The Northwestern Lehigh Tigers (New Tripoli, PA) football edged the visiting Avonworth Antelopes (Pittsburgh, PA), 36-33 in Saturday's non-league game.
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About a 10 minute delay to start game
Hand off to 13. Stopped with no gain
Zimmerman with gain of 6
Zimmerman with a gain of 8
1st down. Zimmermarnn takes it to Lopes 29.
1st and goal on 1
With 5:11 left in the first, Tigers take the 7-6 lead
Carry for no gain
Another run. Gain of a yard. Meck with the stop.
Play action pass complete for the first for Avonworth
Run by Luca Neal. Gain of 4.
Neal with the keel for about 4.
Neal took control of that drive with several hard runs through a tough Tiger defense.
Zimmerman back to receive. Mahan with the kickoff
Brady Zimmerman with about 9 yard return. Tigers take over at their own 29.
Tigers controlling the LOS with their run game this drive.
Tigers in Avonworth territory with 3rd and 7 to go.
Run for plus yardage but going to be short of the first by about a yard.
Tigers go for it. Zimmerman with a run for the first. Fresh set of downs.
Back to pass. Facing pressure but dumped over the middle for 9.
Leh finds a wide open Kern for the touchdown. PAT is good and Tigers take lead back.
Key to last drive. Leh with big pass after taking major hit to get them inside Avonworth ten.
Neal busts through the middle for a 20 plus yard gain
Timeout called
Neal with another carry for plus yards
Lopes now inside Tigers red zone.
Neal with another run. This one is for about four yards and gives Avonworth another first.
Jones with short run. 3rd down.
Last play was a loss of yards.
Antelope take another time out.
*Antelopes.
Big third down play for both sides
Fake hand off. Neal with the QB draw. Gains about 5. Fourth down. Lopes going for it.
Avonworth going to instead go for 3.
Big kick return puts Tigers in Avonworth territory.
Leh with completion for first
Another quick first for the Tigers
Eli Zimmerman with the carry for 2
Leh with the carry. Ball is inside Avonworth 15. Marked at 13.
Short run to short of ten. First down for Tigers.
Leh pass to Hulmes. No gain. Ball at 14.
Marked as loss of 3.
Leh with keeper. Ball inside Avonworth 5.
Muffed snap. Tigers recover but lose 9 yards. Fourth down. Tigers use their last timeout.
Tigers going for the fg. Roughly about 25 yard attempt.
Fg is called a 29 yard attempt
Eli Zimmerman with a burst through the middle. First down. Gain of about 13.
Zimmerman with another punishing run. Stopped at the Antelope 29..
Eli Zimmerman with another run. Gain of 5 Another first down for the Tigers.
Eli Express runs again. First down. Ball at Avonworth 5.
Run towards the end zone. Fumble but recovered. 3rd down at the 1
No gain on the run. 4th and 1 on the 1.
Interesting decision. Tigers going for 6.
QB sneak. Eli with the carry. Leaps over defenders and gives the Tigers the touchdown. 4th and 1 gamble pays off
Injury on Avonworth's defense. Justin Beck down.
He manages to walk off the field. PAT forthcoming.
Tigers going for 2 but the run is stopped. Jack Crawford with the tackle. Tigers lead remains at 7.
Kickoff fielded at around the 17. Return of 19. Stopped at the NW Lehigh 36.
First play of the possession.. run by the Lopes. Gains plus yardage but the ball is coughed up. Eli Zimmerman with the recovery. Tigers ball
Tigers inside the one. They're about to break this open.
Whoever decided to play Stone Cold Steve Austin's theme.. kudos.
Choppy kick of about 15-20 yards. No return for Avonworth.
Run over the middle by Neal is stuffed by the Tiger front seven for no gain.
Another run is quickly stuffed. Gain of 1. Third down.
After a difficult drive for the Lopes, they're forced to punt. Big boomer for them pins Tigers back at their own 14.
Short dump pass by Leh to Landon Matson. He takes it to the 21. 4th and 3.
Game clock reset to 2:26.
Tigers special teams unit out. Punt forthcoming.
Punt a high one. Lands inside the Antelope 46. No return. Avonworth takes over.
Big drive for them. Something is needed to keep them in this.
Just like that, Luka Neal puts Avonworth right back in it. 1 play, 54 yard drive for the Lopes.
Now Avonworth's d is in need of a stop. This remains anyone's game after 1 play.
Huge three and out for the Avonworth defense.
Punt lands at around the Avonworth 21. Return taken to the Avonworth 48. Quarter will end with the Lopes with possession and major momentum
4th kicks off with a Neal carry. Gain of 5.
Neal with another carry. Short gain.
Fake hand off to a QB sneak up the middle. Humes with the stop. Gain of 4.
Avonworth going for it. Neal with the carry. First down.
Lopes now in Tigers territory. Neal with another carry. Gain of 2.
Reverse carry for 9 by Dimitri Vallasaris. 4th down. 1
Dimitri with the carry for Avonworth. 5 yard gain.
Carry again by Neal. Stopped for no gain.
Another run play by Dmitri. No gain.
Big third down possession.
QB sneak by Neal gives Avonworth a big play. 1st and goal.
1st and goal at the one. Neal with the carry.
Touchdown Antelopes.
Kickoff fielded by NW Lehigh at around their own 30. No gain. They take over with 4 and change to go.
First play is incomplete.
Momentum is with Antelopes.
Eli Zimmerman with ten yard run and first down
Eli with another plus gain. First down.
Tigers in Avonworth territory. Snap coughed up but quickly recovered.
Hand off over the middle..Eli Zimmerman gains the first.
Productive drive with good clock management by Tigers.
Huge sack for Avonworth. Many NWL fans feel the play was a missed facemask.
Back to pass. Avonworth pressure.. manages to get pass off but it's picked off.
With just over a minute to go Avonworth driving
Complete pass to Moore. Avonworth moving.
Penalty takes Avonworth back 5.
Snap. Pass over the middle is incomplete. Second down
Run by Bellinger for 5.
23 seconds left in regulation.
Pass is incomplete. 4th down.
Avonworth to smartly punt.
Booming punt ends with touch back. 45 yard punt.
8 seconds left.
Tigers take a knee and this is going to OT.
Coin toss. Both teams will have a chance to score.
If whoever gains first possession does not score, the other will get chance to win game
All plays will start at opposing d's 10 yard line
Northwestern wins flip. They will defend first.
Neal with run for no gain. Humes with stop.
Neal again with the carry. He bowls over the middle for 3 yards. 3rd down.
Huge possession.
Theme of former Freedom High gridiron star the Rock playing
Field goal unit out. It sails through the uprights and is good.
Tigers with ball. Touchdown wins.
Direct snap to Eli. Fake pitch. Takes the carry. Hes in! Tigers are the PIAA 4A champs!
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