{"id":86777,"date":"2022-10-24T13:45:33","date_gmt":"2022-10-24T13:45:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.astound.com\/atvn\/?p=86777"},"modified":"2023-04-18T16:32:51","modified_gmt":"2023-04-18T16:32:51","slug":"st-regular-season-finale-polls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.astound.com\/atvn\/st-regular-season-finale-polls\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Regular Season Finale&#8221; Polls"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There\u2019s a lot to talk about on this week\u2019s \u201cSportsTalk\u201d show this Thursday at 7pm on the Astound TV Network and we have a special guest to do it with us.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ATVN\u2019s Okezie Alozie, who has been busy working the sidelines for us most weeks on our high school football broadcasts, will be on to talk about his new career with us, his thoughts on the high school football season, early predictions on the playoff possibilities as well as sharing his own experiences and \u201cthings to watch for\u201d in this weekend\u2019s Freedom\/Liberty game (Okezie is a former standout running back \/ linebacker from Freedom HS who will also be broadcasting with me this Saturday).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Alozie will also talk about broadcasting last week\u2019s game for us, which included many of his Patriots fans welcoming him back to his former home field, Bethlehem Area School District Stadium.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can <a href=\"mailto: chris.michael@astound.com\">email me<\/a> <\/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<\/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 Friday\u2019s latest chapter in the Bethlehem Rivalry series, featuring Freedom beating Bethlehem Catholic 24-13.<\/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. Allentown Central Catholic (9\/22)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fAAekepMog4\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<ol start=\"2\">\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Astound Sports: Parkland vs. Nazareth (9\/22)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HRftP8wof1A\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<ol start=\"3\">\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Astound Sports: Parkland vs. Freedom (9\/22)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JRVHU7CeLes\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<ol start=\"4\">\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Astound Sports: Emmaus vs. Allentown Central Catholic\u00a0 (9\/22)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mmI54g2wT-g\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It\u2019s a busy weekend for us coming up as we will broadcast the \u201clast chapter\u201d in this year\u2019s \u201cBattle of Bethlehem,\u201d which features not just the Liberty and Freedom football teams but the biggest halftime band spectacular, complete with all of Bethlehem\u2019s junior schools&#8217; bands participating with the high schools&#8217; musical groups.\u00a0 It is a great event that we invite you to see in person at least once in your life, but if you can\u2019t make it to the game this year, be sure to check it out this Saturday at 7pm on ATVN.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Preceding that will be one of the biggest high school regular season contests of the year\u2013not just in the Lehigh Valley, but in all of Pennsylvania.\u00a0 ATVN will broadcast Parkland versus Emmaus live on our network, plus our production will once again air on the Pennsylvania Cable Network, available to all residents in the Commonwealth.\u00a0 (FYI: this will be the first time in PCN&#8217;s history that any one cable television station (us!) broadcasts TWO \u201cgames of the week\u201d in one season for them.<\/span><\/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><b>EPC TOP 5<\/b><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Freedom<\/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;\">Emmaus<\/span><\/i><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(tie)\u00a0 Northampton \/ 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><b>COLONIAL TOP 4<\/b><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Northern Lehigh<\/span><\/i><\/li>\n<li><i>Southern Lehigh<\/i><\/li>\n<li><i>Northwestern<\/i><\/li>\n<li><i>Notre Dame-GP<\/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;\">Bangor, Pen Argyl, Notre Dame &#8211; 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