{"id":84476,"date":"2021-02-23T23:32:21","date_gmt":"2021-02-23T23:32:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sandbox.web.rcn.net\/rcntv\/?p=84476"},"modified":"2023-04-14T18:51:20","modified_gmt":"2023-04-14T18:51:20","slug":"hoops-polls-2-23-21","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.astound.com\/atvn\/hoops-polls-2-23-21\/","title":{"rendered":"HOOPS POLLS: 2\/23\/21"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>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.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Here are three local sports observations before we take a look at this week&#8217;s high school basketball polls\u2026<\/p>\n<p>1)\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/districtxi.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">District 11<\/a> announced its schedule and sites for its upcoming postseason events for its individual wrestling tournaments coming up for the 2A and 3A classifications:<\/p>\n<p>Regional Wrestling Tournaments (Feb. 27):<br \/>\nAA &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdschools.org\/Domain\/73\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Central Dauphin East HS<\/a><br \/>\nAAA &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/palmercommunitycenter.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Charles Chrin Community Center of Palmer Township<\/a><\/p>\n<p>East Super Regional Wrestling Tournaments (March 6):<br \/>\nAA &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pottsville.k12.pa.us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pottsville Area HS<\/a><br \/>\nAAA &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/hs.qcsd.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Quakertown HS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The state tournament will once again be held at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hersheyentertainment.com\/hersheypark-stadium\/hersheypark-arena.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hershey Arena<\/a>. In addition to this week&#8217;s regionals, last week&#8217;s 2A district championships were held at a unique location &#8211; the Charles Chrin Community Center. It certainly has been a strange winter sports season!<\/p>\n<p>2) Before the basketball playoffs get underway later this week, we discussed many of the teams in the Lehigh Valley on the latest \u201c<a href=\"\/atvn\/sports-talk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SportsTalk<\/a>\u201d show.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s a sample\u2026<\/p>\n<p>VIDEO: Keith&#8217;s Take on Top Lehigh Valley Teams<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/h00MoEnLUoI\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>See the entire discussion this Thursday at 7pm and 9pm on RCN-TV to hear more from on the local hoops scene!<\/p>\n<p>3)\u00a0 Justin Paz gave one of the top performances by a point guard a few years ago at <a href=\"https:\/\/becahi.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bethlehem Catholic<\/a> and is now having success at the next level at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.esu.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">East Stroudsburg University<\/a>. However, there&#8217;s another rising guard with the Golden Hawks, Edixson Gomez, who reminds me a lot of Paz in his junior year. Gomez sports an explosive first step, great court vision and is developing into an excellent passer. In a year where there&#8217;s a ton of outstanding guard play, keep an eye on Gomez for the remainder of this year and as one of the top returning guards for 2022.<\/p>\n<p>***********<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s time to look at our scholastic basketball polls involving the <a href=\"https:\/\/districtxi.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">District XI<\/a> teams in our viewing area heading into this week&#8217;s action.<\/p>\n<p>For this winter, we are breaking the two polls down into the <a href=\"https:\/\/epc18.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Eastern Pennsylvania Conference<\/a> (Lehigh Valley teams only) and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colonialleague.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Colonial League<\/a> schools, within the RCN broadcast area. With the reduced schedules and many of our teams staying mostly \u201cin country\u201d with their opponents this year due to the COVID-19 restrictions, this plan for our polls will keep things interesting since many of the top teams within the local conferences will not have the opportunity to actually face each other this fall.<\/p>\n<p>With no eastern Pennsylvania conference playoffs this winter, our polls 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).<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>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 SportsTalk show.<\/p>\n<p><b>EPC-LV TOP 5<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1) Easton\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2) <a href=\"http:\/\/www.acchs.info\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Central Catholic<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">3) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasdschools.org\/nahs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Northampton<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">4) <a href=\"https:\/\/phs.parklandsd.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Parkland<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">5) <a href=\"https:\/\/becahi.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bethlehem Catholic<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Eligible Teams (in no particular order):<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.acchs.info\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Central Catholic<\/a>, <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>, <a href=\"https:\/\/basdwpweb.beth.k12.pa.us\/freedom\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Freedom<\/a>, Liberty, <a href=\"https:\/\/drf.allentownsd.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dieruff<\/a>, Allen, <a href=\"https:\/\/phs.parklandsd.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Parkland<\/a>, Whitehall, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eastpennsd.org\/ehs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Emmaus<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hs.nazarethasd.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nazareth<\/a>, and Northampton<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>COLONIAL TOP 5<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1)\u00a0 \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nwlehighsd.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Northwestern<\/a> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2) \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ndcrusaders.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Notre Dame<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">3)\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bangor.k12.pa.us\/Domain\/8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bangor<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">4) \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.palmerton.org\/schools\/senior-high-school\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Palmerton<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">5) \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.slsd.org\/Domain\/160\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Southern Lehigh<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Eligible Teams (in no particular order):<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bangor, 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 Lehigh<\/a>, Southern Lehigh and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.palisd.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Palisades<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Be sure to bookmark our high school winter sports broadcast schedule here on the website and check it frequently. 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