It was a David versus Goliath comparison during Monday night's East Penn Conference volleyball semifinals match between Parkland and Northampton. However, in this scenario, Goliath came out on top, as the undefeated Trojans kept their unblemished mark on the season sweeping the K-Kids in three sets 25-17, 25-17, 25-9 to roar into last night's East Penn Conference championship against Emmaus.

The results of that contest were past Press deadlines, but Parkland (16-0) has been and will continue to be the favorite to walk away with league and district hardware, as the Trojans haven't dropped a set during the regular season, displaying their ability to overpower a team with their skill and depth during Monday's bout with the Kids.

Northampton came out of the gates to battle, as they used their energy to push Parkland in the first two sets before eventually succumbing in both by identical scores.

Parkland head coach Scott Trumbauer felt things played out how he thought they would on Monday night.

"This is what I hoped would have happened for our guys," said Trumbauer. "I think Northampton started out with a lot of enthusiasm tonight [Monday] and we didn't match it early enough than I would have liked, but we finally did at the end."

By the time the third set came into play, Northampton (9-6) seemed to be mentally deflated with the task at hand.

Kids' head coach Dave Faust was proud of the effort his team put forth, but was also realistic about the circumstances playing against one of the best volleyball teams in the state.

"Parkland is the most fundamentally sound team and the game just naturally comes to them," Faust said. "We got a lot of overachievers and they do fantastic, but it's hard to match players against the likes of Parkland."

Kyle Stout, who recently committed to Lafayette to play basketball, led the way with 13 kills on the night, while Jack Dreisbach, another key member of the basketball team and Sean Lewis each knocked down eight kills apiece. Andrew Hillman had a complete game with, dishing out 18 assists, along with four kills, five aces, three blocks and eight digs.

The Trojans enter Friday's opening round of the district tournament as the top-seed, despite what happens with their match against Emmaus in the EPC championship. Parkland will host eight-seeded Wyoming Valley West. Parkland would then move on to take on the winner of the four-five matchup between Liberty and Nazareth next Tuesday. Finals are slated for next Thursday.

If things play out the way they should, Parkland and Emmaus should be on a collision course again for the district championship, which always provides plenty of storylines between the two rivals.

"We could be playing for nothing and it's going to be a bloodbath," Trumbauer said of taking on Emmaus. "We know that Emmaus is going to come and want to win the title more than anything and we have to have that same mentality."