{"id":84217,"date":"2020-11-18T15:03:40","date_gmt":"2020-11-18T15:03:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sandbox.web.rcn.net\/rcntv\/?p=84217"},"modified":"2023-04-14T19:43:54","modified_gmt":"2023-04-14T19:43:54","slug":"dmv-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.astound.com\/atvn\/dmv-update\/","title":{"rendered":"DMV Update\/HS Football Poll"},"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><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Before we take a look at the high school football landscape in Pennsylvania, a quick update on scholastic sports down in the DMV.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As we mentioned a few months ago, most high schools in this region postponed their fall sports until the spring season and their winter sports will be starting later than normal.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This doesn&#8217;t mean that there hasn&#8217;t been any significant news from a local sports perspective.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One of the biggest noteworthy additions came at Maryland&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/ncaeagles.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">National Christian Academy<\/a>, where former collegiate coach Kenny Johnson was named the school&#8217;s athletic director and the boys basketball head coach.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Johnson not only brings a wealth of experience in coaching at the scholastic, collegiate and <a href=\"https:\/\/aausports.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">AAU<\/a> levels but also has great insights on the recruiting process, preparing kids to play at the next level and many other aspects of basketball. He&#8217;s also coached players that are now playing in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NBA<\/a> and shared some great stories about them with me recently.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here is a clip of our interview with Coach Johnson&#8211;one of several winter sports interviews featuring teams from both Eastern Pennsylvania and the greater Washington, DC region that will be on upcoming editions of <\/span><b><a href=\"\/atvn\/sports-talk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">RCN SportsTalk<\/a>.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Kenny Johnson\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/F95-YuIVRHU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Many schools in the DMV have not had any &#8220;official&#8221; practices.\u00a0 Others have had limited &#8220;skill sessions&#8221; on school grounds. However, early in the new year, expect the high school basketball action to heat up provided that the reported COVID-19 cases don&#8217;t increase too dramatically over the next month and a half.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That brings us to our second-to-last week for the <\/span><b>SportsTalk<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> pollsters &#8212; 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 &#8220;bulletin board&#8221; material.\u00a0 Our media voters usually reveal themselves when we have the pleasure of having them on our weekly <\/span><b>SportsTalk<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> program, seen on Thursday nights on RCN TV and available through RCN on Demand.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">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 and Colonial League 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<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Without the crowning of official Colonial League and EPC champions, 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<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So below we have 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<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Feel free to email me at Chris.Michael@rcn.net for your thoughts on this week&#8217;s poll and we might read and respond to your emails on this week&#8217;s <\/span><b>SportsTalk<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> show.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>EPC-LV TOP 5<\/u><\/strong><strong><u>\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1) <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hs.nazarethasd.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nazareth<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>2) <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/basdwpweb.beth.k12.pa.us\/freedom\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Freedom<\/a><\/span> \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 <strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>3) <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eastpennsd.org\/ehs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Emmaus<\/a><\/span> <strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>4) <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/phs.parklandsd.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Parkland<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>5) <a href=\"http:\/\/www.acchs.info\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Central Catholic<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Eligible Teams (in no particular order):<\/strong><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Allentown Central Catholic, <a href=\"https:\/\/becahi.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bethlehem Catholic<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eahs.eastonsd.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Easton<\/a>, Freedom, Liberty, Dieruff, Allen, Parkland, Whitehall, Emmaus, Nazareth, and Northampton<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>COLONIAL TOP 5<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1) <a href=\"https:\/\/ndcrusaders.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Notre Dame-GP<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nwlehighsd.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Northwestern<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">3) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.palisd.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Palisades<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">4) Northern Lehigh<\/span><\/p>\n<p>5) Southern Lehigh\u00a0<i><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Eligible Teams (in no particular order):<\/strong><br \/>\nBangor, Pen Argyl, Notre Dame &#8211; Green Pond, Wilson, Catasauqua, Salisbury, Saucon Valley, Northwestern, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nlsd.org\/?sub=calendar\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Northern Lehig<\/a>h, Southern Lehigh and Palisades<\/span><\/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. 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