The Eastern Pennsylvania Conference holds many Pennsylvania and national records and milestones in high school athletic competition. Many EPC athletes have gone on to compete in the Olympics and in professional sports, including Major League Baseball, the National Basketball Association, and the National Football League. The conference's high school wrestling programs have been labeled "among the nation’s best in the sport for nearly three decades"[1] and WIN magazine has ranked the EPC and Lehigh Valley best in the nation for wrestling.[2]
On October 2, 2013, the Lehigh Valley Conference, consisting of 12 schools from the Lehigh Valley, voted to invite six Mountain Valley Conference schools to the conference, expanding it to a super conference of 18 large Pennsylvania high schools. The EPC was officially announced on June 4, 2014, and the conference's play began in the 2014–15 school year.[3] The conference is widely considered one of the premier high school athletic divisions in the nation.
High schools
The 18 high school teams in the Eastern Pennsylvania Conference (with location in parentheses) are:[4]
Football uses the following adjusted divisional conference alignment, which changes slightly every two years:[5][7]
North: Dieruff, East Stroudsburg North, East Stroudsburg South, Northampton, Pleasant Valley, Pocono Mountain East, Pocono Mountain West, Stroudsburg, and William Allen South: Allentown Central Catholic, Bethlehem Catholic, Easton, Emmaus, Freedom, Liberty, Nazareth, Parkland, and Whitehall
From the 2014 through 2017 seasons, Northampton was in the South division. From the 2014 through 2015 seasons, Bethlehem Catholic was in the North division. For 2016–17, Allentown Central Catholic was in the North division.
Golf does not use any divisional conference alignment.[5]
Conference champions
Year
Regular season
Record
Championship
Points
Boys champion
Score
Girls champion
Score
2014
Easton Emmaus Parkland
9–1
Emmaus
322
Nick Maff (Bethlehem Catholic)
77
Helen Hsu (Freedom)
79
District and state championships
School
District Title(s)
Year(s)
State Title(s)
Year(s)
Allentown Central Catholic
1
2013
0
–
Emmaus
2
2013, 2014
0
–
Northampton
1
2012
0
–
Parkland
4
2006, 2008, 2009, 2011
0
–
Boys lacrosse
Boys lacrosse uses the following adjusted divisional conference alignment:[5] East: Bethlehem Catholic, Liberty, Nazareth, Northampton, and Pleasant Valley West: Allentown Central Catholic, Easton, Emmaus, Freedom, and Parkland Dieruff, East Stroudsburg North, East Stroudsburg South, Pocono Mountain East, Pocono Mountain West, Stroudsburg, Whitehall, and William Allen do not participate in boys lacrosse.
District and state championships
School
District Title(s)
Year(s)
State Title(s)
Year(s)
Allentown Central Catholic
5
2011, 2012, 2018, 2021, 2022
1
2021
Emmaus
4
2009, 2010, 2013, 2014
0
–
Girls lacrosse
Girls lacrosse uses the following adjusted divisional conference alignment:[5] Mountain: Nazareth, Northampton, and Pleasant Valley Steel: Easton, Freedom, Liberty Skyline: Allentown Central Catholic, Emmaus, and Parkland Bethlehem Catholic, Dieruff, East Stroudsburg North, East Stroudsburg South, Pocono Mountain East, Pocono Mountain West, Stroudsburg, Whitehall, and William Allen do not participate in girls lacrosse.
District and state championships
School
District Title(s)
Year(s)
State Title(s)
Year(s)
Emmaus
1
2011
0
–
Nazareth
2
2010, 2012
0
–
Parkland
1
2014
0
–
Boys soccer
Boys soccer uses the primary divisional conference alignment.[5]
Softball uses the primary divisional alignment.[5]
District and state championships
School
District Title(s)
Year(s)
State Title(s)
Year(s)
Allentown Central Catholic
1
2006
0
–
Bethlehem Catholic
7
2003, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2014
0
–
Easton
1
2011
0
–
Emmaus
2
2003, 2007
1
2000
Liberty
1
2012
0
–
Nazareth
1
2006
0
–
Northampton
1
2013
1
1996
Parkland
3
2004, 2005, 2014
4
1975, 1995, 1998, 2009
Stroudsburg
1
2010
0
–
Whitehall
1
2009
0
–
William Allen
0
–
1
1990
Boys swimming and diving
Boys swimming and diving does not use the divisional conference alignment.[5] Pleasant Valley and Bethlehem Catholic do not participate in boys swimming and diving. In addition, East Stroudsburg North, East Stroudsburg South, Pocono Mountain East, Pocono Mountain West, and Stroudsburg do not participate in boys diving.
Girls swimming and diving does not use the divisional conference alignment.[5] Pleasant Valley and Bethlehem Catholic do not participate in girls swimming and diving. East Stroudsburg North, East Stroudsburg South, Pocono Mountain East, Pocono Mountain West, and Stroudsburg do not participate in girls diving.
Boys volleyball does not use any divisional conference alignment.[5] Allentown Central Catholic, East Stroudsburg North, East Stroudsburg South, Pleasant Valley, and Stroudsburg do not participate in boys volleyball.
District and state championships
School
District Title(s)
Year(s)
State Title(s)
Year(s)
Bethlehem Catholic
4
2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
0
–
Emmaus
3
2011, 2012, 2013
0
–
Freedom
4
2004, 2005, 2006, 2009
0
–
Liberty
1
2007
0
–
Parkland
2
2008, 2014
0
–
Whitehall
1
2010
0
–
Girls volleyball
Girls volleyball uses the primary divisional conference alignment.[5]
Wrestling uses the following adjusted divisional conference alignment:[5] Division A: Allentown Central Catholic, Dieruff, East Stroudsburg South, Easton, Freedom, Nazareth, Parkland, Pocono Mountain East, and William Allen Division B: Bethlehem Catholic, East Stroudsburg North, Emmaus, Liberty, Northampton, Pleasant Valley, Pocono Mountain West, Stroudsburg, and Whitehall
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