EPC girls and boys tournament pairings set

Allentown’s PPL Center will again be the venue for the Eastern Pennsylvania Conference girls and boys basketball tournament semifinals and finals next week.

The EPC will take over the arena for three nights of doubleheaders with the EPC girls semifinals on Monday night, the boys semifinals on Tuesday, and a girlboy championship twin bill on Thursday.

In addition, the league released the pairings for Friday night’s quarterfinals.

In the girls tournament, No. 1 seed Easton (22-0, 16-0) will host No. 8 Stroudsburg (13-9, 9-7) at 6 p.m.; No. 4 Parkland (15-7, 13-3) will host No. 5 Bethlehem Catholic (14-8, 11-5) at 5:35 p.m.; No. 3 Allentown Central Catholic (19-3, 14-2) welcomes No. 6 Nazareth (12-10, 10-6) at 6 p.m. and No. 2 Pocono Mountain West (20-1, 15-1) entertains No. 7 Emmaus (13-9, 10-6) at 6 p.m.

The Easton-Stroudsburg and Parkland-Becahi winners will meet at 8 p.m. Monday in the second game of the semifinal doubleheader. The ACCHS-Nazareth and Pocono Mountain West-Emmaus winners meet in the 6 p.m. opener.

In the boys tournament, the quarterfinal matchups have No. 1 Emmaus (18-4, 14-2) hosting No. 8 Liberty (14-8, 10-6) at 7 p.m., No. 4 ACCHS (14-8, 11-5) entertaining No. 5 Freedom (15-7, 11-5) at 7:45 p.m.; No. 6 Bethlehem Catholic (15-6, 11-5) visiting No. 3 Parkland (13-7, 12-4) at 7:05 p.m. and No. 7 East Stroudsburg South (17-5, 11-5) traveling to Monroe County rival and No. 2 seed Pocono Mountain West (18-4, 13-3) at 7:30 p.m.

When the scene shifts to PPL Center on Tuesday night, the Parkland-Becahi winner will play the Pocono Mountain WestEast Stroudsburg South winner in the first game of the semifinal doubleheader at 6 followed at 8 by the Emmaus-Liberty winner going against the ACCHS-Freedom winner.

Tickets are available at pplcenter.com.

The Parkland boys and the Bethlehem Catholic girls are the defending champs.