About two dozen heroes emerged during Northwestern Lehigh’s march to a PIAA 3A football championship, none more productive than Eli Zimmerman. Zimmerman reconfigured multiple program records on his final run with the Tigers, rushing for 2,665 yards and 27 touchdowns. Defensively, he turned in six interceptions and returned six punts for touchdowns.

Eli Zimmerman, coach of the year Josh Snyder headline six-person list of honorees for state champion Northwestern Lehigh Tigers

Northwestern Lehigh High School’s football team continued its statewide success on Friday with the release of the Class 3A All-State team, as selected by Pennsylvania’s football writers. Northwestern senior Eli Zimmerman was named the 3A Player of the Year after pacing the Tigers' run to a state title.

4 area players selected to Class 1A and 3A all-state football teams, including two repeat players

The Tigers completed a mission it set out on 363 days earlier and dedicated to a fallen friend, Tucker Wessner, who died July 16 as a result of injuries sustained three weeks earlier in an