#3 Parkland vs. #1 Nazareth
Location: Al Erdosy Stadium (Northampton)
Regular Season Meeting: Parkland took over at their own 27 with 1:48 left, trailing 17-14 and sophomore quarterback Ty Tremba making his second career start. Tremba scrambled and hit Nick Johnston for a 36 yard completion to get things moving, then found Johnston again three plays later for a 9 yard touchdown to hand Nazareth a 21-17 loss. Tremba finished with 168 yards passing and 50 yards rushing, while Isiah Rico ran for 160 yards and two toucdhowns for the Trojans. Anthony Harris threw for 154 yards 2 touchdowns, both to Jaiden Cabrera in the losing effort.
Playoff Meetings: Parkland leads their postseason series 2-1. In 1998, sophomore Tim Massaquoi caught 8 passes for 202 yards and four touchdowns in Parkland’s 47-33 win over Nazareth in the D11 4A semifinals. In 2011, Jordan Gray ran for 230 yards and 5 touchdowns and Dan Harding threw for 382 yards and a pair of TDs in Nazareth’s 63-27 romp of Parkland in the D11 4A semifinals, avenging their only regular season loss. Most recently, Parkland beat Nazareth 38-7 in the D11 6A first round in 2016. This will be the first time the two squads have met in a District final.
Parkland D11 Finals History (9-4)
1996 – beat Dieruff 47-14
1997 – lost to Whitehall 21-10
1998 – beat Whitehall 42-7
2002 – lost to Bethlehem Catholic 14-11
2003 – lost to Easton 23-15
2007 – beat Hazleton 15-14
2009 – lost to Easton 21-14
2012 – beat Delaware Valley 49-41
2013 – beat Easton 42-0
2014 – beat Easton 13-10 (OT)
2015 – beat Wyoming Valley West 63-21
2016 – beat Freedom 24-14
2017 – beat Freedom 30-6
Nazareth D11 Finals History (3-0)
1988 – beat Bangor 14-7
1989 – beat Pleasant Valley 34-0
2011 – beat Easton 28-21