{"id":81633,"date":"2018-10-09T20:41:19","date_gmt":"2018-10-09T20:41:19","guid":{"rendered":"\/rcntv\/?p=81633"},"modified":"2023-04-25T13:51:38","modified_gmt":"2023-04-25T13:51:38","slug":"ballouhs-football-week-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.astound.com\/atvn\/ballouhs-football-week-7\/","title":{"rendered":"Ballou\/HS Football Week 7"},"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>People in the DMV have probably heard about the controversy surrounding Senior Running Back Jamal Speaks this fall\u2014the player who became homeless and, by rule, was determined ineligible to play football for <a title=\"Ballou High School\" href=\"https:\/\/www.balloudc.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ballou High School<\/a>\u2014until last weekend.<\/p>\n<p>But rising from that dispute were several great stories about the Knights football program\u2014many Head Coach Minoso Rodgers addressed with me on last Thursday\u2019s \u201cRCN SportsTalk\u201d show (available to watch On-Demand and at rcn.com\/atvn\/sports-talk .)<\/p>\n<p>Among those highlights include\u2026<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The outstanding character exhibited by Speaks and his teammates through a trying first month of the season<\/li>\n<li>The support of Ballou\u2019s students and the community for speaking out and bringing pressure for him to be reinstated<\/li>\n<li>The Knights\u2019 ability to brush off the controversy and win its most recent two games against tough rival opponents<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Not to be lost is the outstanding achievements from last year\u2019s squad\u2014one that captured its first Public League, and <a title=\"DCSAA\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dcsaasports.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DCSAA<\/a> championship in 12 years.\u00a0 And, one that saw its first-year head coach named the \u201c<a title=\"USA Today\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">USA Today<\/a>\u201d DC Coach of the Year.<\/p>\n<p>I had the pleasure to speak with Coach Rodgers a number of times over the last 10 days and I could truly hear that he cares deeply about his kids.\u00a0 In our conversations, it was very evident that he was constantly looking to promote his student-athletes and give them the credit for the program\u2019s successes, even above his own efforts.<\/p>\n<p>Hopefully, eligibility issues are now behind the team and sports fans can concentrate on these positives about the Ballou program going forward!<\/p>\n<p>Last weekend was not the most competitive collection of games we\u2019ve ever had on RCN-TV as <a title=\"Parkland High School\" href=\"https:\/\/www.parklandsd.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Parkland<\/a>, <a title=\"Freedom High School\" href=\"http:\/\/basdwpweb.beth.k12.pa.us\/freedom\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Freedom<\/a> and <a title=\"Emmaus High School\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eastpennsd.org\/ehs\/athletics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Emmaus<\/a> all reached \u201cmercy rule status\u201d in their victories by either the second quarter or on their first possession of the second half\u2026<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WQ8RNnBIHDs\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qXUinMINpQw\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/X0crQiRXXD4\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s time for this week&#8217;s edition of our high school football polls for teams in the\u00a0<a title=\"District XI\" href=\"http:\/\/www,districtxi.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">District XI<\/a>\u00a0 region\u2026<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cBig\u201d Schools Poll<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<a title=\"Freedom High School\" href=\"http:\/\/basdwpweb.beth.k12.pa.us\/freedom\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Freedom<\/a><\/p>\n<p>2)\u00a0\u00a0<a title=\"Emmaus High School\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eastpennsd.org\/ehs\/athletics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Emmaus<\/a><\/p>\n<p>3)\u00a0\u00a0<a title=\"Easton High School\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eastonathletics.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Easton<\/a><\/p>\n<p>4)\u00a0\u00a0<a title=\"Parkland High School Athletics\" href=\"https:\/\/www.parklandsd.org\/departments\/athletics\">Parkland<\/a><\/p>\n<p>5)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<a title=\"Northampton High School\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nasdschools.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Northampton<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>\u201cSmall\u201d School Poll<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1)\u00a0\u00a0<a title=\"Bethlehem Catholic\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bethlehemcatholichs.org\">Bethlehem Catholic\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>2)\u00a0\u00a0<a title=\"Saucon Valley\" href=\"https:\/\/www.svpanthers.org\/Domain\/8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Saucon Valley<\/a><\/p>\n<p>3)\u00a0\u00a0<a title=\"Northwestern Lehigh \" href=\"https:\/\/www.nwlehighsd.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Northwestern<br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p>4) Notre Dame<\/p>\n<p>Our poll remains with the same structure that we\u2019ve utilized for many seasons.\u00a0 We take the 400-male enrollment number as the cutoff for schools within the District XI\/RCN-TV broadcast area.\u00a0 All of the schools above that number qualify as \u201cbig schools\u201d in our poll. These schools consist of Parkland,\u00a0<a title=\"Liberty High School\" href=\"http:\/\/basdwpweb.beth.k12.pa.us\/liberty\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Liberty,<\/a>\u00a0<a title=\"Allen High School\" href=\"http:\/\/www.allenisd.org\/allenhs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Allen<\/a>, Easton, Emmaus, Liberty,\u00a0<a title=\"Dieruff High School\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dieruff.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dieruff<\/a>,\u00a0<a title=\"Pocono Mountain School District\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pmsd.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pocono Mountain West<\/a>, Freedom,\u00a0<a title=\"Stroudsburg High School\" href=\"https:\/\/www.stroudsburghighschool.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Stroudsburg<\/a>,\u00a0<a title=\"Pleasant Valley High School\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pvhs.chicousd.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pleasant Valley<\/a>,\u00a0<a title=\"Northampton High School\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nasdschools.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Northampton<\/a>, Nazareth,\u00a0<a title=\"Whitehall High School\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.google.com\/prod\/whitehallcoplay.org\/whitehallhs\/home\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Whitehall<\/a>,\u00a0<a title=\"Southern Lehigh HS\" href=\"http:\/\/www.slsd.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Southern Lehigh<\/a>,\u00a0<a title=\"East Stroudsburg South\" href=\"https:\/\/essouthathletics.bigteams.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">East Stroudsburg-South<\/a>, and\u00a0<a title=\"Pocono Mountain School District\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pmsd.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pocono Mountain East<\/a>.\u00a0 The five schools receiving the most votes are listed above.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSmall schools\u201d (below 400-male enrollment) consist of both Eastern Pennsylvania Conference and Colonial League teams &#8212;\u00a0\u00a0<a title=\"Bangor High School\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bangorslaters.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bangor<\/a>, Saucon Valley, Central Catholic, Bethlehem Catholic,\u00a0<a title=\"Northwestern Lehigh \" href=\"https:\/\/www.nwlehighsd.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Northwestern<\/a>,\u00a0<a title=\"Wilson Area School District\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wilsonareasd.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wilson<\/a>, Palisades,\u00a0<a title=\"Palmerton School District\" href=\"http:\/\/www.palmerton.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Palmerton<\/a>, Salisbury, Notre Dame, Pen Argyl, Northern Lehigh and\u00a0<a title=\"Catasauqua High School\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cattysd.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Catasauqua<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0The top four vote-getters are named.<\/p>\n<p>Now, RCN\u2019s Gary Laubach, Tony Cocca and I team with The Morning Call\u2019s Keith Groller to weigh in on four of the biggest District XI high school games coming up this weekend\u2026<\/p>\n<table style=\"height: 226px;\" border=\"1\" width=\"511\" cellpadding=\"1\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><strong><em>The<br \/>\n\u201cPICK 4\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Emmaus vs. Freedom<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Easton vs. Bethlehem Catholic<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Liberty vs.\u00a0Central Catholic<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Palmerton vs. Wilson<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Gary Laubach<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Freedom<\/td>\n<td>Bethlehem Catholic<\/td>\n<td>Liberty<\/td>\n<td>Palmerton<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Tony Cocca<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Freedom<\/td>\n<td>Bethlehem Catholic<\/td>\n<td>Liberty<\/td>\n<td>Palmerton<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Keith Groller<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Emmaus<\/td>\n<td>Bethlehem Catholic<\/td>\n<td>Central Catholic<\/td>\n<td>Palmerton<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Chris Michael\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Freedom<\/td>\n<td>Bethlehem Catholic<\/td>\n<td>Central Catholic<\/td>\n<td>Palmerton<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Check back next week here at \u201cThe Shop\u201d for more high school football notes, polls, video highlights and predictions.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/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>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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