HS Football 2019: Week 6
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First of all, a programming alert that we will be having a preview of this weekend’s big Penn State/Maryland Big 10 showdown on this week’s “RCN SportsTalk,” in addition to an exclusive Skype interview with current All-American Tailback Shane Simpson (a former Easton product now playing for Towson). Plus, high school fall sports features, previews of this weekend’s games and a feature on DMV sports legend Bob Headen, in a jammed-packed show for you this Thursday, live at 7pm on RCN-TV and available through RCN On-Demand!
Also, be sure to enjoy a special weekend on RCN as we present exclusive coverage of the Celtic Classic, including the National Highland Athletics Championships, the Tartan Parade, and some of the finest entertainers and musical groups from around the world, performing at this year’s event.
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In case you missed last year’s “Pick 4” contest, Keith Groller “lost” (aka, had the fewest number of correct football game predictions) and had to perform Fortnite dance moves live on our “SportsTalk” program. Since he was such a ‘grateful loser” (aka, he still complains that the contest that he oversaw each week was rigged against him, with the Russians somehow involved), I told him back in June he could come up with whatever he would like to do, to whomever lost THIS year’s contest (there’s no way he’d lose two years in a row, right?).
Well, after forgetting to do so each week for over two months but vowing each time he’d come up with something the following week (and then claiming that he never made that promise–until we showed him footage of previous shows), he finally decided to defer to the Pen Argyl football team, who were our guests on “SportsTalk.” Keith said he’ll leave it to them and do whatever they came up with as the task that we all would have to adhere to. (By the way, Keith did suggest having the loser doing something with shoveling manure, but both the players and I agreed that was way too gross).
So after some careful deliberation, the student-athletes came up with this year’s “prize” to whomever had the least number of correct predictions…
Running.
That’s right, the students said they would like to see their favorite RCN personality run a lap around a track. Now, thanks to the RCN-TV HD cameras you can clearly see that not all of us are in the best physical condition (some more than others) of our careers. However, we are willing to risk our health, pull muscles galore and even sacrifice our entire bodies…just for our customers’ amusement!
Needless to say, I speak for all the announcers when I say that we are completely thrilled and excited about the possibility for this fall’s task for one of us “lucky” participants.
In a completely unrelated story that clearly as nothing to do with the results of our Pick 4 contest, we are also on the lookout for young and fit RCN broadcaster-lookalikes for a yet-to-be-announced project coming up later this year (right around the time high school football season comes to an end;). If you know anyone that might fit that bill, please have them email me at chris.michael@rcn.net
In the meantime, if anyone can recommend some quality litiment that works wonders, I’d be much obliged.
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Speaking of the “Pick 4” contest, here are this week’s picks as our RCN football experts (along with myself) weighing in on four of the biggest high school games this weekend…
| The “PICK 4” | Liberty vs. Emmaus | East Stroudsburg South vs. Northampton | Parkland vs. Nazareth | Wilson vs. Pen Argyl |
| Gary Laubach | Emmaus | Northampton | Nazareth | Wilson |
| Tony Cocca | Emmaus | Northampton | Nazareth | Wilson |
| Keith Groller | Emmaus | East Stroudsburg South | Nazareth | Wilson |
| John Leone | Emmaus | East Stroudsburg South | Parkland | Wilson |
| Chris Michael | Emmaus | East Stroudsburg South | Parkland | Wilson |
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.
The loser better have a good pair of track shoes!
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The majority of last week’s RCN game viewers’ poll here on our website had Liberty and Bethlehem Catholic as the favored teams to win, although both teams ended up losing by significant margins on Friday.
Don’t forget to try again this week by voting and giving your opinions on who will win RCN’s Friday high school game and Saturday’s Penn/Lafayette contest!
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And now, here are this week’s high school football polls for District XI teams…
“Big” Schools Poll
1) Easton
2) Nazareth
3) Freedom
5) Parkland
“Small” Schools Poll
2) Northwestern
Check back each week here at “The Shop” to see if your favorite teams make our list.
