The Whitehall field hockey team made it to the EPC playoffs but had a tough task in traveling to Nazareth.

The girls kept it close at the half, but eventually the Blue Eagles pulled away to win 3-1.

Lydia Keppel scored for the Zephs in the first half to help Whitehall tie it by halftime 1-1. Emma Kunkle scored on an assist by Ava DePeitro in the first half for Nazareth.

But Olivia Seidel and Gianna Perillo would score in the second half to help Nazareth pull away. DePietro assisted on Seidel’s goal.

Lilianna Trocki was good in net for Whitehall, saving 13. Teagan Moore had two saves for the Eagles.

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The EPC cross country meet took place on Tuesday at DeSales.

Marli Jacobus led the way for the Zephs taking 37th for the girls with a time of 22:22.4. Ashley Mendoza was 51st for the girls in 23:23.0.

The boys were led by Aiden Borkenhagen who was 71st. He had a time of 19:45.9. Habib Leyos was 79th in 20:06.0.

EPC Cross Country

Championships

Boys

Team Standings

1. Parkland (Park) 54, 2. Allentown Central Catholic (ACC) 64, 3. Emmaus (Emm) 88, 4. Nazareth (Naz) 96, 5. Freedom (Free) 137, 6. Easton (Eas) 145, 7. Stroudsburg (Str) 193, 8. Liberty (Lib) 248, 9. ES North (ESN) 295, 10. PM East (PME) 309, 11. Whitehall (Whi) 345, 12. Pleasant Valley (PV) 345, 13. ES South (ESS) 354, 14. Bethlehem Catholic (BC) 374, 15. Dieruff (D) 389.

Top 10 overall

1. Dylan Boyle (Free) 16:32.2, 2. Duke Ebert (ACC) 16:54.0, 3. Evan Guydish (Eas) 16:58.8, 4. Luke McEvoy (Park) 17:00.6, 5. Jacob Casey (Naz) 17:02.5, 6. Conor Fisher (Emm) 17:02.5, 7. Brayden Boyle (Free) 17:05.2, 8. Will Haring (ACC) 17:08.6, 9. Aiden Nieman (Str) 17:15.2, 10. Cole Orloski (Park) 17:16.2.

WHS boy finishers

71. 19:45.90, Aiden Borkenhagen, 79. 20:06.00, Habib Leyos, 89. 20:29.70, Jackson Rozycki, 90. 20:42.40, Zarius Sabater, 101. 21:19.70, Omar Omar, 110. 21:58.00, Derek Jimenez, 115. 22:16.20, Kihan Resto.

Girls

Team Standings

1. Easton 43, 2. Emmaus 52, 3. Parkland 93, 4. Nazareth 123, 5. Liberty 138, 6. Allentown Central Catholic 138, 7. Stroudsburg 210, 8. Freedom 217, 9. Northampton 237, 10. Whitehall 276, 11. ES South 298, 12. ES North 343.

Top 10 overall

1. Madelyn McCartney (Emm) 18:52.5, 2. Katie Drabouski (Lib) 19:03.5, 2. Elizabeth McClarin (Lib) 19:36.5, 4. Payton Campbell (Emm) 19:51.1, 5. Faith Belote (Eas) 19:59.1, 6. Vivian Clark (Eas) 20:09.3, 7. Harshita Keerthi (Park) 20:17.9, 8. Nishi Patel (Park) 20:29.6, 9. Temiloluwa Adebayo (Eas) 20:41.2, 10. Isabella Scarlata (Emm) 20:41.6.

WHS girl finishers

37. 22:22.40, Marli Jacobus, 51. 23:23.00, 82. 26:00.80, Kathy Chen, 83. 26:01.50, Isabelle Daigle, 89. 26:34.70, Emma Sargent, 93. 27:29.60, Holly Kotch, 94. 27:45.40, Marissa Gaudiuso.