Northwestern Press

01/07/2025

Northwestern’s Eli Zimmerman recently received his Times News Football Player of the Year trophy at a Tigers’ basketball game. The trophy, which is produced by Delrose Awards in Lansford, was presente...

01/04/2025

Notre Dame was able to survive one extended Northwestern run Friday night. It couldn’t fend off a second. The Tigers scored the game’s first 10 points, only to see the Crusaders battle back to within ...

01/04/2025

01/04/2025

The approach for each and every one of Northwestern’s boys basketball players is the same. Do whatever the Tigers need, whenever they need it. It could sound cliche. But it’s the conviction Patrick ...

01/02/2025

01/01/2025

For Northwestern Lehigh, the second time was the charm. The Tigers’ second consecutive trip to the PIAA 3A state championship resulted in a thrilling 36-33 overtime victory over Avonworth. The Tiger...

12/30/2024

It happens in a split-second. A defender squares his shoulders and gets into the position he’s always been taught. He’s got Eli Zimmerman right where he wants him and lunges to make the tackle. But Zi...

12/28/2024

Mallory Conner couldn’t recall her exact age when it happened, but she knew it helped shape her future career. “When I was young and just starting out, there was a tournament when I played a pair of t...

12/28/2024

Hard work beats talent when talent doesn’t work hard. But what if a team has both? Northwestern certainly proved that this season winning both a District 11 Class 3A championship and a PIAA 3A state ...

12/27/2024

A historic season for Northwestern’s football program continued Friday with the release of the Pa. Football Writers’ All-State Teams. Just like they did on their unprecedented run to a state title, t...

12/27/2024

Rosalia Nestor’s introduction to varsity cross country was filled with unknowns. It didn’t take Northwestern’s freshman phenom long to erase that uncertainty. Nestor’s first race of the season result...

12/24/2024

It was a record few, including the individual who would go on to surpass it, thought could ever be broken. Enter Jake van Lierop, who not only surpassed the feat, he did so before the 2024 season had ...

12/24/2024

POTTSVILLE — It just keeps rolling along for Northwestern Lehigh’s sports programs. The Tigers claimed three state titles in the fall, winning a PIAA Class 3A football championship, while the boys an...

12/21/2024

She doesn’t pile up the statistics. She creates them. Northwestern’s Hannah Gober doesn’t get the publicity many of her teammates receive — especially the members of the forward line — but her contrib...

12/21/2024

For Paige Bissell, there is no specific reason why she started playing soccer. Neither of her parents were soccer players, but at age five Bissell found herself out on the field learning the game tha...

12/21/2024

Having fun in the snow? Email high resolution jpg photos for publication in the Northwestern Press to [email protected]. Kids, canines playing, snowpeople and more. Be sure to include the names of everyone in the photos from left to right and the township in which the photo was taken.

12/20/2024

Jack Mauro and Jake van Lierop already had a state team championship to remember from their senior soccer season. Now, they also have both been named to the All-State Team by the Pennsylvania Soccer C...