Matchup: Freedom (1-0) @ Emmaus (1-0)
When/Where: Friday/EPSD Stadium
Time: 7 p.m. (6:30 p.m. pregame show)
Coverage: Internet radio (www.easternpasportsnetwork.com), Twitter (@Emmaussports.com), Facebook (Emmaus Football)
Coaches: Emmaus: (Harold Fairclough, 6th season, 35-15); Freedom: (Jason Roeder, 17th season, 110-69)
Players to keep an eye on: Emmaus – Sr. RB/LB Jared Groller, Soph. QB Josiah Williams, Sr. WR/CB Jaiden Robinson, Sr. OL/DL Dylan McHugh, Jr. RB/LB Tylik Jarvis, Sr. TE/LB Jaden Delgado, Sr. TE/LB Dave Iobst
Freedom: Sr. OT/DL Braelin Moore, SR OG/DL Juan Feliciano, Sr. QB Brian Taylor, Sr. RB Deante Crawford, Jr. WR/LB Owen Johnson, Jr. WR/DB Jalen Fletcher
Game notes: Both teams enter the matchup with lopsided wins in Week 0 – Emmaus 51-0 over Stroudsburg and Freedom 54-12 over Allen. The Hornets rolled behind 4 TDs from running back Tylik Jarvis and a pair of scores from wide receiver Jaiden Robinson, while the defense kept Stroudsburg out of the end zone … Freedom got a four-TD effort from RB Crawford who had 165 yards on just 5 carries ….Emmaus will be looking to end a six-game losing streak to the Patriots, who have ended the Hornets season in four of the last five years. Emmaus has also lost 8 of the last 10 matchups since 2013 (last win: 2016, 37-35)
EPC Standings:
South Div – EMMAUS 1-0, Freedom 1-0, Easton 1-0, Liberty 1-0, CCHS 1-0, Nazareth 1-0, Whitehall 1-0, Parkland 0-0, Becahi 0-1
North Div – Northampton 1-0, Stroudsburg 0-1, PM West 0-1, PM East 0-1, Allen 0-1, ES North 0-1, ES South 0-1, Dieruff 0-1, Pleasant Valley 0-0