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\t\t\t\tHere are three local sports observations before we take a look at this week\u2019s “SportsTalk<\/a>” high school football poll for teams in the RCN viewing area.<\/p>\n

#1<\/strong>
\nCongratulations to Emmaus field hockey<\/a> head coach Sue Butz-Stavin<\/a> for surpassing 1,000 coaching victories for her career this past week.
\nWe alerted you she was closing in on this milestone achievement a month ago here at “The Shop.” Now achieved, it is truly staggering to take in all the consistent success she has had over the last several decades and to ingest all that she has accomplished in her career.
\nAmong one of the more mind-blowing statistics about her legendary coaching run: the last time her Green Hornet team did NOT win a district title…Ronald Reagan was President of the United States.
\nHow long will this amazing streak continue? The local field hockey playoff season begins next week. Coach Butz-Stavin will be a guest on SportsTalk in a couple weeks to talk about her momentous accomplishments and this fall’s post-season action.<\/p>\n

#2<\/strong>
\nWe made a unique choice for our tape-delayed RCN broadcast this Friday, which features Catasauqua<\/a> facing Pine Grove.
\nThere are quite a few reasons it became one of our picks for this weekend.
\nFor one, it’ll be the first time we feature the Catasauqua football team in eight years on our network. Also, this week’s contest is scheduled to be the first game played at the school district’s brand new\/refurbished Alumni Stadium.
\nIt’s been tough seeing teams like the Rough Riders and the other schools schedule games outside our coverage area, but it will be our pleasure to break our own protocols for this one week and feature a regular season game featuring a non-Lehigh Valley opponent for the special circumstance.
\nIt should be a great night for Catasauqua residents and their sports fans. We wish everyone with the Roughies program all the best on this special evening this Friday!<\/p>\n

#3<\/strong>
\nOf course, the big football story last weekend was the Central Catholic<\/a> \/ Nazareth<\/a> game being postponed due to a bomb threat. I already have a call in to Nazareth head coach Tom Falzone and Central head coach Tim McGorry to talk with them about the incident. I will have details on all that happened that night this Friday when we have the Blue Eagles game against Emmaus and Central’s game against Whitehall on Saturday. Both games will be live on RCN-TV.
\nBy the way, Friday’s live contest game will feature our number four and number one ranked teams, respectively, squaring off against each other in our polls (see more on that below.)
\nElsewhere, it was great seeing Notre Dame-Green Pond<\/a> getting back to action last Friday after missing two games because of Covid-19 issues. The Crusaders weren’t exactly thrilled with the game’s end result. They played undefeated North Schuylkill and suffered their first loss of the year – by a significant margin.
\nWhile Notre Dame returned to the playing field, two other Lehigh Valley games were canceled this past weekend — Dieruff<\/a> versus Pocono Mountain East<\/a> and Easton<\/a> at Bethlehem Catholic<\/a> — both because of the virus.
\nIt certainly has been another unique fall sports season.<\/p>\n

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\nThat brings us to this week’s input from the RCN SportsTalk pollsters — a random collection of local coaches, athletic directors and media members.
\nBelow we have high school polls for both leagues in the RCN viewing area, along with the listing of all of the teams that are included in our respective categories.
\nFeel free to email me at Chris.Michael@rcn.net<\/a> for your thoughts on this week’s poll and we might read and respond to your emails on this week’s SportsTalk show<\/a>.<\/p>\n

EPC-LV TOP 5<\/strong>
\n1) Emmaus<\/a>
\n2) Parkland<\/a>
\n3) Freedom<\/a>
\n4) Nazareth<\/a>
\n5) Easton<\/a><\/p>\n

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

COLONIAL TOP 5<\/strong>
\n1) Northwestern<\/a>
\n2) Notre Dame-GP<\/a>
\n3) Northern Lehigh<\/a>
\n4) Wilson<\/a>
\n5) Bangor<\/a><\/p>\n

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

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

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.<\/em>\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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