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The Cedar Beach Varsity Summer Boys Basketball League capped the regular season this week and held first-round playoff games Wednesday.

In the Big School Division, where the top two seeds earned first-round byes, Northampton’s Lucas Lesko scored a team-high 19 points to lead the No. 4 seed Kids past No. 5 Allen, 40-36. Northampton will take on No. 1 seed Nazareth Thursday at 6 p.m. In another quarterfinal, No. 3 Reading beat No. 6 Bethlehem Catholic 44-36 behind 17 points from Joey Champan. The Red Knights will face No. 2 seed Parkland in Thursday’s semifinals.

In the Small School Division, where just four teams made the bracket, Matt Machalik scored 17 points to lead top seed Palmerton over Salisbury 37-23. No. 2 seed Notre Dame (Green Pond) edged No. 3 Southern Lehigh 39-37 behind a 19-point effort from Brenda Boyle.

The Blue Bombers and Crusaders will open Friday night’s championship doubleheader at 6 p.m. , followed by the Big School Division title game at 7 p.m.

Below are the final standings from this year’s Cedar Beach Summer League season.

Small School Division

Team W - L

Palmerton 10 - 2

Notre Dame GP 10 - 2

Southern Lehigh 9 - 3

Salisbury 7 - 5

Roberto Clemente 7 - 5

Saucon Valley 6 - 6

Upper Perkiomen 2 - 10

Warren Hills 2 - 10

Lehighton 1 - 11

Large School Division

Team W-L

Nazareth 11 - 1

Parkland 10 - 2

Reading 10 - 2

Northampton 8 - 4

Allen 8 - 4

Becahi 7 - 5

Central Catholic 7 - 5

Emmaus 7 - 5

Freedom 7 - 5

Wilson West Lawn 6 - 6

Pocono Mt. East 5 - 7

Whitehall 5 - 7

Easton 4 - 8

Liberty 4 - 8

Pleasant Valley 3 - 9

Quakertown 3 - 8

Dieruff 2 - 10

Bangor 1 - 11

PRESS PHOTO BY DON HERB The Cedar Beach Summer League playoffs began Wednesday and continue Thursday and Friday.