{"id":86845,"date":"2022-11-14T15:11:24","date_gmt":"2022-11-14T15:11:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.astound.com\/atvn\/?p=86845"},"modified":"2023-04-14T18:28:08","modified_gmt":"2023-04-14T18:28:08","slug":"st-football-playoff-22-polls-week-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.astound.com\/atvn\/st-football-playoff-22-polls-week-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Football Playoff \u201822 Polls: Week 3"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We had a great week of high school football playoff action last week!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While the weather continually altered plans leading up to last Thursday night\u2019s action, it made for a bunch of entertaining (and rain-free) games over the last few days.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Considering:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The District XI 6A semifinal went down to the final position and a one-point win for Freedom<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A 62-yard touchdown pass with three seconds left for a dramatic come-from-behind win in the District XI 2A championship game<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A come-from-behind, one-point win by underdogs from Northwestern in the 3A semifinal<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A 4A championship that was a 4-point game up until the final three minutes, and the losing team driving down the field for a third time in the fourth quarter\u2013only to have each drive result in an interception<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We talked last week about how it\u2019s not easy to pick which games we can and cannot broadcast this time of year.\u00a0 But in terms of excitement and entertaining ball games, there were clearly no other games that were as close nor any other contest that was settled by less than three scores by any of the other games in our coverage area!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Be on the lookout for this weekend\u2019s broadcast schedule posted soon right here on our website<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0*****<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Next up, here are highlights from some of our recent high school football broadcasts on ATVN\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0 <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Astounds Sports:\u00a0 Emmaus vs. Nazareth (10\/22)<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/usKDHeB8ets\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Astound Sports: Parkland vs. Bethlehem Catholic (10\/22)<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cs3JO29Elvw\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Astound Sports: Freedom vs. Bethlehem Catholic (10\/22)<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3xXUwhk2_BI\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Astound Sports: Nazareth vs. Whitehall (10\/22)<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HqVXhvmrvhE\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">*****<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That brings us to this week&#8217;s input from the ATVN SportsTalk pollsters &#8212; a random (and rotating, each year) 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 &#8220;bulletin board&#8221; material.\u00a0 Our &#8220;media voters&#8221; usually reveal themselves when we have the pleasure of having them on our weekly <\/span><b>SportsTalk<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> program, seen on Thursday nights on the Astound TV Network and available to watch at any time for free through ATVN on Demand.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This year, we are going to break the two polls down into EPC and Colonial League schools, within the RCN broadcast area.\u00a0 With the Colonial teams will be cross-scheduling and playing teams from the Schuylkill League and the Eastern Pennsylvania Conference playing different &#8220;crossover&#8221; teams, our poll will be an interesting barometer for teams in the Lehigh Valley since many local teams will not have the same opponents on their schedule.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With all that said, here are our second to last poll results for this fall\u2019s high school sports season.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>EPC TOP 5<\/b><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><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;\">Emmaus<\/span><\/i><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Parkland<\/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<\/ol>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Eligible Teams (in no particular order):<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Allentown Central Catholic, Northampton, Bethlehem Catholic, Easton, Freedom, Liberty, Dieruff, Allen, 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;\">Northwestern <\/span><\/i><\/li>\n<li><i><span>Northern Lehigh<\/span><\/i><\/li>\n<li><i><span>Notre Dame-GP<\/span><\/i><\/li>\n<li><i><span>Southern Lehigh<\/span><\/i><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Eligible Teams (in no particular order):<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bangor, Pen Argyl, Notre Dame &#8211; Green Pond, Wilson, Catasauqua, Salisbury, Saucon Valley, Northwestern, Northern Lehigh and Southern Lehigh.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Be sure to check back to our website for next week\u2019s poll results and come back frequently for any changes to our ongoing broadcast schedule information as we the playoffs roll on.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The views expressed in this blog are<\/span><\/i> <i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of Astound Broadband or any other agency, organization, employer or company.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We had a great week of high school football playoff action last week! 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