{"id":89078,"date":"2024-09-09T13:14:11","date_gmt":"2024-09-09T13:14:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.astound.com\/atvn\/?p=89078"},"modified":"2024-09-09T13:25:37","modified_gmt":"2024-09-09T13:25:37","slug":"astounding-10-hs-football-poll-week-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.astound.com\/atvn\/astounding-10-hs-football-poll-week-4\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cAstounding 10\u201d HS Football Poll-Week 4"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Before we unveil this week\u2019s high school football poll, a look at recent highlights of some of the teams have have features so far this season on the <em>Astound TV Network:<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Astound TV Network Sports:<\/strong> Becahi vs. Emmaus (8\/24)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/9OKrmc1tejQ\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9OKrmc1tejQ?si=Mk2jqhxDRABfiDzS\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Astound TV Network Sports<\/strong>: George Washington vs. Parkland (8\/24)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/kLbJCcQNi8c\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kLbJCcQNi8c?si=VJh21iOoUJzzYKaf\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Astound TV Network Sports:<\/strong> Northwestern Lehigh vs. Northern Lehigh (8\/24)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/5Lu8_o9-hbM\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5Lu8_o9-hbM?si=encMdwgBKMG2Usgw\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Coming up this Friday, the top two teams (both 3-0) in the <em>Astound TV Network<\/em> coverage area square off, as we\u2019ll be broadcasting Freedom and Nazareth live at 7pm, followed by Northampton vs. Liberty airing at 9:30pm.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We will also broadcast our first Lafayette football game of this year on Saturday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On Thursday at 7pm, we\u2019ll recap the first three weeks of the high school football season and preview this weekend\u2019s games on \u201c<strong>ATVN SportsTalk<\/strong>,\u201d broadcasting live on <em>ATVN<\/em> and also streaming the program for free at: <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/youtube.com\/AstoundTVnetwork\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">youtube.com\/AstoundTVnetwork<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now for the latest \u201c<strong>Astounding 10<\/strong>\u2019\u2019 high school football weekly poll for this fall season.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Our pollsters give their selections for who they believe are the top 10 performing football teams that you\u2019ll see on the <em>Astound TV Network<\/em> this fall.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Each voter will select the top 10 teams \u2013 with the top team getting 10 points, 9 for the second best team, 8 for third and so forth.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One caveat \u2013 in order to balance the bigger and smaller schools in the region, each pollster MUST include at least three teams that are NOT a 6A-sized school.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It\u2019s a brand new way to gauge the top teams in Eastern Pennsylvania this fall, and we invite you to check back each week throughout this football season to see which teams make our poll\u2026and who\u2019s listed where, as decided by our diverse group of voters.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One other unique aspect to our poll\u2026the coaches and athletic directors\u2019 names are never revealed so they can vote with their minds\u2026and also avoid any potential \u201cbulletin board\u201d material, so each one can make selections without repercussions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Throughout the years that we have done our poll, the coaches and athletic directors have always maintained very objective opinions.\u00a0 If you look back through our archives, you\u2019ll notice that our pollsters have been amazingly accurate and unbiased in their selections, and our polls\u2019 top teams very often finish similarly in the same order as the \u201cpower points\u201d system that District XI uses when compiling its standings and playoff positionings.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As far as which media members have a say?\u00a0 They will identify themselves on our Thursday \u201c<strong>SportsTalk<\/strong>\u201d show, which, this fall, will be streamed live on <a href=\"http:\/\/youtube.com\/AstoundTVnetwork\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>YouTube<\/strong><\/a> every Thursday at 7pm, in addition to being broadcast on <em>ATVN<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So without any further delay, here\u2019s this week\u2019s edition of the \u201c<strong>Astounding 10<\/strong>\u201d \u2026 (the number in parenthesis is the average points received for each team, with \u201810\u2019 being the maximum.)<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Freedom (9.8)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nazareth (9.2)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Parkland (7.2)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Emmaus (6.4)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Northwestern (6)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Liberty (4.2)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Easton (3.6)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Northampton (2.2)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">North Schuylkill (0.8)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bethlehem Catholic (.06)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Other team(s) receiving more than one mention: Notre Dame-GP, Blue Mountain<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 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