HS Football: Week 2 Preview
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Before we take a look at our first in-season high school football poll and “Pick 4” selections, a quick plug for our “SportsTalk” show, which will be broadcasting on location from the Great Allentown Fair this week.
For the 10th year in a row our shows will feature area cheering squads, marching bands and special guests looking at the new HS football season and catching up with legendary names from local high schools in the Lehigh Valley. Check out the shows in person on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday at 6pm from the Farmerama Theater.
If you can’t make it out to the Fair, you can see the shows on RCN-TV or RCN On-Demand.
Now, here are our first “in-season” high school football polls for teams in the District XI region…
“Big” Schools Poll
1) Emmaus
2) Parkland
3) Freedom
4) Easton
5) Nazareth
Other schools receiving votes: Liberty
“Small” School Poll
2) Palisades
Other schools receiving votes: Northwestern, Notre Dame
Our poll remains in its’ standard, tried-and-true format that we have utilized for many seasons. We will take the 400-male enrollment number as the cutoff for schools within the District XI/RCN-TV footprint. All of the schools above that number qualify as “big schools” in our poll. These schools consist of Parkland, Liberty, Allen, Easton, Emmaus, Dieruff, Freedom, Stroudsburg, Pleasant Valley, Northampton, Nazareth, Whitehall, Southern Lehigh, East Stroudsburg-South, and Pocono Mountain East & West.
“Small schools” (below 400-male enrollment) consist of Bangor, Saucon Valley, Central Catholic, Bethlehem Catholic, Northwestern, Wilson, Palisades, Palmerton, Salisbury, Notre Dame, Pen Argyl, Northern Lehigh and Catasauqua.
Here are our RCN football experts weighing in on four of the biggest high school games this weekend . . .
| The “PICK 4” |
Freedom vs. Bethlehem Catholic | Easton vs. Whitehall | Emmaus vs. Nazareth | Northwestern vs. Salisbury |
| Gary Laubach | Bethlehem Catholic | Easton | Emmaus | Northwestern |
| Tony Cocca | Bethlehem Catholic | Easton | Emmaus | Northwestern |
| Keith Groller | Bethlehem Catholic | Whitehall | Emmaus | Northwestern |
| Chris Michael | Freedom | Easton | Emmaus | Northwestern |
Check back next week for more high school football notes, polls, video highlights and predictions.
