{"id":89267,"date":"2024-11-04T14:16:20","date_gmt":"2024-11-04T14:16:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.astound.com\/atvn\/?p=89267"},"modified":"2024-11-04T14:16:40","modified_gmt":"2024-11-04T14:16:40","slug":"hs-football-highlights-poll-week-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.astound.com\/atvn\/hs-football-highlights-poll-week-12\/","title":{"rendered":"HS Football Highlights &#038; Poll: Week 12"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The high school football playoffs enter week two of the postseason: a quick reminder to bookmark and keep checking back to our website for our broadcast schedule of District XI and PIAA playoff games as we move through the post-season!<\/p>\n<p>Before we unveil this week\u2019s \u201c<strong>Astounding 10<\/strong>\u201d football teams in our Lehigh Valley coverage area, here\u2019s a look back at highlights of games recently broadcast on the <em>Astound TV Network<\/em>\u2026<\/p>\n<p><strong><br \/>\nAstound TV Network Sports:<\/strong> Whitehall vs . Pocono Mountain East (10\/24)<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EJhyplH-Ruc?si=3UI8r62CgcKSvUav\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Astound TV Network Sports:<\/strong> Freedom vs. Liberty (10\/24)<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BsqfboJ9NDE?si=aHVToZTZd16IBNtA\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Astound TV Network Sports:<\/strong> Emmaus vs. Parkland (10\/24)<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TPnRULctlTM?si=POp3MJVQwE39QB0Q\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Now for the latest \u201c<strong>Astounding 10<\/strong>\u2019\u2019 high school football weekly poll for this fall season.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>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.<br \/>\nOne 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.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>Throughout the years that we have done our poll, the coaches and athletic directors have always maintained very objective opinions. 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.<\/p>\n<p>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.)<\/p>\n<p>Easton (10)<br \/>\nFreedom (8.8)<br \/>\nEmmaus (8)<br \/>\nNorthwestern (7)<br \/>\nParkland (6.2)<br \/>\nNazareth (3.8)<br \/>\nSouthern Lehigh (3.6)<br \/>\nEast Stroudsburg South (3.4)<br \/>\nLiberty (1.8)<br \/>\nWhitehall (.8)<\/p>\n<p>Other team(s) receiving more than one mention: Notre Dame &#8211; Green Pond<\/p>\n<p>Bookmark and return to our page each week and check back after this weekend\u2019s game to see if your favorite teams moved up or down in the minds and opinions of our pollsters!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>The views expressed in this blog are 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.<\/em><\/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>The high school football playoffs enter week two of the postseason: a quick reminder to bookmark and keep checking back to our website for our broadcast schedule of District XI and PIAA playoff games as we move through the post-season! 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