EPC, Colonial League tournament fields set
It took the power rankings system to sort out the Eastern Pennsylvania Conference boys bracket, but the EPC and Colonial League boys and girls basketball tournaments are now set.
The 2018-19 postseason officially begins Friday night.
Eastern Pennsylvania Conference
In EPC boys, the last two in were Central Catholic and Easton. The Vikings and Red Rovers were in a four-way tie at 9-7 with Pocono Mountain West and Parkland.
The power rankings were used to give the No. 7 spot to Central Catholic and No. 8 to Easton.
So, it will be Easton at No. 1 Bethlehem Catholic and Central Catholic at No. 2 Emmaus in boys games Friday night.
Also, No. 6 Allen will play at No. 3 Pocono Mountain East and No. 5 Freedom visits No. 4 Nazareth.
The CCHS-Emmaus game is a 6 p.m. start. Allen-Pocono East will start at 7 p.m.
The other two games — at Becahi and Nazareth will start at 7:30 since they are the second game of girl-boy doubleheaders.
On the girls side, No. 8 Pleasant Valley is at No. 1 Becahi. No. 7 Central Catholic is at No. 2 Northampton, No. 6 Pocono Mountain West is at No. 3 Nazareth and No. 5 Parkland is at No. 4 Freedom.
The games at Becahi and Nazareth are 6 p.m. The games at Northampton will start at 7 p.m.
The EPC boys semis are set for Tuesday and the girls semis are scheduled for Wednesday at a neutral site to be determined. The EPC will have a girl-boy championship doubleheader beginning at 6 p.m. on Feb. 15.
Colonial League
In Colonial League boys, Moravian Academy and Southern Lehigh are division champs and get byes into Wednesday night’s semis at Catasauqua High School.
No. 2 seed Southern Lehigh will play either Northern Lehigh or Notre Dame at 6 p.m. Wednesday and top-seeded Moravian Academy faces either Wilson or Bangor at 7:30.
The quarterfinals are set for Saturday with Northern Lehigh playing at Notre Dame at 7 p.m. Wilson at Bangor also at 7 p.m.
In Colonial girls, Saturday’s quarterfinals have No. 6 Moravian Academy playing at No. 3 Northwestern Lehigh and No. 5 Wilson playing at No. 4 Bangor.
The Moravian-Northwestern game will be played at 6 p.m. while Wilson will visit Bangor at 5 p.m..
No. 1 seed Notre Dame will play the Wilson-Bangor winner at 7:30 Tuesday night at Catasauqua in the semifinals. The Moravian-Northwestern winner will play No. 2 seed Southern Lehigh at 6 p.m. Tuesday.
A girl-boy championship doubleheader on Feb. 15 at a site to be determined will cap the Colonial League tournament. The girls game will start at 6 p.m.
The defending champs are Bethlehem Catholic in both EPC girls and boys and the Bangor boys and Southern Lehigh girls.