Matchup: No.5 seed Emmaus (9-3) vs No.3 seed Freedom (10-2)
When/Where: Friday/Whitehall High School
Time: 7:05 p.m. (6:30 p.m. pregame show)
What’s on the line: District XI 6A Championship. Winner advances to PIAA state playoffs
Coverage: Internet radio (www.easternpasportsnetwork.com), Twitter (@Emmaussports.com), Facebook (Emmaus Football)
Coaches: Emmaus: (Harold Fairclough, 6th season, 43-18); Freedom: (Jason Roeder, 17th season)
Results to date: Emmaus def. Stroudsburg 51-0, def. Freedom 13-6; lost to CCHS 21-0, def. Whitehall 26-7, def. ES North 84-0, def. Becahi 41-3, def. Liberty 35-0, def. Nazareth 35-7, lost to Easton 17-13, lost to Parkland 25-14, def. Nazareth 20-19, def. Parkland 21-14
Freedom: def. Allen 54-12, lost to Emmaus 13-6, def. Easton 31-17, lost to Parkland 19-15, def. Nazareth 38-21, def. CCHS 42-7, def. Whitehall 41-12, def. PV 42-0, def. BC 24-21, def. Liberty 28-13, def. Easton 44-14, def. Northampton 21-9
Points per game – Em 353 (30 ppg), Free 386 (32)
Points against – Em 119 (9.5), Free 158 (13.1)
Players to keep an eye on: Emmaus – Soph. QB Josiah Williams (96-207, 1,590 yards, 15 TD/12 Int), Jr. RB Tylik Jarvis (63 car., 483 yards, 6 TD), Sr. Jaiden Robinson (29 recept., 468 yards, 5 TD), Sr. RB/LB Jared Groller (68 car., 356, 11 TDs), Sr. RB Sam Moratori (50 car., 463 yards, 3 TD), Jr. LB Aidan Garrett, Sr. OL Dylan McHugh, WR Chase Fotta (12 recept., 304 yards)
Freedom: Sr. OT/DL Braelin Moore (45 tackles, 7 sacks), SR OG/DL Juan Feliciano, Sr. QB Brian Taylor (85-164, 1,374 yards, 15 TD/11 Int.; 103 car., 504 yards, 8 TD), Sr. RB Deante Crawford (217 car., 1,397 yards, 22 TD), Jr. WR/LB Owen Johnson (24 rec., 528 yards, 6 TD, 64 tackles), Jr. Ethan Neidig (22 rec., 342 yards, 6 TD), Jr. WR/DB Jalen Fletcher (15 rec., 207 yards, 2 TD)
EXTRA POINTS – Emmaus and Freedom meet for the second time this season and for the second time in the last four years in the District XI 6A championship game. In that title game back in 2018, the Patriots rolled to a 49-17 win over the Hornets in a game played at Nazareth. When the two teams met back earlier this season on Sept. 10, the Hornets defeated the Patriots in a low-scoring 13-6 affair at EPSD Stadium ….Emmaus has won two straight road games in the playoffs, while Freedom has won eight in a row …. The Patriots have been the team to end Emmaus’ season four of the last five years in the post-season