{"id":81483,"date":"2018-08-21T15:34:35","date_gmt":"2018-08-21T15:34:35","guid":{"rendered":"\/rcntv\/?p=81483"},"modified":"2023-04-14T20:15:32","modified_gmt":"2023-04-14T20:15:32","slug":"football-preview-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.astound.com\/atvn\/football-preview-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Football Preview #2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>The views expressed in this blog are<\/em> <em>those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of RCN or any other agency, organization, employer or company.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/I3scdnmhMFI\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Last week here at \u201cThe Shop\u201d we brought you samples of our high school sports interviews featuring local coaches and players (more can be seen on our \u201cSportsTalk\u201d program).<\/p>\n<p>This week, we have our pre-season high school football poll and the return of the \u201cPick 4\u201d game predictions, along with samples of our interviews previewing the <a title=\"Lafayette College Football\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goleopards.com\/sports\/m-footbl\/lafa-m-footbl-body.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lafayette College football <\/a>season.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CYACUK-4A9s\" width=\"300\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Now the unveiling of our pre-season high school football poll for <a title=\"District XI\" href=\"http:\/\/www.districtxi.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">District XI<\/a> teams\u2026<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201c Big\u201d Schools Poll<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1)\u00a0 <a title=\"Parkland High School Athletics\" href=\"https:\/\/www.parklandsd.org\/departments\/athletics\">Parkland<\/a><\/p>\n<p>2)\u00a0 <a title=\"Emmaus High School\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eastpennsd.org\/ehs\/athletics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Emmaus<\/a><\/p>\n<p>3)\u00a0 <a title=\"Freedom High School\" href=\"http:\/\/basdwpweb.beth.k12.pa.us\/freedom\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Freedom<\/a><\/p>\n<p>4)\u00a0 <a title=\"Easton High School\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eastonathletics.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Easton<\/a><\/p>\n<p>5)\u00a0 <a title=\"Nazareth High School\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hs.nazarethasd.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nazareth<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cSmall\u201d SCHOOL Poll<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1)\u00a0 <a title=\"Bethlehem Catholic\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bethlehemcatholichs.org\">Bethlehem Catholic<\/a><\/p>\n<p>2)\u00a0 <a title=\"Palisades High School\" href=\"http:\/\/www.palisadessd.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Palisades<\/a><\/p>\n<p>3)\u00a0 <a title=\"Central Catholic High School\" href=\"http:\/\/www.acchs.info\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Central Catholic<\/a><\/p>\n<p>4)\u00a0 <a title=\"Notre Dame High School\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ndcrusaders.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Notre Dame<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Other schools receiving votes:\u00a0 \u00a0<a title=\"Saucon Valley\" href=\"https:\/\/www.svpanthers.org\/Domain\/8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Saucon Valley<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Our poll remains in its\u2019 standard, tried-and-true format that we have utilized for many seasons.\u00a0 We will take the 400-male enrollment number as the cutoff for schools within the District XI\/RCN-TV footprint.\u00a0 All of the schools above that number qualify as \u201cbig schools\u201d in our poll. These schools consist of Parkland, <a title=\"Liberty High School\" href=\"http:\/\/basdwpweb.beth.k12.pa.us\/liberty\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Liberty,<\/a> <a title=\"Allen High School\" href=\"http:\/\/www.allenisd.org\/allenhs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Allen<\/a>, Easton, Emmaus,\u00a0 <a title=\"Dieruff High School\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dieruff.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dieruff<\/a>, Freedom, <a title=\"Stroudsburg High School\" href=\"https:\/\/www.stroudsburghighschool.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Stroudsburg<\/a>, <a title=\"Pleasant Valley High School\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pvhs.chicousd.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pleasant Valley<\/a>, <a title=\"Northampton High School\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nasdschools.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Northampton<\/a>, Nazareth, <a title=\"Whitehall High School\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.google.com\/prod\/whitehallcoplay.org\/whitehallhs\/home\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Whitehall<\/a>, <a title=\"Southern Lehigh HS\" href=\"http:\/\/www.slsd.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Southern Lehigh<\/a>, <a title=\"East Stroudsburg South\" href=\"https:\/\/essouthathletics.bigteams.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">East Stroudsburg-South<\/a>, and <a title=\"Pocono Mountain School District\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pmsd.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pocono Mountain <\/a>East &amp; West.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSmall schools\u201d (below 400-male enrollment) consist of <a title=\"Bangor High School\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bangorslaters.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bangor<\/a>, Saucon Valley, Central Catholic, Bethlehem Catholic, <a title=\"Northwestern Lehigh \" href=\"https:\/\/www.nwlehighsd.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Northwestern<\/a>, <a title=\"Wilson Area School District\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wilsonareasd.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wilson<\/a>, Palisades, <a title=\"Palmerton School District\" href=\"http:\/\/www.palmerton.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Palmerton<\/a>, Salisbury, Notre Dame, Pen Argyl, Northern Lehigh and <a title=\"Catasauqua High School\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cattysd.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Catasauqua<\/a>.\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.\u00a0 Check back each week here at \u201cThe Shop\u201d to see if your favorite teams make our list!<\/p>\n<p>Now, here are our RCN football experts weighing in on four of the biggest high school games this weekend\u2026<\/p>\n<table style=\"height: 155px;\" border=\"1\" width=\"500\" cellpadding=\"1\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><strong><em>The<br \/>\n\u201cPICK 4\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Catty at Bangor<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Nazareth at<br \/>\nPocono Mountain East<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>CCHS at Stroudsburg<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Salisbury at Pen\u00a0Argyl<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Gary Laubach<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Bangor<\/td>\n<td>Nazareth<\/td>\n<td>CCHS<\/td>\n<td>Pen Argyl<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Tony Cocca<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Bangor<\/td>\n<td>Pocono Mt-East<\/td>\n<td>Stroudsburg<\/td>\n<td>Pen Argyl<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Keith Groller<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Bangor<\/td>\n<td>Nazareth<\/td>\n<td>Stroudsburg<\/td>\n<td>Salisbury<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Chris Michael\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Bangor<\/td>\n<td>Nazareth<\/td>\n<td>Stroudsburg<\/td>\n<td>Salisbury<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\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 views expressed in this blog are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of RCN or any other agency, organization, employer or company. 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