{"id":86851,"date":"2022-11-21T14:28:00","date_gmt":"2022-11-21T14:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.astound.com\/atvn\/?p=86851"},"modified":"2022-11-21T14:28:00","modified_gmt":"2022-11-21T14:28:00","slug":"st-final-high-school-football-poll-22","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.astound.com\/atvn\/st-final-high-school-football-poll-22\/","title":{"rendered":"Final High School Football Poll 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"

It was an interesting fall season again here in 2022.<\/span><\/p>\n

While there were definitely some surprises (as there usually are) as this season\u2019s high school football season unfolded (with several teams still playing\u2013and winning\u2013as the state playoffs opened this past weekend).<\/span><\/p>\n

But as is often the case, thanks to the time, effort and insights of our rotating selection of pollsters each autumn, we pretty much gave our audience a very accurate overview of who the top teams were in each league, both before, and throughout, the season.<\/span><\/p>\n

Don\u2019t believe us?<\/span><\/p>\n

That’s fine, because we ALWAYS hold ourselves accountable and look back at our preseason polls before we unveil our final poll results.<\/span><\/p>\n

So here we go with our pre-season polls posted online back in mid-August.<\/span><\/p>\n

EPC-LV TOP 5 (PRESEASON POLL)<\/b><\/p>\n

    \n
  1. Freedom<\/span><\/i><\/li>\n
  2. Nazareth <\/span><\/i><\/li>\n
  3. Parkland <\/span><\/i><\/li>\n
  4. Emmaus<\/span><\/i><\/li>\n
  5. Central Catholic<\/span><\/i><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Eligible Teams (in no particular order):<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

    Allentown Central Catholic, Bethlehem Catholic, Easton, Freedom, Liberty, Dieruff, Allen, Parkland, Whitehall, Emmaus, Nazareth, and Northampton<\/span><\/p>\n

    And here is how things ended up\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n

    EPC-LV TOP 5 (FINAL)<\/b><\/p>\n

      \n
    1. Parkland <\/span><\/i><\/li>\n
    2. Freedom<\/span><\/i><\/li>\n
    3. Nazareth <\/span><\/i><\/li>\n
    4. Emmaus <\/span><\/i><\/li>\n
    5. Central Catholic<\/span><\/i><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      In defense of selecting Nazareth ahead of Parkland, I would still say it was a good \u201cpick\u201d as the Blue Eagles lost their best player (and league \u201cMVP\u201d) Sonny Sasso the week before the playoffs started.\u00a0 The Blue Eagles were the undisputed EPC-South Champions at the end of the regular season.\u00a0 During the regular season, Nazareth beat Parkland (who did have several injured players at that time) but the Trojans returned the favor in the first round of the playoffs, when Sasso was the player who was sidelined.<\/span><\/p>\n

      While football is more than one person, there\u2019s not a person in the Valley who would say this team was clearly not the same by losing their leader the week before.\u00a0 It also didn\u2019t help Nazareth\u2019s cause by being paired with a surging Parkland team\u2013one that had several injuries themselves during the regular season, but got healthy at just the right time.<\/span><\/p>\n

      *****<\/span><\/p>\n

      As for the Colonial League\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n

      COLONIAL TOP 5 (PRESEASON)<\/b><\/p>\n

        \n
      1. Northwestern <\/span><\/i><\/li>\n
      2. Notre Dame-GP<\/span><\/i><\/li>\n
      3. Northern Lehigh<\/span><\/i><\/li>\n
      4. Southern Lehigh<\/span><\/i><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

        Eligible Teams (in no particular order):<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

        Bangor, Pen Argyl, Notre Dame – Green Pond, Wilson, Catasauqua, Salisbury, Saucon Valley, Northwestern, Northern Lehigh, Southern Lehigh and Palisades<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

        And here are the final results\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n

        COLONIAL TOP 5 (FINAL)<\/b><\/p>\n

          \n
        1. Northwestern<\/span><\/i><\/li>\n
        2. Northern Lehigh<\/span><\/i><\/li>\n
        3. Notre Dame-GP<\/span><\/i><\/li>\n
        4. Southern Lehigh<\/span><\/i><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

          Clearly, there weren\u2019t too many surprises for our Colonial League poll-from start to finish.\u00a0 In fact, the only other team that entered our poll at all, was (for two weeks) Saucon Valley, before losing several games in a row mid-season, including one to Southern Lehigh and fell back out of the poll.<\/span><\/p>\n

          While the teams did rotate spots throughout the fall, (especially when Northwestern beat Nolehi week two and Notre-Dame beat Northwestern week six, etc), our Colonial picks were as close to spot on as you could get.<\/span><\/p>\n

          Both Northwestern and Northern Lehigh ended up winning their respective district classifications, so it was appropriate that both schools ended 1 and 2 in our rankings\u2013similar to the way they had started the year for our preseason poll back in August.<\/span><\/p>\n

          Thanks to all the people who participated in our polls for both their time and their insightful opinions throughout the football season.<\/span><\/p>\n

          Feel free to email me<\/a><\/strong> for your thoughts and check back to the SportsTalk Shop over the next several weeks as we recap the fall season in other sports and bring you the area\u2019s \u201cAll-Star\u201d lists as they become available to us.<\/span><\/p>\n

           <\/p>\n

          The views expressed in this blog are<\/span><\/i> 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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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