Congratulations to East Stroudsburg South and Northwestern for already capturing District XI championships in their respective classifications last weekend. Also, best of luck to those going after the 4A and 6A titles coming up this week (both championship games will be broadcast LIVE on ATVN this week!)
Before we unveil our second last edition of the “Astounding 10” football teams in our Lehigh Valley coverage area, here’s a look back at highlights of games recently broadcast on the Astound TV Network…
Astound TV Network Sports: Freedom vs. Parkland (11/24)
Astound TV Network Sports: Whitehall vs. East Stroudsburg South (11/24)
Astound TV Network Sports: Liberty vs. Parkland (11/24)
Now for the latest “Astounding 10’’ high school football weekly poll for this fall season.
Our pollsters give their selections for who they believe are the top 10 performing football teams that you’ll see on the Astound TV Network this fall.
Each voter will select the top 10 teams – with the top team getting 10 points, 9 for the second best team, 8 for third and so forth.
One caveat – 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.
It’s 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…and who’s listed where, as decided by our diverse group of voters.
One other unique aspect to our poll…the coaches and athletic directors’ names are never revealed so they can vote with their minds…and also avoid any potential “bulletin board” material, so each one can make selections without repercussions.
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’ll notice that our pollsters have been amazingly accurate and unbiased in their selections, and our polls’ top teams very often finish similarly in the same order as the “power points” system that District XI uses when compiling its standings and playoff positionings.
So without any further delay, here’s this week’s edition of the “Astounding 10” … (the number in parenthesis is the average points received for each team, with ‘10’ being the maximum.)
- Emmaus (10)
- Parkland (9)
- Easton (7.2)
- Northwestern (7)
- Freedom (6.6)
- East Stroudsburg South (2.6)
- Nazareth (2.4)
- Liberty (2.2)
- So. Lehigh (1.2)
- Becahi (.6)
Other team(s) receiving more than one mention: (none)
Coming up this week we’ll have live coverage of our poll’s #1 versus #2 teams as they play for the district 11 6a championship on Friday. We’ll also have the number 9 and 10 teams facing off against each other for the 4A title game – which we will also broadcast live on Thursday. Last but not least we’ll have our number four ranked team, Northwestern, play their first state playoff game against Conwell Egan.Bookmark and return to our page each week and check back after this weekend’s game to see if your favorite teams moved up or down in the minds and opinions of our pollsters. And, be sure to check out the FINAL poll of the season next week, right here at “The SportsTalk Shop!”
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.
