{"id":81793,"date":"2018-11-13T19:47:55","date_gmt":"2018-11-13T19:47:55","guid":{"rendered":"\/rcntv\/?p=81793"},"modified":"2023-02-28T14:44:29","modified_gmt":"2023-02-28T14:44:29","slug":"hs-football-playoffs-week-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.astound.com\/atvn\/hs-football-playoffs-week-3\/","title":{"rendered":"HS Football Playoffs Week 3"},"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><br \/>\nMother Nature threw another curveball at us again this past weekend\u2014the weather forecast caused <a title=\"District XI\" href=\"http:\/\/districtxi.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">District XI<\/a> officials to postpone all of Friday\u2019s games and push everything back to Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>That being said, two of our three broadcast playoff games were relatively close contests\u2026<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1XknbjpZbns\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gmZqEEYuuCQ\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uKeiGUcb0Mc\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>As we move closer to our \u201cfinal\u201d poll of the season, here\u2019s a look at where things stand (both polls had one significant change following last weekend\u2019s games)\u2026<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cBig\u201d Schools Poll<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1)\u00a0\u00a0<a title=\"Emmaus High School\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eastpennsd.org\/ehs\/athletics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Emmaus<\/a><\/p>\n<p>2)\u00a0\u00a0<a title=\"Freedom High School\" href=\"http:\/\/basdwpweb.beth.k12.pa.us\/freedom\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Freedom<\/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 <a title=\"Saucon Valley\" href=\"https:\/\/www.svpanthers.org\/Domain\/8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Saucon Valley<\/a><\/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\u00a0Notre Dame<\/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>We are down to the final few teams remaining in our RCN Viewing area.\u00a0 RCN\u2019s Gary Laubach, Tony Cocca and myself team with the Morning Call\u2019s Keith Groller to weigh in on games involving the four teams remaining in District XI\u2014all four teams are matched-up against each other 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>Saucon Valley vs. Bethlehem Catholic<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Emmaus vs. Freedom<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Gary Laubach<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Bethlehem Catholic<\/td>\n<td>Freedom<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Tony Cocca<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Bethlehem Catholic<\/td>\n<td>Freedom<\/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<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Chris Michael\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Bethlehem Catholic<\/td>\n<td>Freedom<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>A reminder, the RCN pollster with the least number of correct predictions will have to do a couple Fortnite dances on our live \u201cSportsTalk\u201d show in a few weeks.\u00a0 Tune in to Thursday\u2019s show to check out who should be limbering up for some possible on-air routines.\u00a0 Also, check back next week here at \u201cThe Shop\u201d for more high school football notes, polls, video highlights and predictions.<\/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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