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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.
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\nFirst of all, a great job by the RCN sports crew in bringing you our first high school football broadcast – remotely – last week on RCN TV.\u00a0 Because of Covid-19, our staff broadcast its first game with half of our crew back at the studio, while following all the safety protocols and did an amazing job bringing you all the sights and sounds of last weekend’s Freedom<\/a> \/ Northampton<\/a> game. Be sure to check out Gary’s blog this week here on our website for more on this special occasion.<\/span><\/p>\n

That brings us to our second week of input from the RCN SportsTalk<\/a> pollsters — a random collection of local coaches, athletic directors and media members. We never announce nor release the names of our non-media voters to get their honest opinions on the local football landscape while avoiding any thoughts of retribution or potential “bulletin board” material.\u00a0 Our “media voters” usually reveal themselves when we have the pleasure of having them on our weekly <\/span>SportsTalk<\/b> program, seen on Thursday nights on RCN TV and available through RCN on Demand.<\/span><\/p>\n

This year, instead of having a big school and small school poll as in seasons past, we are going to break the two polls down into EPC<\/a> and Colonial League<\/a> schools, within the RCN broadcast area.\u00a0 With the reduced schedules, this change for our poll will make things a bit more interesting since many of the top teams within the local conferences will not have the opportunity to actually face each other this fall.<\/span><\/p>\n

Without the crowning of an official Colonial League and EPC champion, our poll will be an intriguing barometer to who in fact is the best team in each conference (and, of course, bragging rights through the winter months).<\/span><\/p>\n

So below we have our first week of high school polls for both leagues, along with the listing of all of the teams that are included in our respective categories.<\/span><\/p>\n

Feel free to email me at Chris.Michael@rcn.net for your thoughts on this week’s poll and we might read and respond to your emails on this week’s <\/span>Sports Talk<\/b> show.<\/span><\/p>\n

EPC-LV TOP 5<\/b><\/p>\n

1)\u00a0 Freedom<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

2) Parkland<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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

4) Emmaus<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

5) Nazareth<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Eligible Teams (in no particular order):<\/strong>
\n<\/span>Allentown Central Catholic, Bethlehem Catholic<\/a>, Freedom, Liberty, Dieruff, Allen, Parkland, Whitehall, Emmaus, Nazareth, Northampton and Easton<\/span><\/p>\n

COLONIAL TOP 5<\/b><\/p>\n

1) Notre Dame-GP<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

2) Northwestern<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

3) Palisades<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

4) Southern Lehigh<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

5) Salisbury<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n


\n<\/i><\/strong>Eligible Teams (in no particular order):<\/strong>
\nBangor, Pen Argyl, Notre Dame – Green Pond, Wilson, Catasauqua, Salisbury, Saucon Valley, Northwestern, Northern Lehig<\/a>h, Southern Lehigh and Palisades
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

Be sure to bookmark our high school football broadcast schedule here on the website and check it frequently as, with several games already postponed or canceled so far, there could be changes from day to day.<\/span><\/p>\n

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