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\t\t\t\tBefore we take a look at this week\u2019s “SportsTalk<\/a><\/strong>” high school football poll for teams in the RCN viewing area, a quick programming note for our RCN TV viewers.<\/p>\n

Join us on Thursday’s “SportsTalk<\/a><\/strong>” show at 7pm for a comprehensive recap of last weekend’s first-round playoff games and a look ahead to this Friday and Saturday’s high school playoff football action.
\nRCN commentators will sound off on some interesting results last week along with a couple interesting matchups coming up this weekend.
\nThat brings us to this week’s input from the RCN SportsTalk 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. Our “media voters” usually reveal themselves when we have the pleasure of having them on our weekly SportsTalk program, seen on Thursday nights on RCN TV and available through RCN on Demand.
\nThis 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. This season will be unique in which Colonial teams will be cross-scheduling and playing teams from the Schuylkill League, so our poll will be an interesting barometer for teams in the Lehigh Valley since many local teams will not be playing the majority of teams within their own leagues!
\nSo below 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.<\/p>\n

EPC TOP 5<\/strong>
\n1) Parkland<\/a>
\n2) Freedom<\/a>
\n3) Emmaus<\/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

There weren’t very many surprises here–if you have been following along with our polls all season long.
\nLast weekend, Parkland had no trouble dispatching Pocono Mountain West I their District XI 6A quarter-final. As you saw on RCN TV, Emmaus edged Nazareth in an exciting contest that went down to the final play.
\nThe Trojans and Hornets will be the live game this Friday on RCN TV.
\nFreedom, meanwhile, jumped out to an early 30-0 lead before dispatching Easton from postseason action. Northampton continued to roll against teams from the Poconos. We’ll get a look at the K-Kids next weekend as well as they will host the Patriots on RCN TV.<\/p>\n

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

Northwestern, Northern Lehigh and Palmerton all scored “mercy rule” victories over Wilson, Minersville and Catasauqua, respectively, in District XI semi-final matchups and Central Catholic scored a two touchdown victory over Pottsville.
\nAs you saw last Saturday on RCN TV, Jim Thorpe edged Notre Dame – Green Pond in a very exciting contest that went down to the final minutes. With the Crusaders’ elimination, this means there will be no 3A representative from the Lehigh Valley in the state playoffs this fall. The Bulldogs’ win combined with Notre Dame’s loss also moved Northern Lehigh into the second spot in our Colonial League rankings.
\nBe sure to check back to the “upcoming events<\/a>” section here on our website and check it frequently for any changes and for our ongoing playoff broadcast schedule information throughout the postseason.<\/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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