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Eastern Pennsylvania Conference

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File:1955 - Allentown School District Stadium.jpg in Allentown, a 15,000-capacity stadium, is the largest high school football stadium in the Mid-Atlantic region of the nation and the home field for all three Allentown-based Eastern Pennsylvania Conference high school football teams, Allen, Central Catholic, and Dieruff high schools.]]

File:BASD Stadium.jpg, a 14,000-capacity stadium in Bethlehem, is the home field for three large Bethlehem-based EPC high schools, Liberty High School, Freedom High School, and Bethlehem Catholic High School]]

File:2018 - Allen - Dieruff Football Game 2- 27 Oct - Allentown PA.jpg's football team takes the field against crosstown rival Dieruff High School in an October 2018 EPC game]]

File:2021 - Sewards Gym - Donmoyer Court - William Allen High School - Allentown PA.jpg

The Eastern Pennsylvania Conference, known informally as EPC, EPC18, and East Penn Conference, is an athletic conference consisting of 18 large high schools from Lehigh, Monroe, Northampton, and Pike counties in the Lehigh Valley and Pocono Mountain regions of eastern and northeastern Pennsylvania. The conference is part of District XI in the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association (PIAA).

The Eastern Pennsylvania Conference holds many Pennsylvania and national records and milestones in high school athletic competition. The conference is known for producing many athletes who have gone on to compete in the Olympics and 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"[https://www.mcall.com/sports/varsity/mc-spt-district11-team-duals-notebook-0129-story.html "Wrestling: Why District 11 2A teams have tougher path to state final,"] The Morning Call, January 30, 2019, retrieved January 30, 2019. and WIN magazine has ranked the EPC and Lehigh Valley best in the nation for wrestling.[https://www.win-magazine.com/2010/11/02/wins-top-ten-wrestling-hot-spots-in-the-united-states/ "WIN's top ten wrestling 'hot spots' in the United States,"] WIN, November 2, 2010

The Eastern Pennsylvania Conference is also home to two of the nation's largest high school football stadiums, J. Birney Crum Stadium, a 15,000 capacity stadium in Allentown, and Frank Banko Field at Bethlehem Area School District Stadium, a 14,000 capacity in Bethlehem.

History

{{See also|Lehigh Valley Conference#History|Mountain Valley Conference (Pennsylvania)#History}}

On October 2, 2013, the Lehigh Valley Conference, consisting of 12 schools from the Lehigh Valley, voted to invite large 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.{{cite news|last1=Miller|first1=Stephen|title=New Eastern Pennsylvania Conference will start with 2014–15 school year|url=http://www.mcall.com/sports/varsity/mc-lvc-mvc-merger-story-20140604,0,1165979.story|accessdate=4 June 2014|work=The Morning Call|date=4 June 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140607000925/http://www.mcall.com/sports/varsity/mc-lvc-mvc-merger-story-20140604,0,1165979.story|archive-date=7 June 2014|url-status=dead}} 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:{{cite web |url=http://epc18.org/schools |title=Eastern Pennsylvania Conference school list |website=EPC18 |access-date=20 July 2015}}

Conference championships and records

=Baseball=

Baseball uses the primary divisional conference alignment.{{cite web |url=http://epc18.org/assets/pdf/upload/misc/Handbook/EPC%20Divisional%20Alignment%2018-19.pdf |title=Eastern Pennsylvania Conference 2018–19 Divisional Alignments |website=EPC18 |access-date=21 August 2018 |archive-date=21 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180821094153/http://epc18.org/assets/pdf/upload/misc/Handbook/EPC%20Divisional%20Alignment%2018-19.pdf |url-status=dead }}

District and state championships

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
School

! District
Title(s)

! Year(s)

! State
Title(s)

! Year(s)

Bethlehem Catholic

| 5

| 1996, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2021

| 0

| –

Dieruff

| 2

| 1987, 1988

| 0

| –

Easton

| 2

| 1990, 1993

| 0

| –

Emmaus

| 2

| 2000, 2005

| 0

| –

Freedom

| 2

| 1999, 2018

| 0

| –

Liberty

| 4

| 1991, 2001, 2002, 2007

| 0

| –

Nazareth

| 3

| 2006, 2011, 2012

| 0

| –

Northampton

| 1

| 1997

| 0

| –

Parkland

| 5

| 1992, 2003, 2009, 2013, 2014

| 0

| –

Pleasant Valley

| 1

| 2010

| 0

| –

Whitehall

| 4

| 1984, 2004, 2005, 2008

| 0

| –

William Allen

| 1

| 1995

| 0

| –

=Boys basketball=

Boys basketball uses the primary divisional conference alignment.

Conference Champions

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
Year

! EPC Tournament

! Mountain Division

! Record

! Skyline Division

! Record

! Steel Division

! Record

2014–15ParklandStroudsburg14–2 (10–0)Parkland16–0 (10–0)Liberty14–2 (9–1)

District and state championships

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
School

! District
Title(s)

! Year(s)

! State
Title(s)

! Year(s)

Allentown Central Catholic

| 17

| 1986, 1989, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

| 2

| 1984, 1986

Bethlehem Catholic

| 4

| 1998, 2002, 2018, 2019

| 0

| –

East Stroudsburg South

| 3

| 1994, 2018, 2021

| 0

| –

Easton

| 1

| 2007

| 0

| –

Emmaus

| 1

| 1986

| 0

| –

Liberty

| 4

| 1987, 1995, 2008, 2010

| 0

| –

Parkland

| 7

| 2000, 2001, 2003, 2009, 2013, 2014, 2015

| 0

| –

Pleasant Valley

| 1

| 1998

| 0

| –

Pocono Mountain West

| 1

| 2012

| 0

| –

Stroudsburg

| 2

| 1996, 1999

| 0

| –

Whitehall

| 11

| 1981, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1997, 2004, 2005

| 1

| 1982

William Allen

| 7

| 1984, 1988, 1993, 2002, 2006, 2011, 2019

| 5

| 1935, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1951

=Girls basketball=

Girls basketball uses the primary divisional conference alignment.

Conference champions

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
Year

! EPC Tournament

! Mountain Division

! Record

! Skyline Division

! Record

! Steel Division

! Record

2014–15Bethlehem CatholicPocono Mountain West13–3 (9–1)Allentown Central Catholic16–0 (10–0)Bethlehem Catholic16–0 (10–0)

District and state championships

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
School

! District
Title(s)

! Year(s)

! State
Title(s)

! Year(s)

Allentown Central Catholic

| 21

| 1987, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012

| 7

| 1973, 1978, 1987, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004

Bethlehem Catholic

| 10

| 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019

| 1

| 2019

Dieruff

| 0

| –

| 2

| 1975, 1976

Easton

| 2

| 1999, 2017

| 0

| –

Emmaus

| 4

| 1998, 2001, 2002, 2004

| 0

| –

Freedom

| 3

| 1987, 2006, 2018

| 0

| –

Liberty

| 2

| 2000, 2009

| 0

| –

Nazareth

| 5

| 2013, 2015, 2016, 2020, 2021

| 0

| –

Northampton

| 5

| 1995, 1997, 2010, 2011, 2019

| 0

| –

Parkland

| 3

| 2005, 2007, 2014

| 1

| 2006

Pleasant Valley

| 1

| 2003

| 0

| –

Whitehall

| 2

| 1986, 1988

| 0

| –

William Allen

| 1

| 2008

| 1

| 1981

=Boys cross country=

In boys cross country, no divisional conference alignment is used.

Conference champions

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
Year

! Regular Season

! Record

! Championship

! Points

! Individual Champion

! Time

2014Easton15–0Easton47Colin Abert (Easton)16:02

District and state championships

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
School

! District
Title(s)

! Year(s)

! State
Title(s)

! Year(s)

Allentown Central Catholic

| 2

| 1989, 2014

| 0

| –

Easton

| 10

| 1985, 1986, 1991, 1992, 1996, 1997, 2003, 2014, 2018, 2019

| 0

| –

Emmaus

| 1

| 1994

| 0

| –

Freedom

| 2

| 2012, 2013

| 0

| –

Liberty

| 6

| 1990, 1993, 1995, 2004, 2007, 2008

| 0

| –

Nazareth

| 1

| 2010

| 0

| –

Parkland

| 6

| 2005, 2006, 2009, 2011, 2016, 2017

| 0

| –

William Allen

| 2

| 1988, 1989

| 0

| –

Individual state champions:

  • Mickey Collins (Easton) – 1970

=Girls cross country=

In girls cross country, no divisional conference alignment is used.

Conference champions

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
Year

! Regular Season

! Record

! Championship

! Points

! Individual Champion

! Time

2014Easton15–0Parkland80Raisa Kochmaruk (Liberty)19:27

District and state championships

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
School

! District
Title(s)

! Year(s)

! State
Title(s)

! Year(s)

Allentown Central Catholic

| 3

| 2003, 2004, 2005

| 1

| 2001

Easton

| 4

| 1989, 2014, 2018, 2019

| 0

| –

Emmaus

| 11

| 1985, 1988, 1990, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009

| 3

| 2007, 2008, 2009

Liberty

| 4

| 1991, 1992, 1997, 2010

| 0

| –

Northampton

| 1

| 1987

| 0

| –

Parkland

| 3

| 2011, 2012, 2013

| 1

| 2000

William Allen

| 1

| 1986

| 0

| –

Individual state champions:

  • Janelle Thomas (Liberty) – 1992, 1994, 1995
  • Frances Koons (Allentown Central Catholic) – 2003
  • Jessica Cygan (Liberty) – 2008

=Field hockey=

In field hockey, no divisional conference alignment is used.

Conference champions

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
Year

! EPC Tournament

! Mountain Division

! Record

! Skyline Division

! Record

! Steel Division

! Record

2014StroudsburgStroudsburg15–0 (10–0)Emmaus13–0–1 (7–0–1)Easton14–1–1 (10–0)

District and state championships

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
School

! District
Title(s)

! Year(s)

! State
Title(s)

! Year(s)

Emmaus

| 26

| 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014

| 9

| 1991, 1992, 1996, 1997, 2001, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2010

Stroudsburg

| 0

| –

| 1

| 1980

=Football=

File:1948 - Helicopter Landing At ASD Stadium - Allentown PA.jpg in Allentown prior to William Allen High School's football game on Thanksgiving Day, November 25, 1948]]

File:1959 - Dieruff vs Easton - 3 Oct - Football Program - Allentown PA.jpg vs. Easton Area High School football game at Cottingham Stadium in Easton on October 3, 1959]]

Football uses the following adjusted divisional conference alignment, which changes slightly every two years:{{cite news |last1=Groller |first1=Keith |last2=Miller |first2=Stephen |title=2018 High School Football Preview |work=The Morning Call |publisher=The Morning Call LLC |date=2018-08-19}}

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.

Division championshttps://highschoolsports.lehighvalleylive.com/football {{bare URL inline|date=February 2024}}

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
Year

! North Division

! Record

! South Division

! Record

2014Stroudsburg10–0 (8–0)Easton10–0 (8–0)
2019Northampton10–2 (8–0)Nazareth12–2 (7–1)
2021Northampton12–1 (8–0)Parkland9–2 (7–1)
2022Northampton12–1 (8–0)Emmaus10–2 (7–1)

District and state championships

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
School

! District
Title(s)

! Year(s)

! State
Title(s)

! Year(s)

Allentown Central Catholic

| 12

| 1991, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2003, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2021

| 3

| 1993, 1998, 2010

Bethlehem Catholic

| 10

| 1985, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2013, 2014

| 2

| 1988, 1990

East Stroudsburg South

| 4

| 1985, 1995, 2018, 2021

| 0

| –

Easton

| 7

| 1990, 1991, 1993, 2003, 2004, 2009, 2010

| 0

| –

Liberty

| 4

| 1994, 2005, 2006, 2008

| 1

| 2008

Nazareth

| 3

| 1988, 1989, 2011

| 0

| –

Parkland

| 7

| 1996, 1998, 2002, 2007, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017

| 1

| 2002

Pocono Mountain East

| 1

| 1988

| 0

| –

Whitehall

| 5

| 1986, 1989, 1997, 2016, 2017

| 0

| –

William Allen

| 1

| 1992

| 0

| –

=Golf=

Golf does not use any divisional conference alignment.

Conference champions

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
Year

! Regular season

! Record

! Championship

! Points

! Boys champion

! Score

! Girls champion

! Score

2014Easton
Emmaus
Parkland		9–1Emmaus322Nick Maff (Bethlehem Catholic)77Helen Hsu (Freedom)79

District and state championships

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
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:

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

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
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:

Mountain: Nazareth, Northampton, and Pleasant Valley

Steel: Easton, Freedom, and 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

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
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.

Conference Champions

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
Year

! EPC Tournament

! Mountain Division

! Record

! Skyline Division

! Record

! Steel Division

! Record

2014EmmausStroudsburg13–3–1 (8–1–1)Emmaus15–1 (9–1)Liberty11–5 (8–2)

District and state championships

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
School

! District
Title(s)

! Year(s)

! State
Title(s)

! Year(s)

Allentown Central Catholic

| 1

| 2012

| 0

| –

Bethlehem Catholic

| 1

| 2007

| 0

| –

Easton

| 1

| 2010

| 0

| –

Emmaus

| 11

| 1991, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2011, 2015

| 0

| –

Freedom

| 1

| 1990

| 1

| 1983

Liberty

| 3

| 1989, 1992, 1993

| 1

| 1975

Parkland

| 9

| 1997, 1998, 1999, 2002, 2003, 2007, 2008, 2013, 2022

| 0

| –

Stroudsburg

| 2

| 2009, 2012

| 0

| –

=Girls soccer=

Girls soccer uses the primary divisional alignment.

Conference champions

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
Year

! EPC Tournament

! Mountain Division

! Record

! Skyline Division

! Record

! Steel Division

! Record

2014ParklandStroudsburg14–1–1 (9–0–1)Parkland13–1–2 (8–0–2)Easton13–2–1 (10–0)

District and state championships

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
School

! District
Title(s)

! Year(s)

! State
Title(s)

! Year(s)

Allentown Central Catholic

| 2

| 2009, 2010

| 0

| –

Easton

| 1

| 2013

| 0

| –

Emmaus

| 8

| 1993, 1994, 1997, 1998, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009

| 1

| 1997

Nazareth

| 2

| 2008, 2010

| 0

| –

Parkland

| 8

| 1996, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2011, 2012 (F)

| 0

| –

Whitehall

| 2

| 2012 (S), 2014

| 0

| –

=Softball=

Softball uses the primary divisional alignment.

District and state championships

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
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. 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.

Conference champions

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
Year

! School

! Record

2015

|Emmaus

|11–0

District and state championships

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
School

! District
Title(s)

! Year(s)

! State
Title(s)

! Year(s)

Allentown Central Catholic

| 3

| 2004, 2005, 2015

| 0

| –

Emmaus

| 10

| 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015

| 0

| –

Parkland

| 2

| 2004, 2007

| 0

| –

=Girls swimming and diving=

Girls swimming and diving does not use the divisional conference alignment. 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.

Conference champions

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
Year

! School

! Record

2015

|Parkland

|11–0

District and state championships

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
School

! District
Title(s)

! Year(s)

! State
Title(s)

! Year(s)

Allentown Central Catholic

| 2

| 2004, 2009

| 0

| –

Emmaus

| 1

| 2008

| 2

| 2004, 2005

Parkland

| 11

| 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015

| 2

| 2001, 2003

=Boys track and field=

Boys track and field does not use any divisional conference alignment.

=Girls track and field=

Girls track and field does not use any divisional conference alignment.

=Boys tennis=

Boys tennis does not use any divisional conference alignment.

District and state championships

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
School

! District
Title(s)

! Year(s)

! State
Title(s)

! Year(s)

Emmaus

| 1

| 2004

| 0

| –

Parkland

| 7

| 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2012, 2013, 2014

| 0

| –

Individual state champions:{{cite web |url=http://www.piaa.org/championships/archive/ |title=Championship Archives |website=PIAA |access-date=22 July 2015}}

  • Dennis Koch (William Allen) – 1960
  • Rupert/Book (Liberty) – 1961
  • Colin Delaney (Parkland) – 1988
  • Tarek El-Bassiouni (Stroudsburg) – 1998
  • Sean Montgomery (East Stroudsburg South) – 2001

=Girls tennis=

Girls tennis does not use any divisional conference alignment.

Conference champions

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
Year

! Regular Season

! Record

! Championship

2014East Stroudsburg South
Liberty
Nazareth		10–1East Stroudsburg South

District and state championships

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
School

! District
Title(s)

! Year(s)

! State
Title(s)

! Year(s)

Allentown Central Catholic

| 1

| 2005

| 0

| –

Bethlehem Catholic

| 2

| 2003, 2006

| 0

| –

Freedom

| 0

| –

| 1

| 2002

Northampton

| 2

| 2003, 2004

| 0

| –

Parkland

| 5

| 2007, 2008, 2011, 2012, 2013

| 0

| –

Stroudsburg

| 1

| 2009

| 0

| –

Whitehall

| 1

| 2010

| 0

| –

Individual state champions:

  • Granson/Granson (Freedom) – 1996
  • Granson/Granson (Freedom) – 1997

=Boys volleyball=

Boys volleyball does not use any divisional conference alignment.
Allentown Central Catholic, East Stroudsburg North, East Stroudsburg South, Pleasant Valley, and Stroudsburg do not participate in boys volleyball.

District and state championships

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
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.

Conference champions

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
Year

! EPC Tournament

! Mountain Division

! Record

! Skyline Division

! Record

! Steel Division

! Record

2014ParklandPleasant Valley11–5 (9–1)Parkland16–0 (10–0)Bethlehem Catholic15–1 (10–0)

District and state championships

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
School

! District
Title(s)

! Year(s)

! State
Title(s)

! Year(s)

Allentown Central Catholic

| 7

| 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009

| 3

| 2001, 2007, 2008

Bethlehem Catholic

| 6

| 2005, 2007, 2008, 2012, 2013, 2014

| 0

| –

Freedom

| 1

| 2003

| 0

| –

Parkland

| 4

| 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014

| 2

| 2011, 2014

=Wrestling=

{{See also|The Streak (Easton High School Wrestling)}}

Wrestling uses the following adjusted divisional conference alignment:

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

District and state championships

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
School

! District
Title(s)

! Year(s)

! State
Title(s)

! Year(s)

Bethlehem Catholic

| 5

| 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015

| 8

| 1979 (Ind.), 2011 (Team), 2012 (Ind.), 2012 (Team), 2013 (Ind.), 2013 (Team), 2014 (Ind.), 2014 (Team)

Easton

| 10

| 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013

| 10

| 1981 (Ind.), 1983 (Ind.), 1996 (Ind.), 1997 (Ind.), 2001 (Ind.), 2001 (Team), 2002 (Ind.), 2002 (Team), 2003 (Team), 2004 (Team)

Nazareth

| 2

| 2006, 2014

| 2

| 2006 (Ind.), 2007 (Team)

Northampton

| 5

| 1998, 1999, 2000, 2008, 2009

| 8

| 1993 (Ind.), 1994 (Ind.), 1995 (Ind.), 1998 (Ind.), 2000 (Ind.), 2000 (Team), 2003 (Ind.), 2004 (Ind.)

Individual state champions:{{cite web |url=http://www.piaa.org/assets/web/documents/results/winter/wrestling/ind/Ind_Wr_Past_Champs.pdf |title=P.I.A.A. Past Wrestling Champions |website=PIAA |access-date=22 July 2015}}

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  • Peter Cicchine (Liberty) – 1940, 135
  • William Unangst (Liberty) – 1940, 155
  • John McAuliffe (William Allen) – 1947, 138
  • Charles Cope (Liberty) – 1947, 154
  • Dick Rutt (Easton) – 1949, 103
  • Harold Wilson (Nazareth) – 1954, 120
  • Steve Micio (Northampton) – 1955, 133
  • Ed Keglovits (Northampton) – 1955, 154
  • R. Rohrbach (William Allen) – 1957, 127
  • William Trexler (William Allen) – 1957, 133
  • Bart Mosser (Liberty) – 1958, 127
  • Al Rushatz (William Allen) – 1958, 165
  • Dick Rushatz (William Allen) – 1959, 95
  • Doug Koch (Liberty) – 1960, 133
  • John Eckenrode (Liberty) – 1961, 138
  • Alton Bowyer (Easton) – 1962, 95
  • Dick DeWalt (Easton) – 1962, 133
  • Dave Halulko (Dieruff) – 1964, 127
  • Chuck Amato (Easton) – 1964, 165
  • Charles Housner (Dieruff) – 1965, 145
  • Randy Biggs (Liberty) – 1967, 95
  • Geoff Baum (William Allen) – 1967, 180
  • Craig Fox (Easton) – 1968, 133
  • Dan Newhard (Dieruff) – 1968, 180
  • Carl Lutes (Easton) – 1969, 112
  • Dan Howard (Dieruff) – 1969, 133
  • Rocco Creazzo (Easton) – 1971, 95
  • Pat Sculley (Bethlehem Catholic) – 1973, 126
  • Curt Stanley (Easton) – 1974, 132
  • Darwin Brodt (Easton) – 1974, 167
  • Bobby Weaver (Easton) – 1975, 98
  • Rich McIntyre (Freedom) – 1975, 145
  • Brian Statum (Liberty) – 1975, 155
  • Bobby Weaver (Easton) – 1976, 98
  • Brian Statum (Liberty) – 1976, 155
  • Mike Brown (Bethlehem Catholic) – 1976, 185
  • George Atiyeh (Dieruff) – 1976, UNL
  • Bobby Weaver (Easton) – 1977, 105
  • Billy Williams (Freedom) – 1977, 145
  • George Atiyeh (Dieruff) – 1977, UNL
  • Rich Santoro (Bethlehem Catholic) – 1978, 98
  • Doug Billig (Parkland) – 1979, 98
  • Rich Santoro (Bethlehem Catholic) – 1979, 112
  • Tom Bold (Bethlehem Catholic) – 1979, 138
  • John Cuvo (Easton) – 1980, 98
  • Jim Bresnak (Liberty) – 1980, 105
  • Bernie Brown (Bethlehem Catholic) – 1980, 185
  • Randy Ascani (Easton) – 1981, 119
  • Bernie Brown (Bethlehem Catholic) – 1981, 185
  • Dennis Atiyeh (Dieruff) – 1981, UNL
  • Jack Cuvo (Easton) – 1983, 98
  • Mickey Torres (Liberty) – 1983, 112
  • Jack Cuvo (Easton) – 1984, 98
  • Sean Finkbeiner (Northampton) – 1984, 145
  • Andy Voit (Dieruff) – 1984, 185
  • Jack Cuvo (Easton) – 1985, 105
  • Gino Capuano (Liberty) – 1985, 138
  • Scott Schleicher (William Allen) – 1985, 145
  • John Likins (Bethlehem Catholic) – 1986, 112
  • Scott Hovan (William Allen) – 1986, 138
  • Jeff Roth (William Allen) – 1986, 145
  • Dave Foley (Bethlehem Catholic) – 1987, 105
  • Scott Hovan (William Allen) – 1987, 145
  • Brad Silimperi (Nazareth) – 1988, 98
  • Ty Moore (Freedom) – 1988, 105
  • Mike Miller (Nazareth) – 1989, 145
  • Blayne Diacount (Bethlehem Catholic) – 1989, 160
  • Tony Iasiello (Bethlehem Catholic) – 1989, 171
  • Moss Grays (Easton) – 1990, 145
  • Mike Miller (Nazareth) – 1990, 152
  • Chad Billy (Northampton) – 1991, 112
  • Ryan Nunamaker (Nazareth) – 1992, 130
  • Mike Tomsic (Northampton) – 1993, 112
  • Matt Roth (Parkland) – 1994, 112
  • Dan Tashner (Nazareth) – 1994, 125
  • Whitey Chlebove (Northampton) – 1994, 130
  • Mark Getz (Nazareth) – 1994, 135
  • Dennis Liberto (Northampton) – 1995, 103
  • Travis Doto (Nazareth) – 1995, 145
  • Jamarr Billman (Easton) – 1996, 130
  • Chris Kelly (Easton) – 1997, 112
  • Andy Cote (Nazareth) – 1997, 130
  • Bryan Snyder (Easton) – 1997, 135
  • Jamarr Billman (Easton) – 1997, 140
  • Rob Rohn (Nazareth) – 1997, 189
  • Derek Jenkins (Parkland) – 1998, 145
  • Christian Luciano (Northampton) – 1998, 171
  • Jon Trenge (Parkland) – 1998, 189
  • John Hard (Northampton) – 1998, 275
  • Jon Trenge (Parkland) – 1999, 189
  • Steve Itterly (Nazareth) – 1999, 275
  • Matt Ciasulli (Easton) – 2000, 112
  • Ryan McCallum (Northampton) – 2000, 130
  • Jake Giamoni (Easton) – 2000, 135
  • Matt Ciasulli (Easton) – 2001, 119
  • Jeff Ecklof (Northampton) – 2001, 125
  • Gino Fortebuono (Easton) – 2001, 130
  • Travis Frick (Nazareth) – 2001, 171
  • Matt Ciasulli (Easton) – 2002, 125
  • Mike Rogers (Easton) – 2002, 135
  • Christian Franco (Whitehall) – 2002, 140
  • David Rivera (Allentown Central Catholic) – 2002, 160
  • Joey Ecklof (Northampton) – 2003, 135
  • Jeff Ecklof (Northampton) – 2003, 145
  • Josh Haines (Northampton) – 2003, 189
  • Jon Oplinger (Northampton) – 2003, 215
  • Joe Caramanica (Nazareth) – 2004, 135
  • Joey Ecklof (Northampton) – 2004, 145
  • Mike Rogers (Easton) – 2004, 152
  • Nick Guida (Parkland) – 2004, 171
  • Josh Haines (Northampton) – 2004, 189
  • Jon Oplinger (Northampton) – 2004, 215
  • Tim Darling (Nazareth) – 2005, 130
  • Joe Caramanica (Nazareth) – 2005, 145
  • Joey Ecklof (Northampton) – 2005, 152
  • Bryan Reiss (Emmaus) – 2005, 275
  • Jordan Oliver (Easton) – 2006, 103
  • Tim Darling (Nazareth) – 2006, 145
  • Kegan Handlovic (Easton) – 2007, 112
  • Jordan Oliver (Easton) – 2007, 119
  • Tim Darling (Nazareth) – 2007, 152
  • Justin Wieller (Northampton) – 2007, 215
  • Kegan Handlovic (Easton) – 2008, 119
  • Jordan Oliver (Easton) – 2008, 130
  • Ziad Haddad (Bethlehem Catholic) – 2008, 285
  • Zach Horan (Nazareth) – 2011, 130
  • Mitchell Minotti (Easton) – 2011, 140
  • Michael Ottinger (Parkland) – 2011, 160
  • Ethan Lizak (Parkland) – 2012, 106
  • Darian Cruz (Bethlehem Catholic) – 2012, 106
  • Randy Cruz (Bethlehem Catholic) – 2012, 132
  • Elliot Riddick (Bethlehem Catholic) – 2012, 170
  • Ethan Lizak (Parkland) – 2013, 113
  • Aaron Bradley (Nazareth) – 2013, 285
  • Darian Cruz (Bethlehem Catholic) – 2013, 120
  • Jake Riegel (Bethlehem Catholic) – 2014, 106
  • Luke Karam (Bethlehem Catholic) – 2014, 113
  • Zeke Moisey (Bethlehem Catholic) – 2014, 126

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Eastern Pennsylvania Conference professional and Olympic athletes

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The Eastern Pennsylvania Conference is known for producing a considerable number of present and former professional and Olympic athletes, including:

=Major League Baseball (MLB)=

==Former MLB players==

=National Basketball Association (NBA)=

==Former NBA players==

=National Football League (NFL)=

==Current NFL players==

==Former NFL players==

=Former Arena Football League (AFL) players=

=Former NCAA Division I football players=

=Olympics=

==Olympic cycling==

==Olympic field hockey==

==Olympic gymnastics==

==Olympic track and field==

==Olympic wrestling==

=Professional auto racing=

=Professional cycling=

=Professional golf=

=Professional soccer=

=Track and field=

=Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA)=

=World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE)=

Professional and collegiate coaches and managers

Eastern Pennsylvania Conference athletes who have gone on to athletic coaching and team management careers include:

=College basketball coaches=

=College football coaches=

=College wrestling coaches=

=National Basketball Association (NBA) coaches=

=National Football League (NFL) coaches and management=

See also

References

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External links

  • [http://epc18.org/ Eastern Pennsylvania Conference] official website
  • [https://twitter.com/EastPennConf18 Eastern Pennsylvania Conference] on Twitter
  • [https://highschoolsports.lehighvalleylive.com/ Eastern Pennsylvania Conference sports news] at Lehigh Valley Live
  • [https://www.mcall.com/sports/varsity/ Eastern Pennsylvania Conference sports news] at The Morning Call

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