{"id":115184,"date":"2026-02-16T12:23:06","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T12:23:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/115184\/"},"modified":"2026-02-16T12:23:06","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T12:23:06","slug":"girls-basketball-rankings-for-feb-16-new-no-1-as-dust-settles-after-epc-tournament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/115184\/","title":{"rendered":"Girls basketball rankings for Feb. 16: New No. 1 as dust settles after EPC tournament"},"content":{"rendered":"

Following a wild and dramatic Eastern Pennsylvania Conference final on Thursday night, Easton edged Bethlehem Catholic to emerge as the conference champion. <\/p>\n

The Red Rovers take over the top spot of the girls basketball rankings. <\/p>\n

Lehighton also proved to be the best team in the Colonial League and moved up the latest Top 12. <\/p>\n

Scroll down for the complete girls basketball rankings.<\/p>\n

Girls basketball rankings<\/p>\n

1. Easton<\/a> <\/p>\n

Record: 22-3. <\/p>\n

Last week\u2019s ranking: 2. <\/p>\n

Recent results: 35-34 W vs. Bethlehem Catholic, 55-50 W vs. Parkland, 54-40 W vs. Liberty, 43-35 L vs. Bethlehem Catholic, 46-33 W vs. Spring-Ford. <\/p>\n

2. Bethlehem Catholic<\/a> <\/p>\n

Record: 21-4. <\/p>\n

Last week\u2019s ranking: 1. <\/p>\n

Recent results: 35-34 L vs. Easton, 63-55 W vs. Emmaus, 65-13 W vs. Pocono Mountain West, 56-53 L at Imhotep Charter, 43-35 W at Easton. <\/p>\n

3. Parkland<\/a> <\/p>\n

Record: 17-5.<\/p>\n

Last week\u2019s ranking: 3. <\/p>\n

Recent results: 55-50 L vs. Easton, 43-42 W vs. Nazareth, 68-39 W vs. Dieruff, 58-51 W vs. Emmaus, 63-28 W at Allentown Central Catholic.<\/p>\n

4. Emmaus<\/a> <\/p>\n

Record: 18-6. <\/p>\n

Last week\u2019s ranking: 4. <\/p>\n

Recent results: 63-55 L vs. Bethlehem Catholic, 74-36 W vs. Allentown Central Catholic, 61-14 W vs. Whitehall, 58-51 L at Parkland, 72-63 W at Dieruff. <\/p>\n

5. Lehighton<\/a> <\/p>\n

Record: 23-2. <\/p>\n

Last week\u2019s ranking: 7. <\/p>\n

Recent results: 44-26 W vs. Notre Dame, 52-49 W vs. Northwestern Lehigh, 55-48 W vs. Wilson, 51-27 W vs. Jim Thorpe, 45-25 W vs. Pottsville. <\/p>\n

6. Nazareth<\/a> <\/p>\n

Record: 15-8. <\/p>\n

Last week\u2019s ranking: 5. <\/p>\n

Recent results: 43-42 L at Parkland, 63-21 W vs. Liberty, 53-48 L vs. Easton, 63-26 W at Northampton, 40-36 L vs. Bethlehem Catholic. <\/p>\n

7. Notre Dame-Green Pond<\/a> <\/p>\n

Record: 20-5. <\/p>\n

Last week\u2019s ranking: 8. <\/p>\n

Recent results: 44-26 L vs. Lehighton, 44-38 W vs. Catasauqua, 64-33 W vs. Southern Lehigh, 36-30 W at Wilson, 46-37 W vs. Southern Lehigh. <\/p>\n

8. Northwestern Lehigh<\/a> <\/p>\n

Record: 20-4. <\/p>\n

Last week\u2019s ranking: 6. <\/p>\n

Recent results: 52-49 L vs. Lehighton, 49-38 W vs. Saucon Valley, 50-23 W vs. Freedom, 52-24 W at Jim Thorpe, 41-38 W vs. Palmerton. <\/p>\n

9. Catasauqua<\/a> <\/p>\n

Record: 18-6. <\/p>\n

Last week\u2019s ranking: 10. <\/p>\n

Recent results: 44-38 L vs. Notre Dame-Green Pond, 52-37 W vs. Palmerton, 52-38 W at Southern Lehigh, 50-41 L vs. Tamaqua, 70-28 W at Notre Dame-East Stroudsburg. <\/p>\n

10. Palmerton<\/a> <\/p>\n

Record: 16-7. <\/p>\n

Last week\u2019s ranking: 9. <\/p>\n

Recent results: 52-37 L at Catasauqua, 49-36 W at Northern Lehigh, 40-24 W vs. Northampton, 41-38 L at Northwestern Lehigh, 51-24 W vs. Jim Thorpe. <\/p>\n

11. Wilson<\/a> <\/p>\n

Record: 16-7<\/p>\n

Last week\u2019s ranking: 11. <\/p>\n

Recent results: 55-48 L at Lehighton, 36-30 L vs. Notre Dame-Green Pond, 62-25 W at Pocono Mountain East, 37-35 W vs. Freedom, 36-31 W at Pen Argyl. <\/p>\n

12. Saucon Valley<\/a><\/p>\n

Record: 12-11. <\/p>\n

Last week\u2019s ranking: 12. <\/p>\n

Recent results: 49-38 L at Northwestern Lehigh, 30-13 W at Palisades, 38-35 W vs. Kutztown, 38-27 W at Southern Lehigh, 62-43 L at Catasauqua. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Following a wild and dramatic Eastern Pennsylvania Conference final on Thursday night, Easton edged Bethlehem Catholic to emerge…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":115185,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[153,155,154],"class_list":["post-115184","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bethlehem","tag-bethlehem","tag-bethlehem-headlines","tag-bethlehem-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115184","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=115184"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115184\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/115185"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=115184"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=115184"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=115184"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}