Matchup: Emmaus (3-5) vs Allen (3-5)
When/Where: Friday 7 p.m./JBC Stadium
Last meeting: 2025 – Emmaus 42-6
Last week: Emmaus defeated Dieruff 42-0; Allen lost to Whitehall 45-20
Coaches: Whitehall – Emmaus: Harold Fairclough (11th season); Allen: Joel Rupp (4th season)
Players to keep an eye on:
Emmaus – Jr. QB Kellen Hafner (79 of 137, 889 yards, 6 TD/4 Int), Sr. RB/LB Jay Santos (45 car., 466 yards, 5 TD), Sr. RB Anthony Attar (64-434-8), Sr. WR Jamaad Sanders (13 rec., 175 yards, 1 TD), Sr. TE/LB Mason Lenig (15-148-2)
Allen – Sr. QB Julian Pagan (71 of 132, 1,004 yards, 14 TD/3 Int), Sr. WR Jaylen Walker (34 rec., 385 yards, 3 TD), Sr. RB Michael Taylor (82 car., 388 yards, 3 TD), Sr. WR/LB TeShon Gaynair (15-269-5)
GAME NOTES – Emmaus plays its final road game of the regular-season traveling back to J. Birney Crum Stadium for the third time this season. The Hornets are 1-1 at JBC defeating Dieruff last week and losing to Central Catholic …RB Jay Santos rushed for a career-high 200 yards and 3 TDs in the win over Dieruff, the 500th win in program history … Defensively, senior Mason Lenig leads the team with 69 tackles on the season followed by junior Nik Castro (52) and senior Shane Leyden (36) …After starting the season 3-1, Allen has dropped four in a row losing to Becahi (51-0), Parkland (42-14), CCHS (31-6) and Whitehall (45-20). The Canaries wins have come against Edison/Fareira Skills (39-0), Martin Luther King (31-23) and ES North (47-0) … Allen hasn’t had a winning season since 2003
District XI 6A Rankings:
Top 8 qualify
- Nazareth 7-1
- Parkland 7-1
- Whitehall 7-1
- Freedom 5-3
- Northampton 5-3
- Easton 4-4
- Stroudsburg 4-4
- Emmaus 3-5
- Liberty 2-6
- Allen 3-5
- PM West 4-4