Northwestern Lehigh (16-0) capped a perfect 2024 season with a 36-33 overtime win over Avonworth to win the Pennsylvania 3A high school football championship. The win gives the Tigers their first-ever state football championship.
Eli Zimmerman led a strong ground game with 123-yards and three touchdowns. However, his final 10-yards for the winning score in OT were the most important.
Jeff is an award-winning journalist and expert in the field of high school sports, underscored with his appearance on CNBC in 2010 to talk about the big business of high school football in America.Jeff turned to his passion for high school football into an entrepreneurial venture called High School Football America, a digital media company focused on producing original high school sports content for radio, television and the internet.Jeff is co-founder and editor-in-chief of High School Football America, a partner with NFL Play Football.
