Published November 07. 2025 09:52AM<\/p>\n
The first week of the postseason is out of the way, but things get tougher as we head into the semifinal rounds in most of the matchups this week.<\/p>\n
The marquee showdown this week takes place at Cottingham Stadium, as Liberty travels to Easton in the most entertaining game of the weekend.<\/p>\n
Parkland and Nazareth always make things interesting and the rivalry between Bethlehem Catholic and Central Catholic has another chapter this Thursday.<\/p>\n
1. Easton (11-0)<\/p>\n
Last week\u2019s rank: #1<\/p>\n
Can Easton hold off Liberty\u2019s offense?<\/p>\n
The Pick: Liberty 24- Easton 21<\/p>\n
2. Parkland (11-0)<\/p>\n
Last week\u2019s rank: #2<\/p>\n
Parkland will be tested, but don\u2019t think Nazareth can pull off the upset.<\/p>\n
The Pick: Parkland 28- Nazareth 21<\/p>\n
3. Liberty (8-3)<\/p>\n
Last week\u2019s rank: #3<\/p>\n
\u2018Canes are looking forward to this rematch.<\/p>\n
The Pick: Liberty 24- Easton 21<\/p>\n
4. Nazareth (8-3)<\/p>\n
Last week\u2019s rank: #4<\/p>\n
Do the Blue Eagles have an ace up their sleeve in this one?<\/p>\n
The Pick: Parkland 28- Nazareth 21<\/p>\n
5. Northwestern (11-0)<\/p>\n
Last week\u2019s rank: #6<\/p>\n
Tigers staring at a showdown with Notre Dame a week from now.<\/p>\n
The Pick: Northwestern 42- North Schuylkill 17<\/p>\n
6. Whitehall (9-2)<\/p>\n
Last week\u2019s rank: #7<\/p>\n
Zephs will be district champs.<\/p>\n
The Pick: Whitehall 38- Pocono Mountain East 21<\/p>\n
7.Southern Lehigh (10-1)<\/p>\n
Last week\u2019s rank: #8<\/p>\n
This one could be tougher than advertised for Solehi.<\/p>\n
The Pick: Southern Lehigh 42- Blue Mountain 21<\/p>\n
8. Bethlehem Catholic (7-4)<\/p>\n
Last week\u2019s rank: #9<\/p>\n
Hawks need to play better than what they showed a week ago.<\/p>\n
The Pick: Bethlehem Catholic 27- Central Catholic 21<\/p>\n
9. Freedom (5-6)<\/p>\n
Last week\u2019s rank: #5<\/p>\n
Pates season comes to an end.<\/p>\n
10. Notre Dame (11-0)<\/p>\n
Last week\u2019s rank: #10<\/p>\n
Crusaders are the quietest undefeated team.<\/p>\n
The Pick: Notre Dame 49- Tamaqua 25<\/p>\n
\u2022 Last week\u2019s record: 9-0<\/p>\n
\u2022 Season record: 78-11<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Published November 07. 2025 09:52AM The first week of the postseason is out of the way, but things…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1834,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[119,121,120],"class_list":{"0":"post-27804","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-allentown","8":"tag-allentown","9":"tag-allentown-headlines","10":"tag-allentown-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27804","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=27804"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27804\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1834"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27804"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27804"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27804"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}