For all that he did in all phases of the game, Zimmerman is The Morning Call’s All-Area player of the year. Snyder summed it up best after a state playoff game about what Northwestern’s offense likes to do.

Nazareth junior Peyton Falzone, Freedom senior Aaron Beete, Parkland sophomore TJ Lawrence, Emmaus junior Robert Edwards and Easton senior Will Day received 6A honors from the Pennsylvania football writers. Southern Lehigh, a semifinalist in 4A, was represented by senior Andrew Olesh, junior Sean Steckert and sophomore Colton Sams.

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,

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