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The views expressed in this blog are<\/i> those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of RCN or any other agency, organization, employer or company..<\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n

This week we start to take our first hard looks at the playoff situations for both local leagues and the District XI<\/a> playoff picture.<\/span><\/p>\n

For both the Eastern Pennsylvania Conference<\/a> (South Division) and the Colonial League<\/a>, any team that has more than one loss right now finds itself in a tough situation to try to make a run at capturing a crown.<\/span><\/p>\n

For some (but not all) of the district classifications, however, with the expanded playoff format, there are quite a few teams that have struggled this year, yet still have a very good chance at seeing some post-season action.<\/span><\/p>\n

On this Thursday\u2019s \u201cSportsTalk<\/a>\u201d on RCN-TV, Sports Director Gary Laubach will join us as we take a look back at the recent weeks-worth of games and look ahead to a full slate of games this weekend, plus delve into the potential playoff implications these contest may have.<\/span><\/p>\n

As you have been seeing on our program, we\u2019ve been featuring a number of new coaches and up-and-coming student-athletes like Ramie Moussa, Damien Garcia, and others, in both the Colonial League and the EPC all year long.\u00a0 That trend continues this week as we provide a game recap of last Saturday\u2019s battle of Colonial football teams (one of them was in our pre-season poll to keep an eye on this fall), which ended in dramatic fashion. We also have game highlights and interviews as two of the top girls soccer teams in the league (Salisbury<\/a>, currently 3rd in the Colonial League, and Southern Lehigh<\/a>, currently first) squared off against each other.<\/span><\/p>\n

Also on this week\u2019s show, we will have a feature on one of the prominent high school programs in the Washington DC area–the Woodrow Wilson<\/a> football team, as produced by our friends from DKN Sports at the Office of Community Television.<\/span><\/p>\n

*****<\/span><\/p>\n

Time for a look at our high school football \u201cbig\u201d and \u201csmall schools\u201d polls (as voted by select media members, coaches & administrators within the RCN-TV viewing area) and our \u201cPick 4\u201d game predictions for games that will be played this weekend.\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

\u201cBig\u201d Schools Poll<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

1)<\/b>\u00a0 \u00a0Nazareth<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

2)\u00a0 Freedom<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

3)\u00a0 Easton<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

4)\u00a0 Parkland<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

5)\u00a0 Northampton<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cSmall\u201d Schools Poll<\/b><\/p>\n

1)<\/span> \u00a0 Bethlehem Catholic<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

2)\u00a0 Central Catholic<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

3)\u00a0 Northwestern<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

4-tie)\u00a0 Saucon Valley<\/a><\/strong>\/Notre Dame<\/strong>\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0Other schools receiving votes:\u00a0Northern Lehigh<\/a><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

Our poll remains with the standard format that we have utilized for many seasons.\u00a0 For the largest school districts within the District XI\/RCN-TV footprint, they qualify as the \u201cbig schools\u201d in our pigskin poll. These schools consist of:\u00a0 Parkland,\u00a0Liberty<\/a>,\u00a0Allen<\/a>, Easton, Emmaus, Liberty,\u00a0Dieruff<\/a>, Freedom,\u00a0Stroudsburg<\/a>,\u00a0Pleasant Valley<\/a>,\u00a0Northampton<\/a>, Nazareth,\u00a0Whitehall<\/a>,\u00a0Southern Lehigh<\/a>,\u00a0East Stroudsburg-South<\/a>, and\u00a0Pocono Mountain East & West<\/a>.\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong><\/strong>\u201cSmall schools\u201d for our poll consist of schools from Bangor<\/a>,\u00a0Saucon Valley<\/a>, Central Catholic, Bethlehem Catholic, Northwestern,\u00a0Wilson<\/a>,\u00a0Palisades<\/a>,\u00a0Palmerton<\/a>,\u00a0Salisbury<\/a>, Notre Dame,\u00a0Pen Argyl<\/a>,\u00a0Northern Lehigh<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Catasauqua<\/a>.\u00a0<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong><\/strong>Check back each week here at \u201cThe Shop\u201d to see if your favorite teams make our list!<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong><\/strong>*******<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong><\/strong>Now, here are our RCN football experts (along with myself) weighing in on four of the most competitive high school games this weekend\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
The \u201cPICK 4\u201d<\/strong><\/td>\nEaston @
\nBethlehem Catholic<\/strong><\/td>\n		Liberty @
\nCentral Catholic<\/strong><\/td>\n		Salisbury @
\nBangor<\/strong><\/td>\n		Saucon Valley @
\nNorthwestern<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Gary Laubach<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\nEaston<\/span><\/td>\nCentral Catholic<\/span><\/td>\nSalisbury<\/span><\/td>\nNorthwestern<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tony Cocca<\/b>\u00a0<\/b><\/td>\nEaston<\/span><\/td>\nCentral Catholic<\/span><\/td>\nSalisbury<\/span><\/td>\nNorthwestern<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Keith Groller<\/b>\u00a0<\/b><\/td>\nBecahi<\/span><\/td>\nCentral Catholic<\/span><\/td>\nSalisbury<\/span><\/td>\nNorthwestern<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
John Leone<\/b>\u00a0<\/b><\/td>\nEaston<\/span><\/td>\nLiberty<\/span><\/td>\nSalisbury<\/span><\/td>\nNorthwestern<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Chris Michael<\/b><\/td>\nBecahi<\/span><\/td>\nCentral Catholic<\/span><\/td>\nSalisbury<\/span><\/td>\nNorthwestern<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

You have the chance to vote right here on our website on who you think will win the Easton\/Becahi game, plus other Eastern Pennsylvania Conference games we\u2019ll have on RCN this weekend: Allen vs. Northampton and Emmaus vs. Freedom.<\/p>\n

Keep following along each week here at \u201cThe Shop\u201d for our predictions ahead of the weekend\u2019s high school action and tune-in to our \u201cRCN SportsTalk\u201d television show for the latest \u201cstandings\u201d to see which of our local football personalities are most correctly predicting the high school games this fall.<\/p>\n

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