District 11 soccer, field hockey play opens up today
Three local boys soccer teams, one girls soccer team and four local field hockey teams have qualified for the District 11 tournament in their respective sport with first round games on tap for today.
Pleasant Valley enters the Class 3A boys soccer tournament as the No. 8 seed and hosts No. 9 seed Emmaus on Wednesday at 7 p.m..Tamaqua is the No. 11 seed in the 2A boys soccer bracket and travels to No. 6 seed Salisbury tonight for a 6 o'clock start. No. 3 seed Northwestern Lehigh has a bye until Thursday when it hosts the Tamaqua-Salisbury winner at 3 p.m.The fall girls soccer tournament opens up on Thursday when No. 1 seed Tamaqua entertains No. 4 seed Tri-Valley at Tri-Valley at 7 p.m.In field hockey, Pleasant Valley is the No. 8 seed in 3A and hosts Bangor today at 3:30 in a first round contest.Lehighton is the No. 1 seed in 2A and hosts Pen Argyl tomorrow at 4 o'clock. No. 5 seed Northwestern Lehigh is at No. 4 seed Northwestern tomorrow at 3:30 and No. 7 seed Northern Lehigh travels to No. 2 seed Southern Lehigh for a 4 o'clock start.The scheduled for all of the tournaments is as follows:BOYS SOCCERClass AAAFirst RoundWednesday, Oct. 28No. 9 Emmaus at No. 8 Pleasant Valley, 7 p.m.No. 10 East Stroudsburg North at No. 7 Bangor, 3 p.m.QuarterfinalsFriday, October 30Pleasant Valley-Emmaus winner at No. 1 Parkland, 3 p.m.No. 5 Easton at No. 4 Bethlehem Freedom, 3 p.m.No. 6 Bethlehem Liberty at No. 3 Pocono Mountain East, 3 p.m.Bangor-ES North winner at No. 2 Stroudsburg, 3 p.m.SemifinalsTuesday, Nov. 3Quarterfinal winners, TBAChampionshipThursday, Nov. 5TBAClass AAFirst RoundTodayNo. 9 Allentown Central Catholic at No. 8 Pine Grove, 7 p.m.No. 11 Tamaqua at No. 6 Salisbury, 6 p.m.No. 10 Palisades at No. 7 Notre Dame (Green Pond),, 3 p.m.QuarterfinalsThursday, October 29Pine Grove-ACC winner at No. 1 Saucon Valley, 3 p.m.No. 5 Bethlehem Catholic at No. 4 Blue Mountain, 7 p.m.Tamaqua-Salisbury winner at No. 3 Northwestern Lehigh, 3 p.m.No. Dame (GP)-Palisades winner at No. 2 Southern Lehigh, 6:30 p.m.SemifinalsSemifinalsMonday, Nov. 2Quarterfinal winners, TBAChampionshipThursday, Nov. 5TBAClass AQuarterfinalsThursday, October 29No. 1 Schuylkill Haven, byeNo. 5 Moravian Academy at No. 4 Catasauqua, 3:30 p.m.No. 6 Tri-Valley at No. 3 Salem Christian, 3 p.m.No. 7 Williams Valley at No. 2 Nativity, 3 p.m.SemifinalsTuesday, Nov. 3Quarterfinal winners, TBAChampionshipThursday, Nov. 5TBAGIRLS SOCCERClass AAAFirst RoundTodayPottsville vs. West Scranton at Wallenpaupack, 6 p.m.Class AASemifinalsThursday, October 29No. 3 Williams Valley vs. No. 2 Minersville at Tri-Valley, 5 p.m.No. 4 Tri-Valley vs. No. 1 Tamaqua, 7 p.m.ChampionshipWednesday, Nov. 5Semifinal winners, TBAFIELD HOCKEYClass AAAFirst RoundTodayNo. 9 Bangor at No. 8 Pleasant Valley, 3:30 p.m.No. 10 East Stroudsburg South at No. 7 Northampton, 3:30 p.m.QuarterfinalsThursday, October 29Bangor-Pleasant Valley winner at No. 1 Emmaus, 3:30 p.m.No. 5 Stroudsburg at No. 4 Allen, 4 p.m.No. 6 Easton at No. 3 Whitehall, 7 p.m.ES South-Northampton winner at No. 2 Parkland, 3:30 p.m.SemifinalsWednesday, Nov. 4Quarterfinal winners at Emmaus, 5 p.m., 7 p.m.ChampionshipSaturday, Nov. 7Semifinal winners at Emmaus, 3 p.m.Class AAQuarterfinalsWednesday, October 28No. 8 Pen Argyl at No. 1 Lehighton, 4 p.m.No. 5 Northwestern Lehigh at No. 4 Moravian Academy, 3:30 p.m.No. 6 Palisades at No. 3 Saucon Valley, 3:30 p.m.No. 7 Northern Lehigh at No. 2 Southern Lehigh, 4 p.m.SemifinalsTuesday, Nov. 3Quarterfinal winners at Emmaus, 5 p.m., 7 p.m.ChampionshipSemifinal winners at Emmaus, 1 p.m.