Published August 28. 2026 08:02AM<\/p>\n
Football season is back and this year\u2019s top 10 brings the stable of familiar names looking to start their season\u2019s off with victories.<\/p>\n
The biggest matchup is with the EPC\u2019s undisputed league favorite, as Parkland battles Phillipsburg in a rekindled EPC showdown.<\/p>\n
Freedom heads to Downingtown West, while Easton squares off against CB West in an opening slate of nonleague action.<\/p>\n
And let\u2019s not forget about our Colonial League stalwarts, Southern Lehigh and Northwestern, who both look to make deep runs in the state tournament again this fall.<\/p>\n
1. Parkland<\/p>\n
An old EPC battle reemerges this week with a date against the Stateliners.<\/p>\n
The Pick: Parkland 24- Phillipsburg 14<\/p>\n
2. Freedom<\/p>\n
Pates looking for a big, bounce back season.<\/p>\n
The Pick: Downingtown West 27- Freedom 20<\/p>\n
3. Nazareth<\/p>\n
The post Peyton Falzone era begins for the Blue Eagles.<\/p>\n
The Pick: Nazareth 35- Garnet Valley 24<\/p>\n
4. Bethlehem Catholic<\/p>\n
Hawks might have the best QB in the league.<\/p>\n
The Pick: Bethlehem Catholic 28- Delaware Valley 17<\/p>\n
5. Southern Lehigh<\/p>\n
Spartans look to reload after last years state championship.<\/p>\n
The Pick: Solehi 35- Quakertown 14<\/p>\n
6. Northampton<\/p>\n
Kids could be a sleeper team this year.<\/p>\n
The Pick: Northampton 28- Martin Luther King 20<\/p>\n
7. Northwestern<\/p>\n
Tigers aren\u2019t used to looking up to anyone in the Colonial League.<\/p>\n
The Pick: Northwestern 31- Valley View 24<\/p>\n
8. Easton<\/p>\n
What does Easton have in store after a district title last year?<\/p>\n
The Pick: CB West 21- Easton 17<\/p>\n
9. Liberty<\/p>\n
\u2018Canes hope to build off last years success.<\/p>\n
The Pick: Pennridge 24- Liberty 21<\/p>\n
10. Whitehall<\/p>\n
Can the Zephs be a player in 6A this year?<\/p>\n
The Pick: Whitehall 42- Wilkes-Barre 28<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Published August 28. 2026 08:02AM Football season is back and this year\u2019s top 10 brings the stable of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":274457,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[119,121,120],"class_list":["post-274456","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-allentown","tag-allentown","tag-allentown-headlines","tag-allentown-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/274456","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=274456"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/274456\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/274457"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=274456"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=274456"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=274456"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}