What: Eastern Pennsylvania Conference Semifinals
Who: No.1 seed Emmaus (17-1) vs No.4 seed CCHS (10-6)
When: Wednesday 7:30 p.m. @ Northampton HS
Coverage: LIVE The Eastern Pa. Sports Network (Pregame: 7:15 pm.). Link: https://easternpasportsnet1.mixlr.com/events/3397095
Coaches – Em: Justin Fuhrman (1st season), CC: Will Odenthal (2nd season)
What’s at stake: Winner advances to Tuesday, May 14 EPC title game at 7:30 p.m. vs winner No.2 Parkland/No.3 Easton
Season series: Emmaus 1-0 (14-11)
Probable starters: Em – Att. Jr. Jewlien Torres (11g/11a), Att Sr. Will Barber (83g/47a), Att. Sr. Liam Rooney (51g/14a), MF Jr. Kaleb Mains (35g/7a), MF Sr. Jahkari Christian, MF Jr. Gabe Chies (10g/6a), Def. Sr. John Wassel, Def. Sr. Erick Wentz, Def. Sr. Zach Yenawine, GK Sr. Sam Rainford (192 saves). Others: Sr. Marcus Puentes (10g/8a), Sr. Michael Chies, Jr. Reilly Bechtel
CCHS – Att. Jr. James McCarthy (27g/36a), Att. Sr. Luke Schimko (31g/35a), Att. Quinn Driscoll (12g/9a), MF Soph. Jack Restino (22g/9a), MF Jr. Mike Restino (46g/16a), MF Soph. Tate Shoemaker (27g/18a), Def. Sr. John Peters, Def. Sr. Jack Foley, Def. Jr. Jose Santiago, GK Jr. Chris Burke, FO Soph. Mason Cesanek
History: Emmaus and CCHS meet for the second time this season with a berth in the EPC championship game on the line. The Hornets won the first meeting 14-11 back on March 26 at Salisbury HS. The last time Emmaus won a league title was back in 2012 when they beat Nazareth 13-4. CCHS won back-to-back titles in ’22 and ’21 …The Hornets defeated the Vikes in the 2011 finals (8-7) and 2010 (16-3) … Easton is the defending champ after defeating Parkland in last year’s final 14-7.