Latest Great 8 and Fab 5 football polls

FROM KEITH GROLLER

These Great 8 and Fab 5 polls were supposed to run in today's sports section. Not sure why they didn't, but here they are entering today's Turkey Day games which involves at least three teams:

GREAT 8

The top Class 4A and 3A teams in The Morning Call coverage area:

Rank/Team/Record/Pts/ Last poll

The first-place votes are in parentheses:

1. Nazareth (3) 11-1 23 1

2. Easton 10-2 21 3

3. Parkland 10-2 18 2

4. Freedom 8-3 15 4

5. Liberty 9-3 12 6

6. Whitehall 8-4 8 5

7. CCHS 7-5 7 7

8. Phillipsburg 7-2 2 8

Others receiving votes: Bangor.

FAB 5

The top Class 2A and A teams in The Morning Call coverage area:

Rank/Team/Record,Pts/Last poll

1. Pen Argyl (3) 12-0 15 1

2. Northern Lehigh 10-2 11 2

3. Pius X 11-1 8 3

4. Catasauqua 7-4 7 4

5. Northwestern 5-5 4 5

Others receiving votes: None.

First-place totals in parentheses. Participating in the voting are Keith Groller, Tom Housenick and Stephen Miller. Points are awarded on a 8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis for Great 8 and 5-4-3-2-1 for Fab 5.

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