{"id":88208,"date":"2023-10-23T14:09:27","date_gmt":"2023-10-23T14:09:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.astound.com\/atvn\/?p=88208"},"modified":"2023-10-23T14:09:27","modified_gmt":"2023-10-23T14:09:27","slug":"hs-football-polls-23-week-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.astound.com\/atvn\/hs-football-polls-23-week-9\/","title":{"rendered":"HS Football Polls \u201823 &#8211; Week 9"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Before we look at this week\u2019s high school football polls, here\u2019s a look at recent games seen on ATVN.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Astound Sports: Northwestern Lehigh vs. Northern Lehigh (9\/23)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CgqbG4WQB0I?si=CXz2ydSsrrLC-7cc\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Astound Sports: Parkland vs. Freedom (9\/23)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QNS8N1H06BY?si=EzHHOYy2CZWXUrZC\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Astound Sports: Nazareth vs. Freedom (9\/23)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/4S5n05jkkP0\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/4S5n05jkkP0<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Keep checking back to the \u201cSportsTalk Shop\u201d in upcoming weeks for additional highlights of our recent games as seen on the Astound TV Network (video customers can see these games again for free through Video-On-Demand for up to two months from the initial airdates!)<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now here\u2019s a look at our polls along with our criteria that we use.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This year, we are once again going to break down the two polls into EPC and Colonial League schools, within the Astound TV broadcast area.\u00a0 With the Colonial teams cross-scheduling and playing teams from the Schuylkill League and the Eastern Pennsylvania Conference playing different &#8220;cross-over&#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 throughout their schedules.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Below we have high school polls for both leagues <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in the ATVN viewing area<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, along with the listing of all of the teams that are included in our respective categories.<\/span><\/p>\n<h5><b>EPC TOP 5<\/b><\/h5>\n<ol>\n<li><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Parkland<\/span><\/i><\/li>\n<li><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nazareth\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/li>\n<li><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Northampton<\/span><\/i><\/li>\n<li><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Central Catholic<\/span><\/i><\/li>\n<li><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Freedom<\/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;\">Northampton, Bethlehem Catholic, Easton, Freedom, Liberty, Dieruff, Allen, Allentown Central Catholic, Parkland, Whitehall, Emmaus, and Nazareth.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<h5><b>COLONIAL TOP 4<\/b><\/h5>\n<ol>\n<li><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Northwestern <\/span><\/i><\/li>\n<li><i><span>Southern Lehigh<\/span><\/i><\/li>\n<li><i><span>Notre Dame<\/span><\/i><\/li>\n<li><i><span>Bangor<\/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; 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