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Southern Lehigh captures first ever state championship in convincing fashion.

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| December 5, 2025

Behind the running of Sean Steckert and the dominating line play. Southern Lehigh Spartans overwhelm Twin Valley in PIAA 4A championship.

MECHANICSBURG- Behind an outstanding run game, led by running back Sean Steckert’s 37 carry 301 yard performance, including four touchdowns, the Southern Lehigh Spartans defeated the Twin Valley Raiders 43-21 in a PIAA State 4A championship game Thursday night at Chapman Field at Cumberland Valley High School.

Steckert set the record for most yards in a 4A championship, and the second most all-time. He had touchdown runs of 11, 27, 6, and 2 yards in the contest. As a team, the Spartans ran 58 plays for 446 yards and averaged 8.1/carry, including a game-long 70-yard jaunt.

Twin Valley scored first, to take a 7-0 lead, but the Spartans marched right down the field to tie the score on a Steckert 11-yard score with 7:07 left in the first quarter. The drive went 80 yards in six plays, making it 7-7.

With the score 14-10 in Twin Valley’s advantage, Steckert scored for the second time on a 27-yard run on a drive that covered 50 yards in seven plays with just 17 seconds left before halftime, making the score 17-14 at intermission. He finished the first half with 156 yards.

Wide receiver Otto Young was on the receiving end of a 40-yard touchdown pass from QB Colton Sams. Sams finished the game 13 of 18 for 145 yards with two touchdowns and one interception. Young caught 3 of those passes for 79 yards.

Young would score his second touchdown on a 30-yard reception at the 10:21 mark of the third quarter that made it 36-21 on an 8-play 64-yard drive.

“This team put in so much work to get here, I am at a loss for words,” an elated head football coach Phil Sams stated after the game.

Game Highlights:

Southern Lehigh 43 Twin Valley 21

Score by Quarters

Twin Valley – 7 7 7 0 – 21

Southern Lehigh – 7 10 13 13 – 43

Scoring Summary

First Quarter

TV – Lucas Myers 20 yd run, (Nathaniel Shaffer pat), 10:01

SL – Sean Steckert 11 yd run, (Declan Walsh pat), 7:07

Second Quarter

SL – Walsh 24 yd field goal, 3:17

TV – Dominic Summers 64 yd pass from Maverick Foster, (Shaffer pat), 2:25

SL – Steckert 26 yd run, (Walsh pat), 0:17

Third Quarter

SL – Otto Young 40 yd pass from Colton Sams, (Walsh pat), 9:49

SL – Steckert 6 yd run, (kick failed), 6:10

TV – Drew Engle 4 yd run, (Shaffer pat), 2:44

Fourth Quarter

SL – Young 30 yd pass from Sams, (rush failed), 10:21

SL – Steckert 2 yd run, (Walsh pat), 2:06

Individual Stats

Rushing: TV – Engle 22-176, Myers 11-53, Foster 1-9. Totals: 34-238. SL – Steckhert 37-301, Sams 1-2, Team 2-(-2). Totals: 40-301.

Receiving: TV – Summers 1-64, Patrick Shanahan 1-14, Chase Reilly1-8, Benjamin Grundy 2-1. SL – Young 3-79, Luke Kawczenski 6-48, Darius Roman 2-18, Jacoby Jacobs 2-1.

Passing: TV – Foster 5-for-8, 87 yards, 1 TD, 3 INT. SL – Sams 13 for 17, 146 yards, 2 TD.

Interceptions: SL – Adam Fritts (2), John Pavis.

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