What: District XI Tournament
Who: No.5 seed Emmaus (12-5) vs No.4 seed Freedom (18-3)
When/where: Thursday 6 p.m./Freedom HS
Coverage: Twitter (@Emmaussports.com & @EmmausBoysVBall)
What’s on line: A berth in the semifinals next Tuesday vs winner of No.1 Whitehall/No.8 Nazareth
Coaches: Emmaus – Ken Dunkle (5th season), Freedom – Joe Yanek
Head-to-head matchup: Freedom won 3-1 @ Emmaus on April 23
Emmaus history in districts: Won titles in 2018, 2017, 2013, ’12, ’11, ’99, ’98 and ’94 ….finished runner-up in ’15, ’14, ’08 and ’02
Key players: Emmaus – Sr. L Harrison Dottery, Sr. MH Owen Kennedy, Sr. MH Mark Swedberg, Sr. MH/OPP Bryce Diehl, Soph. S Gannon DeFrain, Jr. MH Miguel Abadilla, So. OH Nick Blose, Jr. MH/OPP Noah Szankovics, Sr. OH Stephen Reynolds (out with ACL injury)
Freedom – Sr. OH Brad Turocy, Jr. David Barnes, Jr. Thales Maciel, Jr. Ryan Crew, Soph. Dan Ramirez
District XI Tournament – Thursday
No.8 Nazareth @ No.1 Whitehall
No.7 Easton @ No.2 Delaware Valley
No.6 Liberty @ No.3 Parkland
No.5 Emmaus @ No. 4 Freedom
Semifinals – Tuesday, May 21 @ Catasauqua (5:30 & 7 pm)
Finals – Thursday, May 23 @ Catasauqua (7 pm)