{"id":83224,"date":"2019-11-11T19:39:53","date_gmt":"2019-11-11T19:39:53","guid":{"rendered":"\/rcntv\/?p=83224"},"modified":"2023-03-01T22:21:30","modified_gmt":"2023-03-01T22:21:30","slug":"83224","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.astound.com\/atvn\/83224\/","title":{"rendered":"HS Football: Week 13"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

For our smaller schools, it\u2019s been an earlier than normal exit for most teams in our Lehigh Valley viewing area.<\/span>\u00a0<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

Only one local team qualified for the 3A playoffs this year (Notre Dame<\/a><\/strong>) and the Crusaders made a rare early exit (they did have injuries and ineligible player which hurt their chances).<\/span>\u00a0<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

In 4A, we are left with just one local team as Bethlehem Catholic<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0and Wilson<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0lost to Pottsville<\/a><\/strong> in consecutive weekends and left the Hawks\u2019 rival, Central Catholic<\/a><\/strong>, as the lone Valley team in that classification–playing for a championship this weekend against the Crimson Tide.<\/span>\u00a0<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

So before we unveil our final \u201cSmall School Poll\u201d of the 2019 campaign, here\u2019s a look at how we saw things way back in early August–a few weeks before the season began.<\/span>\u00a0<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n


\n\u201cSmall\u201d Schools Poll–PRESEASON<\/b>
\n<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

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

2)\u00a0 \u00a0Northwestern<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

3)\u00a0 \u00a0Central Catholic<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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

Other schools receiving votes:\u00a0Saucon Valley<\/a><\/strong><\/span>\u00a0<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

A reminder: <\/span>\u201csmall schools\u201d for our poll consist of schools from\u00a0<\/span>Bangor<\/a>,\u00a0Saucon Valley<\/a>, <\/strong><\/strong>Central Catholic, Bethlehem Catholic, Northwestern,\u00a0Wilson<\/a>,\u00a0Palisades<\/a>,\u00a0Palmerton<\/a>,\u00a0Salisbury<\/a>, Notre Dame,\u00a0Pen Argyl<\/a>,\u00a0Northern Lehigh<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Catasauqua<\/a>.<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

Now, here\u2019s a look at how things shook-out here at the end of the season:<\/span>\u00a0<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

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

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

2)\u00a0 \u00a0Northwestern<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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

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

Other schools receiving votes:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Saucon Valley<\/a><\/strong><\/span>\u00a0<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

WIth Central\u2019s thrilling 17-point come-from-behind victory last Saturday over Northwestern, it gave the Vikings the top spot under first-year Head Coach Tim McGorry (you can hear our podcast with him and his coaches from before the season elsewhere here on this website).<\/span>\u00a0<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

Bethlehem Catholic faded during the season\u2019s second half after being ranked in the top spot (both in our poll and according to the District XI \u201cpower point\u201d system) throughout much of the season.<\/span>\u00a0<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

With all five teams getting votes at both the beginning and end of our poll, I have to congratulate our \u201cpollsters\u201d again this fall for doing a tremendous job with their pre-season predictions on who would be the top schools in 2019!<\/span>\u00a0<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

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

Now, we still have a couple teams in the mix among our \u201cbig\u201d schools…<\/span><\/p>\n

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

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

2)\u00a0\u00a0Parkland<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

3)\u00a0\u00a0Freedom<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

4)\u00a0\u00a0Easton<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

5)\u00a0\u00a0Northampton<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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 <\/span>\u00a0Parkland<\/a>,\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><\/p>\n

Next week, we\u2019ll look at our FINAL poll for these schools and unveil how we did in predicting the top teams in this category as well!<\/span>\u00a0<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

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

Now, here are our RCN football experts (along with myself) weighing in on four of the biggest high school games this weekend\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
The \u201cPICK 4\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/td>\nParkland vs.<\/span><\/i>Nazareth<\/span><\/i><\/td>\nCentral Catholic vs.<\/span><\/i>Pottsville<\/span><\/i><\/td>\nSolehi vs. Oil City<\/span><\/i><\/td>\nColgate vs. Lafayette<\/span><\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Gary Laubach<\/i><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/td>\nParkland\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/td>\nPottsville<\/span><\/i><\/td>\nSolehi\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/td>\nLafayette<\/span><\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tony Cocca<\/i><\/b>\u00a0<\/i><\/b><\/td>\nParkland\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/td>\nPottsville<\/span><\/i><\/td>\nSolehi<\/span><\/i><\/td>\nLafayette<\/span><\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Keith Groller<\/i><\/b>\u00a0<\/i><\/b><\/td>\nParkland\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/td>\nCentral Catholic<\/span><\/i><\/td>\nSolehi\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/td>\nColgate<\/span><\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
John Leone<\/i><\/b>\u00a0<\/i><\/b><\/td>\nParkland\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/td>\nPottsville<\/span><\/i><\/td>\nSolehi<\/span><\/i><\/td>\nLafayette<\/span><\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Chris Michael<\/i><\/b><\/td>\nParkland\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/td>\nCentral Catholic<\/span><\/i><\/td>\nSolehi<\/span><\/i><\/td>\nLafayette<\/span><\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
The \u201cPICK 4\u201d<\/strong><\/td>\nParkland vs.
\nNazareth<\/strong><\/td>\n		Central Cathoic vs.
\nPottsville<\/strong><\/td>\n		Southern Lehigh vs.
\nOil City<\/strong><\/td>\n		Lafayette vs.
\nColgate<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Gary Laubach<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\nParkland<\/td>\nPottsville<\/td>\nSouthern Lehigh<\/td>\nLafayette<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tony Cocca<\/b>\u00a0<\/b><\/td>\nParkland<\/span><\/td>\nPottsville<\/td>\nSouthern Lehigh<\/td>\nLafayette<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Keith Groller<\/b>\u00a0<\/b><\/td>\nParkland<\/td>\nCentral Catholic<\/span><\/td>\nSouthern Lehigh<\/td>\nColgate<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
John Leone<\/b>\u00a0<\/b><\/td>\nParkland<\/td>\nPottsville<\/td>\nSouthern Lehigh<\/td>\nLafayette<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Chris Michael<\/b><\/td>\nParkland<\/td>\nCentral Catholic<\/span><\/td>\nSouthern Lehigh<\/td>\nLafayette<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\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. Also, be sure to check out the \u201cfan voting\u201d section of RCN-TV\u2019s games each week here on our website to let your opinions be known as well!<\/p>\n

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