Lehigh Valley teams prepared as playoff schedule announced
The Parkland boys and girls teams earned No. 1 seeds for next week’s Eastern Pennsylvania Conference soccer playoffs, the conference announced Friday.
Both the boys and girls tournaments will be played Monday, Wednesday and Saturday. Quarterfinal-round action is set for Monday.
The Colonial League tournaments kick off Saturday with quarterfinal contests.
Moravian Academy secured the top seed for the boys tournament. Defending champ Northwestern Lehigh will be the No. 1 seed for the girls tournament.
EPC BOYS Quarterfinals, Monday
8-Pleasant Valley at 1-Parkland, 5 p.m.
5-Emmaus at 4-Nazareth, 5 p.m.
6-Easton at 3-Freedom, 4 p.m. 7-East Stroudsburg South vs. 2-Central Catholic, 5:30 p.m. at Iron Lakes
Semifinals, Wednesday Championships, Saturday
EPC GIRLS Quarterfinals, Monday
8-Stroudsburg at 1-Parkland, 7 p.m.
5-Emmaus vs. 4-Central Catholic, 3 p.m. at Iron Lakes
6-Pleasant Valley at 3-Easton, 6 p.m.
7-Freedom at 2-Nazareth, 7 p.m.
Semifinals, Wednesday Championships, Saturday COLONIAL LEAGUE BOYS Quarterfinals, Saturday
6-Saucon Valley vs. 3-Southern Lehigh, 2 p.m. at Catasauqua
5-Palisades vs. 4-Northwestern Lehigh, 4 p.m. at Catasauqua Semifinals, Monday Saucon Valley-Southern Lehigh winner vs. 2-Notre Dame-GP, 5 p.m. at Salisbury
Palisades-Northwestern Lehigh winner vs. 1-Moravian Academy, 7 p.m. at Salisbury
Championships, Wednesday
COLONIAL LEAGUE GIRLS Quarterfinals, Saturday
6-Saucon Valley vs. 3-Palmerton, noon at Catasauqua
5-Northern Lehigh vs. 4-Moravian Academy, 10 a.m. at Salisbury
Semifinals, Tuesday
Saucon Valley-Palmerton winner vs. 2-Southern Lehigh, TBA
Palisades-Northwestern Lehigh winner vs. 1-Moravian Academy, TBA
Championships, Thursday