{"id":83118,"date":"2019-10-15T15:04:13","date_gmt":"2019-10-15T15:04:13","guid":{"rendered":"\/rcntv\/?p=83118"},"modified":"2023-02-24T16:49:15","modified_gmt":"2023-02-24T16:49:15","slug":"hs-football-2019-week-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.astound.com\/atvn\/hs-football-2019-week-9\/","title":{"rendered":"HS Football 2019: Week 9"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><i>The views expressed in this blog are<\/i> <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><strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I&#8217;ve had the pleasure of calling some very enjoyable high school football games through the first 2 months of the regular season.\u00a0 (No, that&#8217;s not a self-serving comment as I have nothing to do with, nor can take any credit for, the selection of teams and games broadcast on RCN.)\u00a0 I\u2019ve also had some great conversations in the hours and the days leading up to the games with both coaches and players and there have been some fascinating off-the-field stories from different schools.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, things are now getting serious as we had down the home stretch of the regular season and then&#8230;the playoffs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So to get you caught up on the RCN broadcasted games over the last month, here are the highlights of our high school games this fall:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/strong><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/t3U-1-2-dFA\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/strong><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5BByJP_Nz_E\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/strong><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-sHbo7tl0So\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Al44qKH3Qpo\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/strong><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VYkNQux_w0o\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/strong><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yxcZbhgxF4s\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_AFX3qegJTk\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/strong><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IoLVHGQPCys\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/strong><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lum12l9A_S4\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">RCN customers can watch these games, in its entirety, for free, through Video-on-Demand.<\/span><strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Our website readers nailed their predictions last week&#8230;in what turned out to be two blowout contests (<a title=\"Freedom High School\" href=\"https:\/\/basdwpweb.beth.k12.pa.us\/freedom\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Freedom<\/a> scored on every possession and averaged 12 yards per play, while <a title=\"Northampton High School\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nasdschools.org\/nahs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Northampton<\/a> held a 41-7 lead at the end of the first quarter), our voters correctly selected both Freedom and Northampton to win last weekend\u2019s games.\u00a0 Check out this week\u2019s voting section and give YOUR take on who you think will win this weekend\u2019s RCN game between <a title=\"Parkland High School\" href=\"https:\/\/phs.parklandsd.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Parkland<\/a> and <a title=\"Easton High School\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eastonsd.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Easton<\/a>.<\/span><strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><b>PROGRAMMING NOTE:<\/b><strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201c<strong><a title=\"RCN Sports Talk\" href=\"\/atvn\/sports-talk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SportsTalk<\/a><\/strong>\u201d is off this week due to RCN\u2019s holiday parade coverage &#8212; our usual high school football polls and our \u201cexperts game predictions\u201d contest returns next week.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Also, keep checking back to our website for more highlights from games broadcast on RCN-TV throughout the fall season!<\/span><\/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.\u00a0 I&#8217;ve had the pleasure of calling some very enjoyable high school football games through the first 2 months of the regular 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