HS Football 2019: Week 10
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It’s an extra-busy week “sports-wise” for us at the RCN Studio as the high school football playoffs are almost upon us, and the other fall sports’ post-season are already underway as we bring the playoff coverage home to you on RCN-TV.
Our “SportsTalk” cameras were on hand for last weekend’s girls volleyball championship between Parkland and Bethlehem Catholic and we’ll have highlights and post-match reactions on this Thursday’s program. While the Lehigh Valley has usually featured some of the top volleyball programs in the state, this year was a particularly competitive season with many top individual and teams’ performances and the “favored” teams not always getting the better of the underdog in matches this autumn.
The Lafayette football team also has an important stretch of games coming up. Despite their 0-7 record, the Leopards have Patriot League contests coming up against Bucknell and Fordham (both games can be seen on RCN). If they can string together a couple victories the next two weeks, it would give them a chance at the conference title. We’ll have interviews with Head Coach John Garrett and his players on this Thursday’s show as well.
Another big event coming up…the historic 100th meeting between the Bangor and Pen Argyl football program that will be taking place on Saturday. It’s an event that has literally been decades in the making and one the entire Slate Belt area has been looking forward to, with much more on the line than a “W.”
For more on this game, check out our “SportsTalk” podcast for interviews with Head Coaches Paul Reduzzi, John Smith and players from both teams as they discuss this rivalry over the years and preview Saturday’s big event.
Last but not least, we’ll get a live report from Washington on the Nationals and Astros in the World Series. Team980-AM Radio’s Nationals’ beat reporter Luke Monaldo will be on our program to recap the first two games of the and give us a preview of Friday’s Game 3, plus talk about the status of a few players the Phillies (and several other teams) might covent should they reach the free agent market after the Series concludes.
Now, for this week’s high school football poll for District XI teams…
“Big” Schools Poll
1) Nazareth
2) Freedom
3) Parkland
4) Northampton
5) Easton
“Small” Schools Poll
2) Northwestern
Also receiving multiple votes: Notre Dame
Check back each week here at “The Shop” to see if your favorite teams make our list!
Now, here are our RCN football experts (along with myself) weighing in on four of the biggest high school games this weekend…
| The “PICK 4” | Nazareth @ Easton |
Northampton @ Whitehall |
Allen @ Dieruff |
Pen Argyl @ Bangor |
| Gary Laubach | Nazareth | Northampton | Allen | Pen Argyl |
| Tony Cocca | Nazareth | Northampton | Allen | Bangor |
| Keith Groller | Nazareth | Northampton | Allen | Pen Argyl |
| John Leone | Nazareth | Northampton | Allen | Pen Argyl |
| Chris Michael | Nazareth | Northampton | Allen | Bangor |
Keep following along each week here at “The Shop” for our predictions ahead of the weekend’s high school action and tune-in to our “RCN SportsTalk” television show for the latest “standings” to see which of our local football personalities are most correctly predicting the high school games this fall.
Also, be sure to check out the “fan voting” section of RCN-TV’s games each week here on our website to let your opinions be known as well! Last week, Parkland fans edged out Easton in our voting by a close margin…unfortunately for Rovers fans, the Trojans prediction turned out to be correct with a 27-9 win last Friday. Best of luck picking this weekend’s match-ups!
