{"id":82824,"date":"2019-08-16T14:19:20","date_gmt":"2019-08-16T14:19:20","guid":{"rendered":"\/rcntv\/?p=82824"},"modified":"2023-04-19T20:37:49","modified_gmt":"2023-04-19T20:37:49","slug":"hs-football-things-watch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.astound.com\/atvn\/hs-football-things-watch\/","title":{"rendered":"HS Football: Things To Watch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>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.<\/strong><\/em><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The RCN Sports staff members are busy preparing for another great season of high school football.<\/p>\n<p>With \u201cdouble sessions\u201d in full swing, it\u2019s time to take a look at some of the great storylines to follow for teams and schools within the RCN-TV viewing area.<\/p>\n<p><strong>NEW COACHES:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>There were seven coaching changes in the Lehigh Valley alone this off-season.\u00a0 We\u2019ve already featured most of them on our \u201c<a title=\"RCN Sports Talk\" href=\"\/atvn\/sports-talk\/\">SportsTalk<\/a>\u201d show (and are trying to schedule dates for those we have not as of yet had on), but I think all of the school districts with new hires have reason for optimism.<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Whitehall High School\" href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehallcoplay.org\/Domain\/12\">Whitehall<\/a>, <a title=\"Bangor High School\" href=\"https:\/\/hs.bangorslaters.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bangor<\/a> and <a title=\"Central Catholic High School\" href=\"http:\/\/www.acchs.info\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Central Catholic<\/a> all have up-and-coming programs.\u00a0 New head coaches typically need a few years to fully implement their system&#8211;both on the field and off&#8211;and the fact that all three of these teams have quite a bit of talent that will return beyond next year bodes well for the overall health of the programs.<\/li>\n<li>All three may not challenge for league honors in 2019, but keep an eye on the players who develop over the course of the fall to see which players might have \u201cbreak out seasons\u201d, which should help these schools be playoff contenders by 2020.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>WILSON (DC) FOOTBALL:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Our friends at \u201c<a title=\"DKN Sports\" href=\"https:\/\/entertainment.dc.gov\/node\/163682\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DKN Sports<\/a>\u201d in the Washington DC area recently produced a feature on the Wilson high school football program and their successes in recent seasons (a portion of their story will be featured on an upcoming edition of \u201cRCN SportsTalk\u201d to hear more about them.)<\/li>\n<li>While there will be a number of competitive teams in the DMV on the gridiron once again this fall, Wilson has a ton of talent returning for this year\u2019s squad and should be posting some impressive wins in 2019.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Pen Argyl High School\" href=\"http:\/\/penargylschooldistrict.org\/penargyl\/HS\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PEN ARGYL<\/a>\/BANGOR&#8217;S &#8220;100th&#8221;:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>These two long-time rivals will be meeting for the 100th time this fall.\u00a0 While the Bangor\/Green Knights game sometimes gets overlooked by other key rivalry match-ups (Easton\/P\u2019burg, Northampton\/Catasauqua and other traditional \u201cThanksgiving Day\u201d games), expect this event to be much bigger than any previous meeting between these two schools.<\/li>\n<li>Both programs took some lumps last year but both head coaches have told me that their kids have been working hard and vow big improvements for the new season.<\/li>\n<li>We\u2019ll be talking more about the 100th meeting between Bangor and Pen Argyl on one of our three \u201cSportsTalk at the <a title=\"The Allentown Fair\" href=\"http:\/\/www.allentownfairpa.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Allentown Fair<\/a>\u201d shows coming up in two weeks.\u00a0 Keep checking back to the RCN-TV website for more details on these special programs that will be shot \u201con location.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Next week, we\u2019ll commence with our usual high school football polls and game predictions contest, which include RCN announcers, local media and coaches and administrators that will continue through the scholastic football season.<\/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.\u00a0 The RCN Sports staff members are busy preparing for another great season of high school football. 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