{"id":81806,"date":"2018-11-19T17:59:51","date_gmt":"2018-11-19T17:59:51","guid":{"rendered":"\/rcntv\/?p=81806"},"modified":"2023-04-12T19:24:45","modified_gmt":"2023-04-12T19:24:45","slug":"hs-football-playoffs-week-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.astound.com\/atvn\/hs-football-playoffs-week-4\/","title":{"rendered":"HS Football Playoffs Week 4"},"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>It was championship weekend in the Lehigh Valley with the <a title=\"District XI\" href=\"http:\/\/districtxi.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">District XI<\/a> 6A\u00a0 title game seen on RCN-TV\u2026<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Enc8F4HhlpM\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>With all of last weekend\u2019s championship games behind us and the start of the Pennsylvania state playoffs commencing this weekend, it\u2019s time to unveil our final District XI polls of the season.\u00a0 But first, here is a look back at our preseason poll (just to see how our experts did with their picks in early August)\u2026<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cBig\u201d Schools PRESEASON 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 <a title=\"Parkland Senior HIgh School\" href=\"https:\/\/phs.parklandsd.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Parkland<\/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 <a title=\"Nazareth High School\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hs.nazarethasd.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nazareth<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cSmall\u201d School PRESEASON 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=\"Palisades High School\" href=\"https:\/\/www.palisd.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Palisades<\/a><\/p>\n<p>3)\u00a0\u00a0<a title=\"Notre Dame High School\" href=\"https:\/\/ndcrusaders.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Notre Dame<\/a><\/p>\n<p>4)\u00a0\u00a0<a title=\"Saucon Valley\" href=\"https:\/\/www.svpanthers.org\/Domain\/8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Saucon Valley<br \/>\n<\/a><br \/>\nAnd now, our FINAL polls\u2026<\/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 Parkland<\/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 Northwestern<\/p>\n<p>4)\u00a0\u00a0Notre Dame<\/p>\n<p><strong>ANALYSIS:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Once again our RCN pollsters (a mix of local media members, district administrators and football coaches) did a really good job of giving some insights on which schools would be the top teams this year.\u00a0 Our \u201cBig School\u201d preseason poll had all of the top five teams correctly identified, with just the order of the teams mixed in the final results (a year which included a first-time District XI champion).\u00a0 Parkland also saw its six-year consecutive title run come to an end with a loss in the semifinals to Freedom.<\/p>\n<p>There were more changes in the \u201csmall school poll,\u201d with the exception being Bethlehem Catholic holding onto the #1 position from start to finish.<\/p>\n<p>The big surprises were Saucon Valley and Northwestern getting much better play from some of their \u201cunknowns\u201d this season.\u00a0 Senior Tailback Ian Csiszak hardly played offense last year for the Panthers, but became the District\u2019s top rushing back (both in terms of carries and total rushing yards) this fall.<\/p>\n<p>The Tigers got outstanding efforts from a number of different players and won a few more games than many had expected (and two of their losses were by just one point each).<\/p>\n<p>This will also be our final \u201cPick 4\u201d contest (actually now down to just two Lehigh Valley teams this week.)\u00a0 All season long RCN\u2019s Gary Laubach, Tony Cocca and me teamed with The Morning Call\u2019s Keith Groller and have been weighing-in on games involving the games involving District XI squads.\u00a0 We\u2019ve included a \u201ctiebreaker\u201d because the competition is so close heading into our final week.<\/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>Pottsgrove vs. Bethlehem Catholic<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>St. Joe&#8217;s vs. Freedom<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Total Points Scored Among the 4 Teams:<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Gary Laubach<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">Bethlehem Catholic<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">St. Joe&#8217;s<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">None Given<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Tony Cocca<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">Bethlehem Catholic<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">St. Joe&#8217;s<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">126 &#8211; 1\/2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Keith Groller<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">Bethlehem Catholic<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">St. Joe&#8217;s<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">135<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Chris Michael\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">Bethlehem Catholic<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">St. Joe&#8217;s<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">139<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>We\u2019ll have the some of the tallies both next week here at \u201cThe Shop\u201d and on the following week\u2019s \u201cRCN SportsTalk\u201d program\u2014and unveil which RCN personality will have to partake in doing Fortnite dances LIVE on the air!<\/p>\n<p>In the meantime, have a wonderful Thanksgiving Day holiday!!!<\/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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