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LEHIGH VALLEY WEATHER

Article By: The Press

The Eastern Pennsylvania Conference held quarterfinal playoff games in field hockey and soccer Saturday. The semifinal round will be played Tuesday at neutral sites. For more about your local varsity teams see this week’s editions of the Lehigh Valley Press newspapers.

FIELD HOCKEY

Pocono Mountain East-Liberty

The Hurricanes beat the Cardinals 2-1 in overtime.

Sadie Abbound scored the game-winner in the second overtime for Liberty, which is the No. 3 seed and will meet Stroudsburg in the next round. Anissa Abbound scored a goal and assisted on the game-winner. Sam Taylor also had an assist for the Hurricanes.

Jaden Wittel scored Pocono Mountain East’s only goal.

Parkland-Stroudsburg

The Mountaineers edged Parkland 1-0.

Lizzy Cunningham scored the game’s only goal, assisted by Julianna Sweeeney.

Parkland was out-shot 17-2 but goal keeper Brie Barraco made 13 saves in the game. Stroudsburg also held a 20-2 advantage in corners.

The No. 2 seed Mounties will move on to face Liberty in the next round.

Whitehall-Emmaus

The Hornets beat the Zephyrs 6-0.

Emmaus goals were scored by Meredith Sholder (2), Leah Zellner (2), Kira Koehler and Kayla Kisthardt.

The top-seeded and defending state champ Hornets move on to face Northampton in the next round.

Easton-Northampton

The Konkrete Kids beat the Red Rovers 2-1 in double overtime.

No information about the game was received by the Press.

Northampton, the No. 4 seed, will move on to face top-seeded Emmaus in Tuesday’s semifinals.

BOYS SOCCER

Pocono Mountain East-Allen

The Cardinals beat the Canaries 1-0.

Doug Giota scored the game’s only goal for Pocono Mountain East, the No. 5 seed which will meet top-seeded Liberty in the next round.

Northampton-Parkland

The Trojans beat the Konkrete Kids 4-0.

Parkland, the No. 2 seed, got goals from four different players, including Owen Iacobelli, Conley Hochstetler, Dawson Berger and Andrew Luchansky. Assists went to Berger and Josh Kiser.

The Trojans will meet either No. 3 seed Stroudsburg or No. 6 Central Catholic in Tuesday’s semifinal.

Emmaus-Liberty

The Hurricanes scored in the first overtime period to beat the Hurricanes 2-1.

Top-seeded Liberty advances to face Pocono Mountain East in the next round.

GIRLS SOCCER

Whitehall-Pleasant Valley

The Zephyrs beat the Bears 2-1.

Kylee Cunningham scored both Whitehall goal, with assists from Kate Bonshak on both. Kay Solderitch made nine saves in the Zephyr cage.

Daryb Reiss scored Pleasant Valley’s goal.

Whitehall, the No. 8 seed, will move and face top-seeded Parkland Tuesday.

Central Catholic-Emmaus

The Hornets beat the Vikettes 3-0.

Kellie Reith, Amy Lineberger and Sophie Pickering scored goals for the No. 3 seed Hornets, which will move on to face No. 2 seed Easton or No. 5 Stroudsburg in the semifinals.

Liberty-Parkland

The Trojans beat the Hurricanes 8-0.

Information about the game was not received by the Press.

The top-seeded Trojans will move on to face Pleasant Valley in the semifinals.

PRESS PHOTO BY NANCY SCHOLZ Sophie Pickerting scored one of Emmaus' three goals in Saturday's league playoff win over Central Catholic. For more about the game see this week's East Penn Press.