{"id":81756,"date":"2018-11-07T15:24:08","date_gmt":"2018-11-07T15:24:08","guid":{"rendered":"\/rcntv\/?p=81756"},"modified":"2023-04-18T16:23:25","modified_gmt":"2023-04-18T16:23:25","slug":"hs-football-playoffs-week-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.astound.com\/atvn\/hs-football-playoffs-week-2\/","title":{"rendered":"HS Football Playoffs Week 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.<br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We are down to the final weeks of our high school football polls and our \u201cPick 4\u201d contest!<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Fz98j0kKl7E\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KB1h31nGWz8\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>We will get a good read of how our experts did in our poll as a number of our top teams will be squaring off against each other this weekend in <a title=\"District XI\" href=\"http:\/\/http:\/\/districtxi.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">District XI<\/a> semifinal matchups (four of them will be on RCN-TV).<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cBig\u201d Schools Poll<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1)\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 Nazareth<\/p>\n<p><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 Notre Dame<\/p>\n<p>3)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<a title=\"Northwestern Lehigh \" href=\"https:\/\/www.nwlehighsd.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Northwestern<\/a><\/p>\n<p>4)\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 structure 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>Small 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>RCN\u2019s Gary Laubach, Tony Cocca and myself 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>Pottsville vs. Bethlehem Catholic<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Emmaus vs. Easton<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><b>Freedom vs. Parkland<\/b><\/td>\n<td><b>Saucon Valley vs. Northwestern Lehigh<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Gary Laubach<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Bethlehem Catholic<\/td>\n<td>Emmaus<\/td>\n<td>Parkland<\/td>\n<td>Northwestern Lehigh<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Tony Cocca<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Bethlehem Catholic<\/td>\n<td>Emmaus<\/td>\n<td>Parkland<\/td>\n<td>Northwestern Lehigh<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Keith Groller<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Bethlehem Catholic<\/td>\n<td>Emmaus<\/td>\n<td>Parkland<\/td>\n<td>Saucon Valley<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Chris Michael\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Bethlehem Catholic<\/td>\n<td>Emmaus<\/td>\n<td>Parkland<\/td>\n<td>Saucon Valley<\/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<!-- 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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