{"id":86673,"date":"2022-09-19T13:13:27","date_gmt":"2022-09-19T13:13:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.astound.com\/atvn\/?p=86673"},"modified":"2023-04-13T20:23:30","modified_gmt":"2023-04-13T20:23:30","slug":"st-polls-highlights-changes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.astound.com\/atvn\/st-polls-highlights-changes\/","title":{"rendered":"Polls, Highlights &#038; Changes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We lead off this week\u2019s blog with a quick programming note!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">District XI Football Chair Jason Zimmerman will make his annual appearance on this Thursday\u2019s <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.astound.com\/atvn\/sports-talk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>ATVN SportsTalk<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0 There are a number of changes this year to the high school football playoff layout (especially for the 6A \u201clargest schools\u201d classification), as well as the site of the state championships and a number of other big issues that Jason will be speaking about.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can <strong><a href=\"mailto: chris.michael@astound.com\">email me<\/a><\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, with your question or comment about local football and we may read it on this Thursday\u2019s program.\u00a0 I can tell you that Jason and our local athletic directors are very busy with a number of challenging issues that they are dealing with at the local scholastic levels and we deeply appreciate Zimmerman giving us his time to appear on our show again this fall to address issues that affect us all.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">*******<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We have had a number of great sports broadcasts over the last month, including last week\u2019s high school football game (a 5-point game in the \u201cChristmas City Rivalry\u201d) that was broadcast across the state on the PCN Network.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here are highlights of some of our recent broadcasts on the Astound TV Network<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Astound Sports: Easton vs. Parkland (8\/22)<\/span><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ziwbTliVNgI\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/li>\n<li>Astound Sports: Emmaus vs. Freedom (8\/22)<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JSD36fS7y7E\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/li>\n<li>Astound Sports:\u00a0 Northern Yankees vs. Easton Falcons (7\/22)<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bIa0jxKsORI\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/li>\n<li>Astound Sports: Iron Valley Orioles vs Martin&#8217;s Creek Creekers (7\/22)<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SQxoV3NUSeQ\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/li>\n<li>Astound Sports: Iron Valley Orioles vs. Northern Yankees (7\/22)<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hnJhpxx3kxg\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It\u2019s a busy weekend for us coming up as we will broadcast the 2022 National Highland Games athletic championships as a part of <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.astound.com\/atvn\/2022-celtic-classic-on-atvn\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ATVN\u2019s coverage of this year\u2019s Celtic Classic<\/a><\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We will also be bringing you a big high school football game featuring undefeated (and the top team in our poll, see below) Emmaus taking on Bethlehem Catholic, who sports a 3-1 record coming into the contest and is also a top-ranked team in our EPC poll.\u00a0 The game will be live Friday night at 7pm on ATVN.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">********<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Below we have high school polls for both leagues in the ATVN viewing area, along with the listing of all of the teams that are included in our respective categories.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>EPC TOP 5<\/b><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Emmaus<\/span><\/i><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nazareth<\/span><\/i><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Central Catholic<\/span><\/i><\/li>\n<li><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bethlehem Catholic<\/span><\/i><\/li>\n<li><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (tie)\u00a0 Freedom \/ Parkland\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Eligible Teams from our viewing area (in no particular order):<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Northampton, Bethlehem Catholic, Easton, Freedom, Liberty, Dieruff, Allen, Allentown Central Catholic, Parkland, Whitehall, Emmaus, and Nazareth.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>COLONIAL TOP 4<\/b><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Northern Lehigh<\/span><\/i><\/li>\n<li><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Northwestern\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/li>\n<li><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Southern Lehigh<\/span><\/i><\/li>\n<li><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Notre Dame-GP<\/span><\/i><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><i><span 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