Nazareth and Freedom faced off Friday night in one of the EPC’s greatest football rivalries as league play began Friday night.

See photos of the game action and Faces in the Crowd below.

Freedom and Nazareth greet each other prior to the start of their football game Friday, Sept. 12, 2025, at Liberty High School in Bethlehem. (Jane Therese/Special to The Morning Call)
Faces in the crowd during the Freedom and Nazareth football game Friday, Sept. 12, 2025, at Liberty High School in Bethlehem. (Jane Therese/Special to The Morning Call)

Freedom’s Lashawn Johnson runs for yardage against Nazareth’s Tanner Zelachowski in a battle of two of the EPCs top teams Friday, Sept. 12, 2025, at Liberty High School in Bethlehem. (Jane Therese/Special to The Morning Call)
Nazareth’s Marquez Wimberly runs for a touchdown against Freedom in a battle of two of the EPCs top teams Friday, Sept. 12, 2025, at Liberty High School in Bethlehem. (Jane Therese/Special to The Morning Call)
Faces in the crowd during the Freedom and Nazareth football game Friday, Sept. 12, 2025, at Liberty High School in Bethlehem. (Jane Therese/Special to The Morning Call)

Freedom’s Lashawn Johnson runs for yardage against Nazareth in a battle of two of the EPCs top teams Friday, Sept. 12, 2025, at Liberty High School in Bethlehem. (Jane Therese/Special to The Morning Call)
Nazareth’s Peyton Falzone hands off to Marquez Wimberly against Freedom in a battle of two of the EPCs top teams Friday, Sept. 12, 2025, at Liberty High School in Bethlehem. (Jane Therese/Special to The Morning Call)
Faces in the crowd during the Freedom and Nazareth football game Friday, Sept. 12, 2025, at Liberty High School in Bethlehem. (Jane Therese/Special to The Morning Call)

Faces in the crowd during the Freedom and Nazareth football game Friday, Sept. 12, 2025, at Liberty High School in Bethlehem. (Jane Therese/Special to The Morning Call)
Nazareth’s quarterback Peyton Falzone runs past Freedom’s Xavier Dejesus for a touchdown in a battle of two of the EPCs top teams Friday, Sept. 12, 2025, at Liberty High School in Bethlehem. (Jane Therese/Special to The Morning Call)
Nazareth’s Peyton Falzone looks for an opening against Freedom in a battle of two of the EPCs top teams Friday, Sept. 12, 2025, at Liberty High School in Bethlehem. (Jane Therese/Special to The Morning Call)

Faces in the crowd during the Freedom and Nazareth football game Friday, Sept. 12, 2025, at Liberty High School in Bethlehem. (Jane Therese/Special to The Morning Call)
Nazareth’s Matt Beluga is tackled by Freedom’s Navjot Sandhu in a battle of two of the EPCs top teams Friday, Sept. 12, 2025, at Liberty High School in Bethlehem. (Jane Therese/Special to The Morning Call)
Faces in the crowd during the Freedom and Nazareth football game Friday, Sept. 12, 2025, at Liberty High School in Bethlehem. (Jane Therese/Special to The Morning Call)

Faces in the crowd during the Freedom and Nazareth football game Friday, Sept. 12, 2025, at Liberty High School in Bethlehem. (Jane Therese/Special to The Morning Call)
Nazareth’s quarterback Peyton Falzone is tackled by Freedom’s Xavier Dejesaus in a battle of two of the EPCs top teams Friday, Sept. 12, 2025, at Liberty High School in Bethlehem. (Jane Therese/Special to The Morning Call)
Faces in the crowd during the Freedom and Nazareth football game Friday, Sept. 12, 2025, at Liberty High School in Bethlehem. (Jane Therese/Special to The Morning Call)

Freedom’s Dean Herman recovers a fumble by Nazareth in a battle of two of the EPCs top teams Friday, Sept. 12, 2025, at Liberty High School in Bethlehem. (Jane Therese/Special to The Morning Call)
Nazareth’s Marquez Wimberly runs for a touchdown against Freedom in a battle of two of the EPCs top teams Friday, Sept. 12, 2025, at Liberty High School in Bethlehem. (Jane Therese/Special to The Morning Call)
Faces in the crowd during the Freedom and Nazareth football game Friday, Sept. 12, 2025, at Liberty High School in Bethlehem. (Jane Therese/Special to The Morning Call)

Freedom’s Marquise Chapman is tackled by Nazareth’s defensive line in a battle of two of the EPCs top teams Friday, Sept. 12, 2025, at Liberty High School in Bethlehem. (Jane Therese/Special to The Morning Call)
Freedom’s quarterback Michael Stofanak hands off against Nazareth in a battle of two of the EPCs top teams Friday, Sept. 12, 2025, at Liberty High School in Bethlehem. (Jane Therese/Special to The Morning Call)
Faces in the crowd during the Freedom and Nazareth football game Friday, Sept. 12, 2025, at Liberty High School in Bethlehem. (Jane Therese/Special to The Morning Call)

Faces in the crowd during the Freedom and Nazareth football game Friday, Sept. 12, 2025, at Liberty High School in Bethlehem. (Jane Therese/Special to The Morning Call)
Freedom’s Jacob’s Hauze is tackled by Nazareth’s Kaiden Buscemi in a battle of two of the EPCs top teams Friday, Sept. 12, 2025, at Liberty High School in Bethlehem. (Jane Therese/Special to The Morning Call)
Faces in the crowd during the Freedom and Nazareth football game Friday, Sept. 12, 2025, at Liberty High School in Bethlehem. (Jane Therese/Special to The Morning Call)

Faces in the crowd during the Freedom and Nazareth football game Friday, Sept. 12, 2025, at Liberty High School in Bethlehem. (Jane Therese/Special to The Morning Call)
Freedom takes to the field prior to the Freedom and Nazareth football game Friday, Sept. 12, 2025, at Liberty High School in Bethlehem. (Jane Therese/Special to The Morning Call)
Freedom’s Lashawn Johnson runs for yardage against Nazareth in a battle of two of the EPCs top teams Friday, Sept. 12, 2025, at Liberty High School in Bethlehem. (Jane Therese/Special to The Morning Call)

Freedom’s quarterback Michael Stofanak runs for yardage against Nazareth in a battle of two of the EPCs top teams Friday, Sept. 12, 2025, at Liberty High School in Bethlehem. (Jane Therese/Special to The Morning Call)
Faces in the crowd during the Freedom and Nazareth football game Friday, Sept. 12, 2025, at Liberty High School in Bethlehem. (Jane Therese/Special to The Morning Call)
Freedom’s quarterback Michael Stofanak calls a play against Nazareth in a battle of two of the EPCs top teams Friday, Sept. 12, 2025, at Liberty High School in Bethlehem. (Jane Therese/Special to The Morning Call)

 

 

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