and predictions on as many football playoff games in our area as time will allow.<\/p>\n<p>Before we can move on to the playoffs, however, it\u2019s time for the unveiling of our final high school football poll of this incredible 2016 regular season<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Big School Football Poll&#8211;FINAL<\/strong><br \/>\n1) Emmaus (10 &#8211; 1<sup>st<\/sup> place votes)<br \/>\n2) Parkland<br \/>\n3) Whitehall<br \/>\n4) Freedom<br \/>\n5) Pleasant Valley<\/p>\n<p><strong>Small School FB Poll &#8212; FINAL<\/strong><br \/>\n1) Central Catholic (eight -1<sup>st<\/sup> place vote)<br \/>\n2) Bethlehem Catholic<br \/>\n3) Saucon Valley<br \/>\n4) Notre Dame<br \/>\n5) Palisades<\/p>\n<p>Thanks also to everyone who took the time to comment on our football polls throughout the season.\u00a0 You may recall a few years back I was thinking of ending the poll, only to be surprised how many people enjoyed reading and seeing our local experts\u2019 opinions on the local teams.<\/p>\n<p>By the way&#8211; and, if we get enough feedback&#8211;I\u2019m entertaining the thought of doing a first-ever high school basketball poll this winter.\u00a0 If that\u2019s something that you, our area high school sports fans, would be interested in, please email us at <a href=\"mailto:rcnsportstalk@rcn.com\">rcnsportstalk@rcn.com<\/a> and we\u2019ll see if it generates enough interest.\u00a0 (Note: this would mean MUCH MORE work for me, but I\u2019m willing to work late on Monday nights if it\u2019s something you\u2019d really like to see \ud83d\ude42 ).<\/p>\n<p>Now that our football polling is completed, don\u2019t forget to check out and bookmark the RCN football playoff schedule here on the RCN-TV website and check back often for our schedule as we follow your favorite teams deep (hopefully, if they keep winning) into the state playoffs!<\/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>Whew\u2026that was fun! 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