{"id":8526,"date":"2013-08-27T21:55:56","date_gmt":"2013-08-28T01:55:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/?p=8526"},"modified":"2013-08-27T21:56:28","modified_gmt":"2013-08-28T01:56:28","slug":"kennett-avon-grove-game-at-risk-of-losing-lead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/?p=8526","title":{"rendered":"Kennett-Avon Grove game at risk of losing its lead"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;\">Rival football matchup closing gap in hopes of winning local TV exposure<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/HS_Blitz_720x406.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-8527\" style=\"border: 2px solid black; margin: 4px;\" alt=\"HS_Blitz_720x406\" src=\"http:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/HS_Blitz_720x406-300x281.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"281\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/HS_Blitz_720x406-300x281.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/HS_Blitz_720x406.jpg 393w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Time is running out to vote for the season-opening Kennett-Avon Grove football game so it will be featured in the debut of \u201cNBC10 High School Blitz\u201d on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>The new weekly show will feature a \u201cGame of the Week,\u201d to be announced on Wednesday evening, chosen by the viewing public from three choices. Although the Kennett-Avon Grove contest jumped out to an early lead, Easton at Pennsbury has been gaining ground. The other contender is Northeast at Neshaminy.<\/p>\n<p>The winning matchup will receive extended post-game coverage during the network\u2019s news broadcast at 11 p.m. on Friday as well as during the Saturday night program, which will air at 7 p.m.\u00a0 To vote, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nbcphiladelphia.com\">www.nbcphiladelphia.com<\/a> or call 610-624-4111.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->This week\u2019s Kennett game will offer free admission to celebrate the new stadium lighting. Made possible by the Demon Lights Committee, which raised $225,000,\u00a0 metal halide lamps will shine onto the field from 70-foot poles. The illumination will be celebrated as the \u201cWhite Out\u201d game, and the first 500 attendees will receive white T-shirts to commemorate the event. The gates will open at 6 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>One last fund-raiser is planned to cover the remaining costs for the lights.\u00a0 The Demon Lights Committee is seeking volunteers to hand out wristbands at the Mushroom Festival, which runs Sept. 7-8.\u00a0 To volunteer, email:\u00a0 <a href=\"mailto:ba**@*********ts.com\" data-original-string=\"prY5ZLQdnu5Y1giR6\/NBmg==750LHZmApAq5EiPd\/EoiP\/TRXGSs5FgLgnKCPWJRWIB3\/U=\" title=\"This contact has been encoded by Anti-Spam by CleanTalk. Click to decode. To finish the decoding make sure that JavaScript is enabled in your browser.\"><span \n                data-original-string='7OfHPOjWkW6GsN17Qktopg==750FrPsqvE0xSPKgYDox3tKhNQEkQImC6nsqSz+g\/fJjTs='\n                class='apbct-email-encoder'\n                title='This contact has been encoded by Anti-Spam by CleanTalk. Click to decode. To finish the decoding make sure that JavaScript is enabled in your browser.'>ba<span class=\"apbct-blur\">**<\/span>@<span class=\"apbct-blur\">*********<\/span>ts.com<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rival football matchup closing gap in hopes of winning local TV exposure Time is running out to vote for the season-opening Kennett-Avon Grove football game so it will be featured in the debut of \u201cNBC10 High School Blitz\u201d on Saturday. The new weekly show will feature a \u201cGame of the Week,\u201d to be announced on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":8527,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4,9],"tags":[3128,79,3156,3127],"class_list":["post-8526","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-featured","category-schools","tag-demon-lights-committee","tag-kennett-high-school","tag-kennett-avon-grove","tag-nbc10-high-school-blitz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8526","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8526"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8526\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8527"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8526"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8526"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8526"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}