Parkland's defense of their state championship will begin on Monday, June 3rd, 2024 at home vs District 3 #3 seed Red Lion.  The match will be held on Monday because Parkland has graduation on Tuesday, when the state tournament is scheduled to begin.

Tickets will be required for ALL attendees.  There are no discounts or free tickets for seniors or students.

Official brackets and information -https://www.piaa.org/sports/championship_details.aspx?sport=volleyball&gender=boys

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In an absolute thriller of a District XI AAA final, #1 Parkland responded to a set one loss to grab the program's 12th district title 3-1 (21-25, 26-24, 25-15, 27-25) over #3 Whitehall.  The crowd got all they could ask for with both teams taking over at different points of the match.  Fortunately for Parkland, their block emerged late in the 4th set, denying consecutive Zephyr attacks to complete the comeback (down 24-21 in 4th).

Josh Nation (Jr. OH) 18 kills, 3 aces, 4 blocks
Alex Wilby (Sr. OH) 15 kills, 8 digs, 2 blocks
Luke Smith (Sr. MH) 11 kills, 8 blocks
Owen Rodgers (Sr. OPP) 8 kills, 7 blocks
Brady Hayward (Sr. MH) 6 blocks
Will Stiles (Sr. S) 50 assists, 10 digs
Kumayl Soonasra (Sr. L) 17 digs
Ahmad Jaffer (Sr. DS) 9 digs

Also, congratulations to head coach George Diaz and the Dieruff Huskie boys' volleyball team for being named the 2024 District XI Chapter of Officials Sportsmanship Team of the Year.

2024 District XI AAA Boys Volleyball Final

#1 Parkland	vs	#3 Whitehall
Tuesday, May 28th, 2024 @ Catasauqua High School 7:00pm TICKETS: https://districtxi.hometownticketing.com/embed/event/472 Spectators over 65 years of age are FREE with proof of age

DID YOU KNOW?

• Parkland has 11 DXI titles and 11 runner-ups (22 appearances)
• Whitehall has 2 DXI titles and 4 runner-ups (6 appearances)
• Emmaus has the most DXI titles with 20 and 8 runner-ups (28 appearances)
• Parkland and Whitehall have met in the DXI final 2 times
  • Whitehall leads the series 2-0
• Either or both Parkland and Emmaus have been in the District XI final 36 of the last 38 years
  • 2001 - Freedom vs Allen
  • 2006 - Freedom vs Bethlehem Catholic
• Freedom is undefeated in DXI finals at 11-0
• Complete District XI AAA Boys Volleyball History

#4 Liberty put up a fight in Tuesday night's District XI AAA semifinal but Parkland proved to be too much as the #1 Trojans took the match 3-1 (25-18, 21-25, 25-17, 25-18) to reach the District XI AAA final.  Josh Nation (Jr. OH) finished with 21 kills, 2 blocks, 12 dis, and 5 aces.  Luke Smith (Sr. MH) added 10 kills, 5 blocks, 5 digs, and 2 aces, Alex Wilby (Sr. OH) added 7 kills, 7 digs, and 2 aces while Owen Rodgers (Sr. OPP) added 7 kills and 3 blocks.  Will Stiles (Sr. S) paces the offense with 41 assists and 10 digs.  In the final they will face #3 Whitehall who downed #2 Emmaus 3-1 (25-20. 21-25, 25-21, 25-21).

Next up is the District XI AAA Final on Tuesday, May 28th at Catsauqua HS at 7:00 pm.

  2024 District XI AAA Bracket

The 2024 District XI AAA bracket has been released and updated after the quarterfinal round.

  2024 District XI AAA Bracket

The 2024 EPC Final started in #1 Parkland's favor as they raced out to an unheard-of 15-0 lead. Fortunately for the Trojans, that set the tone for the rest of the night as they were able to capture their third straight EPC crown with the 3-0 (25-9, 25-18, 25-15) win over #3 Whitehall.  The win is the program's 15th conference title and 5th in the last 10 years.

1st Team EPC All-Star Josh Nation (Jr. OH) led the offense with 13 kills and added 9 digs, 2 blocks, and 1 ace.  Fellow 1st Team EPC All-Star Luke Smith (Sr. MH) 6 kills, 6 blocks, and 8 digs while Owen Rodgers (Sr. OPP) erupted for 10 kills, 2 blocks, and 3 digs.  Will Stiles (Sr. S) paced the offense with 31 assists but contributed from the service line, serving all 14 points in the first set while collecting 5 aces and 5 digs.

Next up for the Trojans is the District XI AAA tournament which they will enter as the #1 seed and receive a bye into the semifinals.  They will take on the winner of the #4 Liberty vs #5 Nazareth match.  The District XI AAA bracket is very similar to the EPC bracket with the exception being that Freedom will be the #6 seed and #7 Northampton.  The semifinals will take place at Catasauqua High School on Thursday, May 23rd.

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Also congratulations to the EPC 1st Team All-Stars on being recognized before the match.
Pictured:  MVP - Adam Mittl (Liberty), Jametric Harris (Emmaus), Cristian Matos (Liberty), Luke Smith (Parkland), Josh Nation (Parkland), Ethan Ringenberger (Whitehall), Jack Kocher (Whitehall)

#1 Parkland and #4 Liberty battled on Thursday night at Allen for the right to play for EPC gold next Wednesday.  Parkland played efficiently and aggressively all night and earned the 3-0 (25-22, 25-21, 25-22) win.  Luke Smith contributed 11 kills, 3 blocks, and 2 aces while Josh Nation (Jr. OH) added 13 kills, 2 aces, and 6 digs.  Brady Hayward finished with 6 kills and 2 blocks.   Will Stiles guided the offense with 38 assists.

Next up for the Trojans is #3 Whitehall who defeated #2 Emmaus 3-1 (17-25, 25-18, 25-19, 31-29).  The EPC Final will be held on Wednesday at 6:05pm at Allen HS.  Before the match the EPC 1st Team All-Stars will be honored.  That ceremony will begin at 5:45pm.

  2024 EPC Tournament Bracket

The 2024 EPC Conference Semifinals are set.

WHERE:  Allen HS
WHEN:  Thursday, May 9th, 2024
TICKETS:  https://epc18.hometownticketing.com/embed/all

#2 Emmaus vs #3 Whitehall 5:00pm
#1 Parkland vs #4 Liberty 7:00pm

  2024 EPC Tournament Bracket

Congratulations to the 2024 EPC Boys Volleyball All Star teams selected at the post-season coaches meeting tonight.  Parkland was well represented on the three teams selected.

Luke Smith (Sr. MH) and Josh Nation (Jr. OH) - 1st team All-EPC

Will Stiles (Sr. S) - 2nd Team All-EPC

Kumayl Soonasra (Sr. L) - 3rd Team All-EPC

Also congratulations to Liberty's Adam Mittl for being named the EPC MVP.

  2024 EPC Boys Volleyball All-Star Teams

Parkland closed out the 2024 regular season with a trek to Delaware Valley.  Unfortunately for the Trojans, they ran into a very inspired and hot team as the host Warriors down the Trojans 3-0 (25-20, 29-27, 25-20).  Parkland saw a fairly even distribution on offense as Alex Wilby and Luke Smith both collected 10 kills while Owen Rodgers added 8 kills.  Will Stiles dished out 32 assists.  Delaware Valley was lead by 2023 PVCA 2nd Team All-State Chris U'Glay who hammered down 33 kills on 57 attempts.

Next up for the Trojans are the EPC Semifinals on Thursday at Allen HS against the winner of the #4 Liberty vs #5 Nazareth match will takes place Tuesday.  Parkland's match will take place at 7:00pm.